Air Fryer Shishito Peppers are a quick and delicious air fryer recipe. These blistered peppers are mild and make the perfect appetizer. You are going to fall in love with how easy this shishito pepper recipe is to make.

left side of a red and black air fryer basket. Inside the air fryer are blistered green shishito peppers.

Shishito Peppers are perfect for snacking. This recipe is perfect for game day or your late night snack craving.

As you know, we love snacks in my house.

I love it even more when snacks are vegetables!

If you are a snacker that loves your air fryer, you should try our air fryer jalapeno poppers or our air fryer pickles.

You are going to love those air fryer snacks!

uncooked green shishito peppers on a white plate. The shot is an overhead view with a white and red striped napkin to the left.

Are Shishito peppers hot?

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These little green peppers are actually quite mild.

When they are cooking up in the air fryer, I feel that the give off the smell similar to a jalapeno, but the taste is much milder.

Shishito Peppers are on the low end of the heat scale, so to speak.

They say roughly 1 in 10 peppers is spicy.

Collage of 4 pictures. The first picture is uncooked shishito peppers on a white plate. The second picture is of the pepper in a red and black air fryer basket, but uncooked. The third picture is of cooked, blistered shishito peppers in a red/black air fryer basket. The fourth and final picture is of blistered and cooked peppers on a white plate.

How to cook shishito peppers in an air fryer

Remove the peppers from the packaging. Wash peppers and remove any unwanted pieces. Gently spritz the peppers with spray oil.
Put washed peppers into the air fryer basket.
Air Fry the peppers at 390F/198C for 6 minutes. You will hear popping sounds in the air fryer, it is just the peppers expanding.
Remove peppers from basket. Season with salt and serve with a dipping sauce.

I would suggest serving this peppers with a dipping sauce.

I personally love to dip mine into coconut aminos or gluten-free soy sauce.

vertical overhead picture of blistered and cooked peppers in a red and black air fryer basket.

Whole 30 Air Fryer Shishito Peppers

We often get a lot of questions, if our recipes are Whole 30 compliant. Some of our recipes are Whole 30 Air Fryer Recipes and some do not fit that category.

This Whole 30 Air Fryer Shishito Peppers is compliant with the typical recommendations.

The whole 30 way of eating emphasizes whole foods and the elimination of sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, soy, and dairy.

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Pro Tips

Use Any Air Fryer: This recipe can be made in an air fryer unit with a basket or an air fryer oven. If you're using an air fryer oven, place your food on the middle rack and select the "air fry" function.
Check your food as it cooks! Since each air fryer runs differently, sometimes air frying is a trial and error process. When cooking a new recipe, be sure to check on your food often. This will help you avoid over or undercooking, and help you learn your air fryer's specific ways!

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5 from 6 votes

Air Fryer Shishito Peppers

Prep Time2

Cook Time6

Total Time8

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Air Fryer Shishito Peppers

Servings: people

Calories: 113kcal

Cindy - Air Fryer Eats

Ingredients

15 shishito peppers
spray oil

Instructions

Remove the peppers from the packaging. Wash peppers and remove any unwanted pieces. Gently spritz the peppers with spray oil.
Put washed peppers into the air fryer basket.
Air Fry the peppers at 390F/198C for 6 minutes. You will hear popping sounds in the air fryer, it is just the peppers expanding.
Remove peppers from basket. Season with salt and serve with a dipping sauce.

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Notes

I would suggest serving this peppers with a dipping sauce. I personally love to dip mine into coconut aminos or gluten-free soy sauce.

Pro Tip: This recipe can be made in the air fryer unit with a basket or the air fryer oven. If you are using the air fryer oven, use the middle rack and select the “Air Fry” function.

Nutrition

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Air Fryers can vary greatly. Please take the time to learn your specific air fryer. You may need to adjust times and temperatures based upon your air fryer. All though this website attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, the information should only be considered an estimate. Varying factors such as different product types, different brands, etc. can change nutritional information. It is your responsibility as a consumer to read all labels to make sure the ingredients fit your dietary needs as well as calculate your own nutritional information as a double check.

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Comments

Sally

June 10, 2020 at 7:45 pm

I was super excited to try these because I’ve had them as an appetizer at a local restaurant. So I picked them up at my store when I saw them when I was shopping. I was thrilled to see your recipe today on how to air fry these. We made them as an afternoon snack and they were absolutely delicious. We dip them in soy sauce.

- Cindy
  
  June 10, 2020 at 10:17 pm
  
  Soy sauce is great to dip these air fryer shishito peppers in! I am so glad you found our recipe!
  
Mirlene

June 10, 2020 at 9:07 pm

I love love love my air fryer. Thanks for giving me another recipe to try in it.

- Cindy
  
  June 10, 2020 at 10:17 pm
  
  You are very welcome!
  
Andrea Metlika

June 10, 2020 at 9:20 pm

This is such an easy recipe. I cant wait to make these.

- Cindy
  
  June 10, 2020 at 10:17 pm
  
  Enjoy, please come back and let us know how you liked them!
  
Marie-Charlotte Chatelain

June 10, 2020 at 9:32 pm

These sound so fantastic! I love peppers in any size, shape, the mild ones, AND the spicy ones! These shishito ones I have seen so many times lately. Now I feel I really need to pick them up - along with an air fryer haha. I am missing out on so many levels.

- Cindy
  
  June 10, 2020 at 10:16 pm
  
  Due come back and let me know how you liked them!
  
Sandhya's Kitchen

June 10, 2020 at 10:41 pm

Now that sounds like a gorgeous appetiser with shishito peppers. I can't wait to make some over the weekend.

- Cindy
  
  June 10, 2020 at 11:24 pm
  
  SO delicious!
  
Tara

June 10, 2020 at 10:44 pm

Love Shishito peppers! Haven't tried making them in the air fryer before. They look absolutely incredible!

- Cindy
  
  June 10, 2020 at 11:24 pm
  
  Thank you so much!

Air Fryer Shishito Peppers

Are Shishito peppers hot?