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Chikuwa Rolled Shishito Pepper Tempura - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Chikuwa Rolled Shishito Pepper Tempura.
Here is the tempura stuffed with a shishito pepper into a fish cake (chikuwa). It has a good garlic flavor and the spicy taste of shishito peppers which is addictive. It can be served as a side dish to go with rice or as a perfect accompaniment to go with alcohol. Please try it out and we hope you like it!
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Cook time

20 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Shishito pepper
    9
  • Fish cake (Chikuwa)
    3
  • Garlic powder
    1/3 tsp
  • Tempura Flour
  • Cold water
    70 ml
  • Cake flour (Pastry flour)
    50 g
  • Japanese Mayonnaise
    1 tbsp
  • Frying oil
    as needed

How to make

  1. 1. Remove the stem of shishito peppers and make several holes with a toothpick.
  2. 2. Cut the fish cakes (chikuwa) into 3 equal pieces.
  3. 3. Insert Step 1 into the hole in Step 2. Make 9 pieces in the same way, and coat the whole pieces with garlic powder.
  4. 4. Add the tempura flour ingredients in a bowl, and mix lightly with some lumps left.
  5. 5. Pour about 1-inch depth of frying oil into the pot, heat to 190°C(370°F), then dip Step 3 into Step 4 and deep-fry it.
  6. 6. Deep-fry for about 2 minutes while rolling it sometimes, and when the batter is crispy, take it out, drain the oil, serve it on a plate, and it's ready.

Tips for cooking

Please make sure to make a few holes in the shishito peppers so that it doesn't burst during the deep-frying. If you don't have garlic powder, please adjust the taste with salt and pepper mix. By adding some mayonnaise to the batter, it will have a crispy texture.

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