Blistered Shishito Peppers
Shishito peppers are small, slender, and thin-walled. It will blister and char easily compared with thicker-skinned bell peppers.
Yield: 4 people
Calories: 82kcal
Equipment
- No Special Equipment
Materials
Easy Dipping Sauce
- 2 tsp Mayonnaise
- 2 tsp Sour Cream
- 1 tsp sriracha Sauce or as much as you like
- Splash of Lime juice or lime zest if desired
For the Peppers
- 2 dry pints Shishito peppers
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
Instructions
- Make the dipping sauce first
- Combine Mayo, sour cream and Sriracha sauce. Let it sit while you cook the peppers.
- Heat the skillet on medium.
- Place the peppers in a mixing bowl. Drizzle them with cooking oil and a healthy sprinkle of salt, rather than heating oil in the skillet.
- This trick also reduces the amount of oil on the pan, which means there’s less oil to overheat.
- Transfer the peppers to the heated skillet. The peppers should start to sizzle immediately.
- Continue cooking and stirring every minute or two until the peppers are blistered and darkened all over, 5 to 6 minutes total.
- The peppers are best when eaten within minutes of coming off the heat. Serve with simple sriracha dipping sauce.
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Notes
One out of every ten Shishito Peppers is very spicy. But no way to tell which one is the spicy one.
Nutrition
Serving: 2oz | Calories: 82kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 215mg | Fiber: 2.9g | Sugar: 1.6g | Vitamin A: 286IU | Vitamin C: 69.5mg | Calcium: 11.8mg | Iron: 0.4mg