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.
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!

Are Shishito peppers hot?
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.
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.
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 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.
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Air Fryer Shishito Peppers
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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Nutrition
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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Sally
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
Soy sauce is great to dip these air fryer shishito peppers in! I am so glad you found our recipe!
Mirlene
I love love love my air fryer. Thanks for giving me another recipe to try in it.
Cindy
You are very welcome!
Andrea Metlika
This is such an easy recipe. I cant wait to make these.
Cindy
Enjoy, please come back and let us know how you liked them!
Marie-Charlotte Chatelain
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
Due come back and let me know how you liked them!
Sandhya's Kitchen
Now that sounds like a gorgeous appetiser with shishito peppers. I can't wait to make some over the weekend.
Cindy
SO delicious!
Tara
Love Shishito peppers! Haven't tried making them in the air fryer before. They look absolutely incredible!
Cindy
Thank you so much!