Red Pepper–Almond Sauce

Name: Red Pepper–Almond Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 5 teaspoons, sherry vinegar; 1 , garlic clove, minced; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 2 , red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded, and quartered; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 1/4 cup, whole almonds, toasted; 2 teaspoons, toasted sesame oil; 1/2 teaspoon, smoked paprika; Pinch , cayenne pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2020

Vegetables

Sauces

Smoky peppers and toasted almonds form the base of this simple sauce.

SERVES4

TIME15 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a simple sauce that would give flavor and richness to grilled chicken breasts, we grilled red bell pepper quarters until softened and well charred and then built the base of the sauce in the food processor. Toasted almonds added richnes...

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