Benefits and contraindications for serrano pepper. Recipes for dishes and composition of fruits. How to properly cook and store vegetables. Absolute contraindications to the use of serrano pepper:
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It is necessary to exclude this variety of pepper from the diet with an inflamed mucous membrane of internal organs.
- Lactation. During breastfeeding, you need to completely exclude spicy and spicy foods from the diet.
- Second and third trimester of pregnancy. When the issue of toxicosis is no longer so acute, it is necessary to exclude the product from the menu.
- Diseases of the kidneys and liver. In such diseases, essential oils will have a negative effect on these organs.
Note! Serrano pepper juice is very aggressive towards mucous membranes, so care must be taken when preparing and using it.
Serrano Pepper Recipes
You can cook a ripe red vegetable, but there are also recipes for pickled or salted serrano peppers that use green unripe fruits. The popularity of this type of chili is justified by its moderate pungency and pungency, as well as more meaty pulp compared to other types.
High-quality serrano peppers have an evenly colored skin, smooth, without spots or damage.
You can preserve the flavor by placing fresh peppers in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator. Also, the fruits can be dried and crushed, placed in a glass jar with a nylon lid and stored in a dark and cool place. In this form, the pepper can be stored for several months.
We present you several recipes for sauces and dishes with serrano peppers:
- Chili salad … Peel 1 serrano pepper from seeds, partitions and skins, chop in mashed potatoes. To clean the skin, pour boiling water over the peppers and cool. Crush or grind black peppercorns (4-5 pieces) in a coffee grinder. Finely chop a bunch of cilantro, wrinkle with your hands. Mix olive oil (100 ml) with lemon juice (50 ml), low-fat sour cream (50 ml), ground caraway seeds (2 tablespoons), serrano and peppercorns, salt to taste. Serve with leafy and vegetable salads.
- Thai salsa sauce … Grind a small piece of ginger in a blender along with two cloves of garlic and half a peeled serrano pepper. Peel half of a large lemon, grate the zest on a fine grater, squeeze the juice. Combine ginger, garlic, pepper and lemon (zest and juice), add 3 tablespoons of sesame oil, a teaspoon of soy sauce, add sugar to taste. Peel the cucumbers (150 grams) and cut into cubes. Coarsely chop a bunch of green onions. Add cucumbers and onions to the resulting mass, serve the sauce with baked or fried fish, lettuce.
- Grilled perch … 600 grams of sea bass (2-3 fish) to clean from entrails, scales and gills, rinse under running water, collect excess moisture with paper towels. On the sides of the fish, make two shallow cuts closer to the upper fin. Peel three stems of fresh lemongrass, beat off with a hammer, finely chop one stem and mash with a small peeled serrano pepper, add sugar, crush into a paste, add 4 tablespoons of peanut or sesame oil. Place the remaining lemongrass stalks in the perch, coat the fish with the resulting pepper marinade. Marinate for 20-30 minutes. Fry the fish over charcoal for about 15 minutes, turning over. Serve whole fish, sprinkle with peeled, roasted serrano peppers.
- Turkey stew … Fry 4 large green serrano peppers on the grill, turning constantly, until the skin is charred. Place the finished peppers in a bag or cover with a plate, let them soften, peel, seeds and partitions. Coarsely chop the pulp. Prepare 2 large bell peppers and 1 kg of tomatoes in the same way. Coarsely chop 1 kilogram of turkey fillet in a meat grinder, cut 300 grams of onions into quarters. Heat a little vegetable oil in a cauldron, fry the onion until golden brown, add the minced meat, fry, stirring constantly and separating the lumps. Put prepared serranos, sweet peppers and tomatoes into a cauldron. Prepare the seasonings: mix 4 cloves of crushed garlic, 1 tablespoon of ground paprika, half a teaspoon of coriander seeds, half a tablespoon of cumin seeds, salt to taste. Pour the seasonings into the cauldron, cook for another 5 minutes. Add 500 ml of boiling water to the cauldron, bring the stew to a boil, simmer over low heat for an hour and a half, adding more water if necessary. Serve with sour cream, cilantro leaves and avocado.
- Green Bean and Serrano Pepper Salad … Peel 1 green serrano pepper from seeds and partitions, finely chop the flesh. Fry the peppers and 50 grams of pine nuts in vegetable oil for 2 minutes. Peel 400 grams of green beans, cut the pods in half across, boil the beans in boiling salted water for 4-5 minutes. Drain the beans in a colander, dry, season with olive oil, nuts and pepper, finely chopped bunch of parsley. Serve with red fish or baked poultry.
Interesting facts about serrano pepper
In terms of pungency and shape, this vegetable is most similar to jalapeno peppers, but there are several decisive differences: thick walls, as well as a miniature shape that allows you to use fruit rings as a decoration for a dish.
Nowadays, this variety of pepper is grown everywhere, but the main supplier to the markets of different countries is South America and Mexico, where a dry and hot climate prevails, which suits this plant. The less watering is done, the more hot the pepper will be.
Watch a review of serrano pepper in the video:
There are many varieties of chili peppers, but it is serrano that is most suitable for medium-spicy dishes, and is also used as a beautiful and bright decorative element. It is for these reasons that it is worth trying to replace classic chili with serrano.
