Chilli & heat · Fresh
Shishito peppers
Also called shishitos, Padrón-style peppers
Small, thin-walled Japanese green peppers, mostly mild with the odd hot one. Blistered in a pan or on the grill and finished with salt, soy or bonito.
- A kind of Padrón peppers
What can replace it
- T2 · GoodAnaheim chillies
Larger; cut into pieces before blistering.
- T2 · GoodKorean green chillies
Longer and a bit hotter.
- T3 · In a pinchGreen peppers
Thick and bitter; cut into strips.
- T3 · In a pinchMini sweet peppers
Sweet, with no grassy bite.
Cook with Shishito peppers
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