Blistered Shishito Pepper Sauce is a tangy all purpose green sauce recipe that adds bright shishito pepper flavor to all sorts of dishes. Use as a shishito pepper hot sauce, dip, salsa, or braising sauce, pasta sauce, salad dressing, wet marinade and more!
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Shishito pepper sauce
To make Shishito Pepper Sauce start with a perfect blistered shishito peppers recipe. Then blend into a pepper sauce with the charred onions, garlic, lime juice, herbs and stock.
It’s a great all purpose spicy green condiment that adds amazing flavor to anything you put it on – meat, pasta, vegetables, sandwiches, wraps, chips and more.
You can even use as a braising sauce for perfectly braised beef. The shishito peppers add great flavor and a little spice, like this Pepperoncini Pot Roast.
Farmstand fresh
Developed in partnership with Genuine Skagit Valley as a part of a series of recipes highlighting the produce, meat, seafood and more from local farm stands near me in Skagit Valley WA.
For more Farmstand Fresh recipes check out Lamb Kleftiko, Blueberry Pie Martini, Lavender Simple Syrup, Tomato Bruschetta with Cheese, Notcho ‘Cheese’ Crispy Kale Chips and Caprese Steamed Clams.
If looking for things to do in Skagit Valley visit Skagit Valley Farmstand Fresh for a list of great Skagit valley farms, restaurants, breweries and more in Skagit county. Perfect for Skagit Valley Tulip Festival season or anytime!
Ingredients
- Shishito peppers – shishito peppers are a japanese pepper that are not spicy. But if you’d like to make a spicy shishito pepper hot sauce you can also add a few spicy hot peppers of your choice like jalapeno, habanero, etc.
- Onion – white onion or whatever onion you’d like.
- Garlic – fresh garlic cloves
- Dried spices – ground coriander, ground cumin
- Fresh herbs – parsley and cilantro
- Stock – chicken or vegetable
- Vinegar – white vinegar or substitute another light vinegar
- Lime juice
- Salt and Pepper
Step by step instructions
- Prepare blistered shishitos then allow to cool slightly before popping the stems off.
- Add to blender or food processor with 1 clove garlic, stock, salt and pepper, oregano, lime juice and cilantro.
- Process until smooth.
- Use immediately or store for later either refrigerated or frozen.
- Enjoy!
How to use
Use Shishito Pepper Sauce like you would chimichurri, salsa verde or salsa.
Use as a wet marinade for chicken, pork or seafood. As a topping for grilled oysters or as a dipping sauce chips and bread.
Use as a base for braising meat like Shredded Shishito Pepper Braised Beef. Or use it to flavor steamed clams, fish, etc.
Pour on pasta, vegetables, potatoes, eggs and grilled meat. Or slather on sandwiches, tacos and wraps.
This shishito peppers recipe is such a delicious method to use shishito peppers in many different ways!
Yield
This recipe yields about 2 cups of shishito pepper sauce. Or about enough for roughly 16 2 tablespoon servings.
Shelf life
Store tightly covered refrigerated for up to 5 days. Or this sauce can also be frozen for up to 3 months. I like to use ice cube trays or silicone trays, but you can use any freezer safe container to freeze the sauce. Then thaw overnight in the refrigerator or reheat over low heat in a saucepan.
📖 Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 quart shishito peppers about 4 cups
- 1 medium white onion sliced
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- ⅛ teaspoon ground coriander
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves and stems
- ¼ cup flat leaf parsley leaves and stems
- ½ cup chicken stock or vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar or substitute any other light vinegar
- 2 tablespoons lime juice from about ½ lime
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- In a cast iron pan over high heat add shishito peppers to a tablespoon of oil.1 quart shishito peppers, 1 tablespoon canola oil
- Cook without stirring until beginning to blister, about a minute.
- Add sliced onion slices and stir fry until peppers are blistered, about 3-4 minutes.1 medium white onion
- Set aside and allow to cool slightly before cutting the stems off.
- Add cooled, stemmed blistered shishitos a food processor or high-powered blender with remaining ingredients and process until smooth.2 cloves garlic, ⅛ teaspoon ground coriander, ⅛ teaspoon ground cumin, ¼ cup fresh cilantro, ¼ cup flat leaf parsley, ½ cup chicken stock, 2 tablespoons white vinegar, 2 tablespoons lime juice, Salt and pepper
- Transfer to jar or other lidded container.
- Refrigerate until ready to use, up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Lynne
Can you freeze this sauce after making?
Tristin Rieken
Yes, great question Lynne. This shishito pepper sauce does not contain any dairy which would cause it to separate when frozen so it can safely be frozen for up to three months. I like to use ice cube trays or silicone trays, but you can use any freezer safe container to freeze the sauce. Then thaw overnight in the refrigerator or reheat over low heat in a saucepan.
Jeff
Very tasty sauce! I substituted rice vinegar for a bit of sweetness, and riasted the onion and garlic with the peppers. This one will definitely be added to the rotation.
Tristin Rieken
Hi Jeff, thank you so much for the kind review and substitution ideas 🙂 I love your tip of roasting the onion and garlic too!
Paula Melton
I don’t understand how to know or measure the amount of shishito peppers to use for this recipe. It says 4 cups/ 1 quartI. I purchased a 8 ounce bag of shishito peppers from trader Joe..this looks like a lot of peppers. Do I need 2-3 bags?? Please make thisclear.
thanks
Tristin Rieken
Hi Paula, thank you for your question. Some stores sell peppers by weight and some sell peppers by volume. Typically farm stands and local growers will use either standard size pint or quart berry boxes to sell produce, while grocery stores and larger producers tend to use smaller bags sold by weight. The volume of a quart of peppers is about 4 cups, or 2 pints. The weight of a quart of peppers is about 1 pound, or 16 ounces. This recipe does use a lot of peppers but it is also a very forgiving and easy to adjust. Whether you use 4 cups, 2 pints, 1 quart, 1 pound or 16 ounces it will all be about the same. If you find you have only 2 cups of peppers in your 8 ounce bag you can simply cut the recipe in half to great results.
Paula
How can I accurately determine how many shishito peppers to use in this recipe? I purchased an 8 oz. Bag from trader Joe
It looks like a lot of peppers. Please advise.
Tristin Rieken
Each 8 ounce bag of shishito peppers should contain roughly 2 cups of peppers, so you would need two 8 ounce bags. It is a lot of peppers, but they shrink down quite a bit after cooking and the recipe only results in about 2 cups of sauce.