Beer Batter Shishito Pepper Tempura with Spicy Garlic Dipping Sauce
Beer Batter Shishito Pepper Tempura with Spicy Garlic Dipping Sauce is a tasty way to enjoy these popular gourmet peppers! The beer batter requires only two ingredients and the dipping sauce comes together in two minutes!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
Dipping Sauce
- 3/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 unseasoned rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- Thinly sliced scallions for garnish
Peppers
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 can (12-ounce) beer
- Canola oil or corn or peanut oil, for deep-frying
- 2 bags (8-ounce) shishito peppers
Instructions
Dipping Sauce
- Combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Peppers
- Whisk the flour and beer together in a bowl.
- Fill a deep fryer with oil to a depth of at least 3 inches.
- Preheat the oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees.
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees.
- Place a cooling rack over a large rimmed baking sheet.
- Place the peppers in the beer batter and coat each pepper thoroughly.
- Working in batches of 6-8 peppers, fry the peppers until a light golden brown.
- Transfer to the cooling rack and place it in the oven to keep warm.
- Repeat with remaining peppers.
- Serve with dipping sauce.
Notes
TIPS:
- Place the finished peppers on a cooling rack set over a rimmed baking sheet and transfer to a low oven to keep warm while deep frying the remaining peppers.
- Placing anything fried on paper towels can result in the fried food becoming soggy at the bottom.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1704mg | Potassium: 105mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 2mg