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Roasted Shishito Pepper Sauce

Roasted Shishito Pepper Sauce
Trader Joe's
Yield: 1/2 cup
Total Time: 20 minutes
Categories: Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 bag Shishito Peppers
  • 1 large shallot, diced
  • 3 Tablespoons EVOO, divided
  • 2-4 Tablespoons Lime Juice
  • 2 Tablespoons Plain Greek Yogurt (or sour cream)
  • 2+ Peeled Garlic Cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt, or to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Pour 1 tablespoon olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the peppers and shallots, sauté about 3-5 minutes, turning occasionally until they blister on all sides. Remove peppers from heat and slice off the stems and discard.
  2. Combine shishito peppers, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 2 tablespoons greek yogurt, 2 garlic cloves and salt and pepper in a blender. Pulse until desired consistency.
  3. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Makes about 1/2 cup of sauce.
  4. Serving ideas: Dress a Southwestern salad (butter lettuce, corn, beans, tomatoes, red onion and tortilla chips), drizzle over shrimp tacos, or spread on a BLT sandwich

Notes

I used 2-3 tbsp sour cream, 5 garlic cloves, and the juice from 2 small limes. The browned shallots and twice as much garlic really gave it a good flavor, and the lime juice cut the insane heat from the peppers. The sauce thickened up a lot in the fridge.