Teriyaki Hotate & Shishito Peppers
This teriyaki hotate & shishito peppers is a super quick and easy recipe. The active cooking time on the stove is under 8 minutes. I used boiled hotate (Japanese scallops), hence the short cooking time on the stove. Despite the ease of making this recipe, it was deliciously savoury and satisfying.
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INGREDIENTS
1) Boiled Hotate (Japanese scallops)
Choose large hotate (scallops) if possible as they will shrink slightly during cooking. If using frozen (pictured), thaw before use. Boiled hotate can be bought in the frozen state, or thawed and ready-to-eat at Japanese supermarket deli section.
2) Shishito Peppers (Japanese mild chilli peppers)
Shishito peppers are the Japanese variety of chilli peppers. They are mild with little or no heat, and they can be cooked and eaten wholly without de-seeding. I bought them out of curiosity at Donki. I do find them expensive though (the small punnet as pictured cost $3.90). Check out the following cheaper and more accessible substitution for these peppers.
Ingredients Substitution
- one bell pepper (capsicum) – cored and cut to wedges; or
- any variety of local chilli peppers (example jalapeño); or
- any vegetables that cook in about 4 minutes – such as broccoli florets or scallions (white portion); or
- you may also omit the vegetables and double the amount of hotate scallops.
3) Teriyaki sauce with less soy sauce
- Base teriyaki sauce: soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar. In this recipe, there was much lesser soy sauce compared to a typical teriyaki sauce. Otherwise, the hotate will turn out overly salty.
- Optional: garlic & ginger pastes (or freshly minced).
- I made the sauce directly in the pan so this recipe is very convenient.
STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOS
HOW TO COOK TERIYAKI HOTATE & SHISHITO PEPPERS:
- Make teriyaki sauce by adding the sauce ingredients in the pan. Boil briefly to mix well and ensure that the sugar is dissolved. Season to taste – add more soy sauce (if not salty enough) or water (if too salty). Bring to a low simmer.
- Add hotate and shishito peppers one layer in a fitting pan (I am using a 20-cm pan). Simmer for 4 minutes covered, turning each ingredient with chopsticks during halfway point.
- Thicken with cornstarch slurry and this dish is done!
This was my teriyaki scallops & shishito peppers straight in the pan.
If you plate this dish, I recommend serving teriyaki sauce on the side as the gravy is good with rice!
Teriyaki Hotate & Shishito Peppers Recipe
This is a quick and easy recipe – The boiled hotate (Japanese scallops) were already cooked and only require a short simmer in the pan.
You can omit the shishito peppers (see ingredient substitution ideas at cooking notes) and double the scallops if you want a pan of filled with teriyaki scallops.
Check out the ingredients and step-by-step photos on the previous page.
Ingredients:
- 8 large thawed boiled hotate (Japanese scallops)
- 8 shishito peppers see cooking note below for subsitution
- cornstarch slurry dissolve 1/2 tsp cornstarch in 1 tsp water
- 1/4 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tsp chopped spring onions
Teriyaki Sauce
- 1 tsp light soy sauce (I used 1/2 tbsp slightly salty)
- 1 1/2 tbsp sake (or clear rice wine)
- 1 1/2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp water
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1-cm garlic paste (or 1 clove minced garlic) optional
- 1-cm ginger paste (or 1/2 tsp minced garlic) optional
Directions:
- Make quick teriyaki sauce. In a 20-cm pan, add teriyaki sauce ingredients, and mix well with a spatula. Cook briefly until sugar is dissolved. Do a taste test and season to taste with soy sauce if it is not salty enough (1/2 tsp at a time) or water if it is too salty (1 tbsp at a time). Bring sauce to a bubble and reduce the heat to a low simmer.
- Add hotate and shishito peppers one layer in the pan. Simmer with lid on for 2 minutes. Open lid, use chopsticks to turn the ingredients, and continue to simmer for another 2 minutes with the lid on. Thicken sauce with cornstarch slurry.
- Garnish and serve. Transfer the scallops and shishito peppers to a serving plate and garnish with sesame seeds and spring onions. Pour the remaining teriyaki sauce in the pan into a serving condiment saucer. This dish is best served with Japanese multigrain rice.
Cooking Notes
Ingredient substitution ideas for shishito peppers:
- bell peppers (capsicums) wedges
- broccoli florets
- cherry tomatoes
- any favourite variety of local chilli peppers (such as jalapeño)
- scallions