shishitō
Sign in to saveAlso known as kkwari pepper, sisitô pepper, shishitō pepper
is a popular, normally mild East Asian pepper variety of the species Capsicum annuum.
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- Capsicum annuum
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is a popular, normally mild East Asian pepper variety of the species Capsicum annuum.
==Characteristics== The pepper is small and finger-long, slender, and thin-walled. Although it turns from green to red upon ripening, it is usually harvested while green. The name refers to the fact that the tip of the looks like the head; in Japanese, it is often abbreviated as shishitō.
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