Guest Post: Shishito Pepper Salsa

Today my guest post is from Angela of Paleo Kitchen Lab. She has some truly amazing and unique recipes on her blog. One of my favorite recipes of her is this pepper salsa. And I can’t wait to share it with you!!

A MILD SHISHITO PEPPER CONDIMENT FOR TONS OF FLAVOR & MILD SPICE

This salsa started with the intention to make sriracha, a spicy tangy Vietnamese condiment I put on everything.

Most sriracha is made chemicals in the ingredients list. No thank you.  I found an organic brand I like, but it still has sugar in it. Then I found a brand that’s sugar-free called Dark Star Sriracha that was pretty good.

I still decided to a homemade version of these store bought hot sauces.

Michele Tam from Nom Nom Paleo has a great recipe for sriracha using Jalapeno peppers.

I picked up some Japanese Shishito peppers  at the market because I thought they were spicy like jalapenos and perfect for sriracha.

At home, I discovered that only one out of every 10 peppers is actually spicy and the rest are very mild.

Because of their mildness, I didn’t have to deseed these peppers. The final sauce was not as spicy as sriracha, but does have an amazing flavor perfect for spreading on eggs, fish, burgers and mild tasting food. This salsa/dip would also make an amazing relish replacement.

You can also use it as a dip for veggies and mix it with home made mayo for an amazing aoili. Next time I would double the recipe because this stuff went too fast.

If you don’t eat it all, it lasts forever in the refrigerator and makes the sweet, tangy, piquant addition to any meal.

 

INGREDIENTS

1 pound of shishito peppers

1 tablespoon of honey

1 tablespoon of  fish sauce (I use this Paleo brand)

1 red pepper, finely diced

3 garlic cloves

1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar

optional: half a carrot, grated

2 tablespoons of tomato paste

2 tablespoons of onion, finely chopped

smoked paprika and salt to taste

optional: for more spice add 1 teaspoon of chili powder or cayenne

optional: 1 teaspoon of oil of choice if salsa is too thick or dry

HOW TO… GET THE RECIPE HERE

This is Angela. 10 years ago, the Paleo diet cured her of IBS. She returned to the Paleo diet 7 years later I lost 13 pounds and the Paleo diet continues to wow me with it’s curative properties. Join Angela in her food experiment in her kitchen lab. Read More Here