Buttery Sautéed Peppers & Onions are the perfect accompaniment to any dinnertime menu and they cook up in just minutes! An easy side dish that is both delicious and bursting with beautiful colors, these caramelized onions and peppers will be the perfect side kick to many meals.
Peppers & Onions Recipe
Buttery Sautéed Peppers & Onions are the perfect accompaniment to any dinnertime menu and they cook up in just minutes! Sauteed in a combination of olive oil and butter and finished off with a bit more butter, you’ll love having these sautéed onions and peppers in your menu lineup.
Red, orange and yellow bell peppers are much sweeter than green bell peppers which tend to be bitter, so I used only the sweeter bell peppers for this fabulously delicious side dish.
An easy side dish that is both delicious and bursting with beautiful colors, our caramelized peppers and onions are guaranteed to be the perfect side kick to many meals. And every cook needs a delicious sauteed peppers and onions recipe in her back pocket!
Bell peppers, a member of the night shade family of plants, are nutritious and contain:
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin K
- Thiamin
- Niacin
- Folate
- copper
- magnesium
Ingredients you will need to make this recipe
- olive oil
- butter
- red, yellow and/or orange bell peppers
- red onion
- garlic
- dried basil
- kosher salt
- pepper
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Buttery Sautéed Peppers & Onions are the perfect accompaniment to any dinnertime menu and they cook up in just minutes! An easy side dish that is both delicious and bursting with beautiful colors, these caramelized peppers and onions will be the perfect side kick to many meals.
- 1 Tbs. olive oil
- 2 Tbs. butter, divided
- 3 red yellow and/or orange bell peppers, seeded and sliced, 3 cups
- 1 red onion, sliced, 1 cup
- 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- ½ tsp. dried basil
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
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Melt olive oil and 1 Tablespoon butter in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
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Cook peppers, onion, garlic, basil, kosher salt and pepper until tender-crisp, 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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Stir in remaining 1 Tablespoon butter and serve.
Makes 4 servings.
[…] Buttery Sautéed Peppers & Onions are the perfect accompaniment to any dinnertime menu and they cook up in just minutes! An easy side dish that is both delicious and bursting with beautiful colors, these caramelized peppers and onions will be the perfect side kick to many meals. […]