Japanese shishito peppers are trendy in restaurants and farmers markets, but this is a vegetable you can also grow in your home garden. In fact, shishito pepper plants are easy to grow, early to mature, and yield a heavy crop of fruits. The slender, thin-skinned peppers are mildly spicy and we like to flash fry them for a delicious appetizer. One bite and you’ll want to grow this gourmet pepper in your backyard! 
They’re wrinkled and puckery and have thin skin which makes them perfect for quick frying, grilling, or tempura. The immature peppers are green, maturing to bright red. Traditionally shishito peppers are harvested green.
This pepper is considered mildly spicy but even a spicy shishito pepper is far milder than a jalapeño.