獅子唐辛子 (Shishi-tōgarashi)
Shishi-togarashi
- ししとうがらし
- Shishi-tōgarashi
- Pitch 5
- plants
- vegetables
Meaning
獅子唐辛子 (ししとうがらし, Shishi-tōgarashi) is Shishi-togarashi, a Japanese food (plants, vegetables).
What is Shishi-togarashi?
Shishitōgarashi (Capsicum annuum) is a sweet, small and finger-long, slender, and thin-walled pepper. Although it turns from green to red upon ripening, it is usually harvested while green. About one out of every ten peppers is spicy. For cooking, a hole is poked in the pepper beforehand to keep expanding hot air from bursting the pepper. It may be skewered then broiled (grilled), or pan-fried in oil, stewed in a soy sauce- and dashi-based liquid, or simply eaten raw in a salad or as a condiment. It is thin-skinned and will blister and char easily compared with thicker-skinned varieties of peppers. The name refers to the fact that the tip of the chili pepper ( tōgarashi , 唐辛子) looks like the head of a lion ( shishi , 獅子). In Japanese, it is often abbreviated as shishitō .