We Grow Shishito Peppers<\/p>\n
Sold by the one pint which is approximately 1\/3 of a pound.<\/p>\n
Shishitos, a Japanese frying pepper, have been getting a lot of attention recently, popping up in restaurants and popular culture. The pepper is small and finger-long, slender, and thin-walled. Although it turns from green to red upon ripening, it is usually harvested while green. The name refers to the fact that the tip of the chili pepper <\/i>(t\u014dgarashi<\/i>) looks like the head of a lion (shishi<\/i><\/i>); in Japanese it is often abbreviated as shishit\u014d<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Our resources indicate that about one out of every eight peppers is spicy, but this past season we found this to be closer to 1 in every 25. The occurrence of pungent fruit is induced by such factors as exposure to sunlight and other environmental stresses.<\/sup><\/p>\n Our absolute favorite way to prepare shishito peppers is blistered in a cast iron pan, lightly sea salted and served as an appetizer or side dish on Mexican night. For cooking, a hole is poked in the pepper beforehand to keep expanding hot air from bursting the pepper. They may also be skewered then broiled (grilled), or pan-fried in oil, stewed in a soy sauce or simply eaten raw in a salad or as a condiment. It is thin-skinned and will blister and char easily compared with thicker-skinned varieties of peppers. Eben tastier served alongside homemade aioli sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sold by the one pint which is approximately 1\/3 of a pound.<\/p>\n Shishitos, a Japanese frying pepper, have been getting a lot of attention recently, popping up in restaurants and popular culture. The pepper is small and finger-long, slender, and thin-walled. Shishitos are usually harvested green but can be any range of green to red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-peppers","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wegrowfoods.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}