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Blistered peppers with a spicy sauce in a bowl.
James Strange

Shishito Peppers with Gochujang

Easy recipe for blistered shishito peppers with a spicy Korean inspired gochujang sauce.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Korean
Calories: 66
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oz Shishito peppers
  • 1 Tablespoon Oil
Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Gochujang Korean red pepper paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon Gochugaru Korean red pepper powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sesame oil Toasted kind
  • 1/2 teaspoon Raw sugar
  • 2 cloves Garlic finely minced
  • 2 Tablespoons Water

Method
 

Sauce
  1. In a small bowl mix together Gochujang, Gochugaru, Sesame oil, Garlic, raw sugar and water.
    A bowl of spicy sauce with a spoon
  2. Wash the peppers. Poke or cut a small hole in each pepper.
    Fresh peppers in a bowl with other ingredients behind the bowl
  3. To a pan on medium high heat add one tablespoon of oil. Add the peppers and toss to coat with oil. To cook the peppers sit for a minute then toss. Keep doing this until the have blistered and have just gotten soft.
    Peppers frying in a pan
  4. Reduce the heat to low and add the sauce. Toss the peppers to coat with sauce. When the sauce has reduced they are ready to serve.
    Blistered peppers with a spicy sauce in a bowl.