Shishito Peppers Recipe – Cream Cheese Stuffed
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This shishito peppers recipe is perfect for game day snacks or Cinco de Mayo! Blistered shishitos, stuffed with cream cheese and salami, then baked. SO delicious!
Shishito Peppers Recipe
Shishitos are like a milder version of Jalape̱os and what a better way to serve them than stuffed to the brim with meat and cheese? This Shishito Peppers recipe is like Jalape̱o Poppers Рbut better!!!
All you need for this Shishito Peppers recipe is softened cream cheese, chopped salami, garlic powder and some black pepper. Cream it all together and stuff each shishito pepper.
What’s a shishito pepper?
They are a small, mild chili pepper, harvested while green, and used especially in Asian cuisine.
Are shishito peppers hot?
While most shishitos are mild in flavor every once in a while you get a spicy one. To me that’s the fun part, never knowing and BAM, the heat elevates for a fantastic, unexpected flavor punch. 🙂
What are shishito peppers good for?
Grill, pan fry or broil them until they get blistered and serve with cold drinks as an appetizer. I love to stuff them, too. Truly addicting to nibble on!
To cook, I place the tray of them in the middle of the oven and under the broiler they go for 5 minutes. Easy right?
These go quick!
The outer skin still gets blistered, the salami renders and crisps up and the cheese turns a golden brown.
This Shishito Peppers recipe is fantastic and I hope you try them out. Perfect for any Game Day, party or snacking. Enjoy!
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Stuffed Shishito Peppers Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb shishito peppers
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 oz dry salami diced
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Take the cream cheese out of the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature. Move oven rack to middle of oven and turn broiler on.
- Dice the salami into small pieces and add to a bowl with the cream cheese. Add the garlic powder and black pepper. Stir to blend thoroughly.
- Lay the shishito peppers out on a lined baking sheet and see how they lay. With a small paring knife cut a slit down the side facing up on each one (from below stem to almost the tip).
- Using a teaspoon, fill the pepper cavity and press sides together to hold cheese salami filling.
- Spray all of the stuffed shishitos with cooking spray or olive oil. Place tray in oven and broil for 5 minutes. Shishito peppers should blister and cheese filling turns a golden brown. Serve warm. Makes 30+ depending on size of shishito peppers.
Nutrition
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Have you ever prepped these and then frozen them before frying?
Yes and the stuffed jalapeno poppers do just as well Lindsey.
This recipe is brilliant Kevin. Absolutely devine, just as written. I made these stuffed peppers numerous times last summer when my son had bumper crops of shishitos, and we recently wanted the exact same recipe and filling for some banana peppers. It was amazing with those, as well! My son just harvested a few containers of his beloved shishitos, so tomorrow I will again be using your recipe (the way it was intended, haha). We can’t get enough. They are so tasty, so delicious, and they go so fast! Please keep this recipe available always. I do have it printed out on cardstock and tucked inside a protective plastic sheet inside my 3-ring cookbook binder “just in case” lol, but it’s so handy to just pull it up on the phone. Thank you for creating and for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Your fans,
Jenifer and Jason
Excellent, so happy the both of you enjoy this one Jenifer! Thanks for following along and trying the recipes. 🙂
Thanks for sharing! How far ahead of time can I make it?
The earliest I’ve made was the night before to save time. Earlier than that I couldn’t answer to Vanessa.
This looks so good! What a simple recipe for an appetizer!
Yes indeed and I can’t wait for pepper season! Thanks Suzanna. 🙂
We loved these. I have grown Shishito for a few years now and have blistered and pickled them. But this is a delicious way to prepare them. Even good to warm up next day.
Excellent, so glad you enjoyed these Judi!
can these stuffed peppers be cooked on grill? I grow these peppers so eat them many times.
I am sure that would work just fine! Let me know if you try it out that way I would love to hear!
These are loved by my family. I add shredded cheddar cheese to the filling. Thank you for the recipe!
Oh that is a great idea! I am so glad you enjoyed them!