What is padrón?
Padrón · Spanish
A small green Spanish pepper fried in olive oil and showered with salt. Most are mild, but now and then one bites back.
What it tastes like
Grassy, a little bitter, salty and smoky from the pan, with the occasional hot surprise.
Where you’ll see it
Tapas bars as pimientos de padrón, blistered and scattered with flaky salt.