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)

  • 5 Dried Shiitake
  • 10~12 Shishito peppers
  • 4 slices Bacon
  • 1 Clove garlic, minced
  • 1 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 or 2 tsp White wine
  • 1 tsp Soy sauce

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.

Point

Dried Shiitake mushrooms should be rehydrated in cold water to make them sweeter and tastier without any messy taste.

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