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Shishito Peppers with Soy Garlic Sauce
These cast iron blistered shishito peppers, with a soy garlic sauce, will have you skipping them on restaurant menus and making them at home instead! Quick and easy blistered shishito pepper recipe, perfect for a snack or appetizer!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Calories: 102 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 6 ounces shishito peppers
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 2 1/2 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon Huy Fong chili garlic sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- Garnish: toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a small bowl whisk together: 1 tsp toasted sesame oil, minced garlic, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, and honey. Set aside.
- In a cast iron skillet over medium/high heat, add 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil. Add the shishito peppers and cook for 10 minutes, allowing them to blister/brown on each side. Caution: they will pop as they cook, if they have not popped by the end of the cook time take a knife and carefully pierce to pop.
- Remove from heat and add the soy garlic sauce, toss/mix the Shishito's in the sauce for one minute in the pan.
- Move shishito peppers and sauce into a bowl and top with toasted sesame seeds. To eat: grab by the stem and eat pepper, discarding the stem. Enjoy!
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Notes
- You can double the shishitos and soy garlic sauce ingredients for more servings
- Shishito peppers are best enjoyed right away while warm
Nutrition Information
Calories
102kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Sodium
320mg
(13%)
Potassium
246mg
(7%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
917IU
(18%)
Vitamin C
102mg
(113%)
Calcium
18mg
(2%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 102
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 102kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Sodium | 320mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 246mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 917IU | 18% |
| Vitamin C | 102mg | 113% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.