Holy crap they are my new favorite thing!

Had these last week in Virginia Beach at a brewpub; grilled Shishitos with a ginger remoulade. DELISH

Never heard of them.
Where are they on the taste profile?

Thanks for the photo! Any flavor description? Heat range relative to Jalapeños?

I’ve never heard of that kind. But I just opened a package of Henning’s Cheddar flavored with Hatch chiles that’s wonderfully good – fairly mild heat. I’ll be having some on Triscuits shortly. Yum!

They sounds like they're named appropriately.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Thanks for the photo! Any flavor description? Heat range relative to Jalapeños?

I’ve never heard of that kind. But I just opened a package of Henning’s Cheddar flavored with Hatch chiles that’s wonderfully good – fairly mild heat. I’ll be having some on Triscuits shortly. Yum!

I just recently roasted and froze about 6 pounds of Hatch peppers to use over the next year.

As far as these peppers, I have never heard of them. I quick search says only 1 in 10-20 are hot and they seem to be roasted and served with a sauce as an appetizer, but I can’t find a flavor description. Every pepper has a certain flavor profile. I would think these must be good to be an appetizer, but where to find them.

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Originally posted by Lunasee:
They sounds like they're named appropriately.

Haha! I thought the same thing! Apparently it is because at least according to Wikipedia
The name refers to the fact that the tip of the chili pepper (唐辛子, tōgarashi) looks like the lion (獅子, shishi) head; in Japanese, it is often abbreviated as shishitō.[2]

My family LOVES them, I roast them with olive oil, kosher salt, and a squeeze of lime. Made that way they taste like a spicy, charred green pepper but the pepper texture is nothing like that, more like a peppercini (that tastes like a hot(temp cause roasted eaten hot) slightly hot (pepper heat scale) charred salted and lime juiced green pepper. I think they are amazing. I get them from Costco or Hmart (Korean grocery superstore brand).

To me, they are rich like poblanos. Not much heat. I like them.

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Originally posted by Powers77:
Never heard of them.
Where are they on the taste profile?

Well they’re just a bit warm, like a very, very mild jalapeño but then every so often you hit a pretty hot one and that’s part of the fun of eating a plate of them. They’ve been a thing in Japan forever as a bar snack and have been showing up over here more.

I love ‘em, could just eat them as a meal they’re so good.

I have them all the time when in season. Several times a week.

Quick fried with katsuboshi and salt. Raw dipped in kochijang mixed with honey, diced scallions, sesame oil. Diced ham and shishito omelette. Included in salsa (like salsa verde). Many, many ways to enjoy.

A local steakhouse had them for an appetizer and we loved them. Sort of a gamble on the heat, some very mild and sometimes one with a little kick. If I find them in the supermarket I buy them and make them at home. Good stuff.

There's never enough for me, I love them.

I cook them from time to time, but typically order when I see on a menu.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Had these last week in Virginia Beach at a brewpub

Which one? Going down in a week or so and always down to try new spot. Those look good.

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Originally posted by MikeGLI:

typically order when I see on a menu.

Any place around here that serves them?

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Originally posted by PASig:
Had these last week in Virginia Beach at a brewpub

Which one? Going down in a week or so and always down to try new spot. Those look good.

New Realm Brewing Company

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New Realm Brewing Company

Awesome. Can't wait.

So I want to try these as I love any and all peppers. I have never seen them in my grocery store in my local Texas stores. Are they available only in certain places, online, certain times of year, etc? Inquiring taste buds need to know now…LOL.

Try an Asian market.

We can get them at the Japanese market we go to, but there is a Korean one farther away that has better prices... go figure

i blister them in a very hot pan with a little high temperature oil (veggie) and hit them with coarse salt from the grinder, once they get going.

It's said that about every tenth one is quite spicy, but that might be a little bit optimistic.

They are very addictive, so please use caution

It can be a game of pepper roulette. About 1 in 10 are “hot”. Kind of comparable to a jalapeño. But that kick does catch you by surprise when you have been eating a bunch of mild ones.

I buy them all the time at Whole Foods and my local Hannaford.

My preference for cooking them is to throw them in the grill and give them a light roast.