Looking for a quick and easy recipe to entertain your guests before the main course arrives? This simple recipe for the famous spanish pimientos fritos con ajo will be a crowd pleaser. Suited for vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diets, it's a great addition to your menu and easy on your wallet. You might see this simple tapa offered in spain alongside slices of rustic bread, but you can also serve it as a hot or cold side dish, as a sandwich topping, or offer it with other cold dishes like pasta or potato salads. Fried peppers with garlic is versatile, requires very little time to make, and keeps well in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to seven days. In spanish cuisine, peppers are present in as many as 50 percent of recipes due to their great variety and the extent to which they're farmed. For this dish, use mild green chiles, such as green pasilla (or poblano) chiles or green anaheim chiles paired with sweet red bell peppers. You could use other types of peppers, but the result might be less authentic compared to the original spanish dish.
