Fried Shishito and Shiitake
Japanese Shishito pepper is a slightly sweet pepper that is not hot.
Sometimes, however, very hot shishito peppers are mixed in.
In such cases, stir-frying them in a peperoncino style seasoning makes a wonderful appetizer that goes very well with beer.
Ingredients
(2 persons)
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5
Dried Shiitake
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10~12
Shishito peppers
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4 slices
Bacon
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1
Clove garlic, minced
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1 Tbsp
Olive oil
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1 or 2 tsp
White wine
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1 tsp
Soy sauce
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Steps
1
Soak dried Shiitake in water. After rehydrating, remove the stems and slice the caps into slices.
2
Cut off the head of the shishito peppers and slit the peppers with a knife.
3
Cut bacon into bite-size pieces.
4
Heat olive oil in a frying pan, sauté garlic and when fragrant, add bacon and Shiitake.
5
Next, add the shishito peppers. When the shishito peppers have softened a little, add the white wine and saute.
6
Finally, add soy sauce to taste.
