The Best, Griddled & Charred, Chili-Lemon Vegetables
Equipment
- Large griddle pan (or frying pan). You may need two, depending on how many you are cooking for.
- Fish slice
Ingredients
- 1 large courgette
- 1 medium red onion
- 1 small white onion
- ½ each of red yellow and green pepper (or any mix)
- 6-8 tips asparagus
- 4-6 Spring onions optional
- Corn on the cob if you're really hungry but, you may need to cook it separately because of room in your pan
- Salt and pepper
- Kettle of hot water
To serve
- Lemon juice and zest
- Sriracha tobasco, chili sauce or hummus
- Grains, lentils, rice, cous cous, chickpeas, hummus and pitta, or anything of your choice!
Instructions
- Very chunkily chop your peppers, onions (into about 6 pieces) and courgette (into inch think chunks). You can do inch long strips with your peppers.
- Prep your other veggies but don't chop into pieces unless they are particularly large.
- Get your pans on to heat at a high temperature. You will need to be careful your smoke alarms don't go off as this dish SMOKES. Make sure you have an extractor fan on and a window or door open.
- Now oil up your veggies with either coconut or olive oil. OR a oil that has a high smoking point. Be sure to look into high smoking point oils for this dish as it is going to get burnt. You can use a brush for your oil, or massage in with your hands.
- Now add your oiled veggies to your pan(s) and crack salt, pepper and chili flakes to taste over them. At this point you will want to add a good splash of your hot water into the pan. Try not to go over the top of the vegetables so you don't take all your oil and seasonings off.
- Fry at the highest heat for about 5-7 minutes until you get a good char-grill effect going. You will want to push your veggies down hard with a sturdy fish slice to get the most from the chargrill. You will also need to keep adding more splashes of hot water as you go along so your veggies don't dry out. You need to keep them just moist. However, adding water will make them smoke and sizzle. Be careful!
- Once your veggies are cooked on one side, turn over and repeat. Add more seasonings.
- Once everything is cooked, squeeze lots of lemon juice and zest over the vegetables.
- Serve with your preferred sides, more lemon juice, salt, pepper and sauces.