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Japanese izakaya style shishito pepper stir fry served on a white plate top down shot.
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Japanese Shishito Pepper Stir Fry

Discover the perfect Japanese Shishito Peppers recipe, offering a delightful blend of tender peppers, savory bacon, and crisp asparagus tossed in a sweet and savory yakitori sauce. Elevate your culinary skills with this authentic Japanese dish!
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Japanese shishito peppers recipe, sauteed shishito peppers, shishito pepper stir fry
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 393kcal

Ingredients

Stir Fry

  • 1 Cup Shishito Peppers
  • 3 Slices Bacon
  • 6 Stalks Asparagus
  • 1/2 tsp Toasted Sesame Seed optional

Sauce

  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 3 tbsp Japanese Sake can substitute with dry sherry wine or Chinese cooking wine
  • 1 tbsp Water
  • 1 tbsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1/2 Cup Bonito Flakes can sub with 1/8 tsp of hondashi
  • 3 Cloves Garlic

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients for Japanese shishito pepper stir fry.
  • Finely dice garlic.
    Diced garlic.
  • In a stove-top pot, combine soy sauce, Japanese sake, water,sweetener, bonito flakes, and diced garlic. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 7-10 minutes until slightly reduced. If using Hondashi, no need to strain the sauce. Otherwise, strain the sauce through a strainer, pressing to extract any excess sauce from the bonito flakes.
    Sauce for Japanese shishito pepper stir fry.
  • In the meantime, cut bacon into 1/2 inch lengths.
    Chopped bacon.
  • Wash and cut asparagus and shishito peppers into 1-inch lengths and set aside. Note - you can keep shishito whole if you prefer, just remove the top stem.
    Chopped shishito.
  • Place a large fry pan on medium heat and add bacon. Cook bacon until preferred doneness (about 3 minutes for medium and 6 minutes for extra crispy). Transfer cooked bacon to one holding bowl and the bacon oil to another holding bowl.
    Cooked bacon.
  • Take 1 tablespoon of bacon oil and add it back to the frying pan over high heat. Discard the remaining bacon oil. Once the oil is hot, add asparagus and shishito peppers. Stir and cook for 1.5-2 minutes until the asparagus is tender. Add cooked bacon, pour sauce, and mix for 15 seconds. Transfer to a serving plate and sprinkle optional toasted sesame seeds.
    Japanese shishito pepper stir fry in a frying pan.

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Nutrition

Calories: 393kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 47g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 1385mg | Potassium: 738mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 363IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 2mg