Tempura Shishito Peppers

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Preparation info
  • Yield: Serves

    4

    as a side dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Epic Air Fryer Cookbook: 100 Inspired Recipes That Take Air-Frying in Deliciously Exciting New Directions

By Emily Paster

Published 2019

  • About

Shishito peppers have migrated from restaurant menus to farmers markets and now to grocery stores and our kitchen tables. These small, wrinkly Japanese green peppers are mild and sweet—except when they’re not. You see, one in ten of these otherwise sweet peppers is actually quite spicy. Just one of the fun pranks Mother Nature plays on us, like snowstorms in April.

Shishito peppers are very easy to cook at home, especially with the air fryer. You can simply toss the peppers with oil