Recipes
Ingredients
Conversions
Gram Conversions
Basic Cooking Calculator
General Metric Calculators
Cups To Milliliters
Articles
Features
Los Gatos Restaurants
Wine and Cheese Pairing Guide
Best Festivals
Pots De Creme
Mexican Food And Cooking Terms
Shop
Blog
Food News
Food Sleuthing Blog
My Gardening Journal
My Nutrisystem Journey and Review
Slimming World USA
Living Healthy
Videos
Popular Features:
Cooking Videos
Join now!
Sign In
View Cart
Recipes
Ingredients
Conversions
Gram Conversions
Gram Conversion Calculators
Grams To Cups Conversions
Gram Conversions - Ingredients By Category
Gram Calculator - Simple
Basic Cooking Calculator
General Metric Calculators
Cups To Milliliters
Articles
Features
Los Gatos Restaurants
Wine and Cheese Pairing Guide
Best Festivals
Pots De Creme
Mexican Food And Cooking Terms
Shop
Blog
Food News
Food Sleuthing Blog
My Gardening Journal
My Nutrisystem Journey and Review
Slimming World USA
Living Healthy
g
Ingredients
Shiso
Shiso
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
Quick Find:
Shiso
photo credit: gourmetsleuth
Other Names:
Perilla (Perilla frutescens), oba
What is Shiso?
Shiso
, also known as Perilla and Ooba leaves is an ornamental leaf is in the mint family. Shiso provides the background for many sushi dishes and pairs well with wasabi and shoyu. You can find both purple or green leaves.
This spicy herb has a scent reminiscent of cinnamon and cloves. Popular in Japan, where it is used fresh or pickled, along with fish, rice, vegetables and soups. In Vietnam and Korea, the leaves flavor noodle soups and spring rolls. The purple variety is provides ornamental foliage with iridescent shades.
Substitute for Shiso
If you can't find shiso you can substitute mint
Asian Herbs
Email
Favorite Shiso Recipes
Grilled Spicy Chicken Breast
Chicken breasts are marinated then grilled and served with a romaine salad with a lemon grass vinaigrette, a Curried Noodle Salad and Carrot-Peanut Wontons.
You May Also Like
Rice paddy herb
Lemon basil
Mitsuba
Saw-Leaf Herb
Gourmetsleuth is supported by minimal ads and reader support. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission.
Learn more
Related Recipes
Eggplant With Tofu And Thai Basil
Related Article
Pandanas (Pandan) Leaves
In Thai cooking the leaves are also called pandan, or pandan is bai toey hom.. The plant is Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb, called hala in Hawaii and commonly referred to as the screw-pine. Article includes a description, uses and photographs,
More