無限ピーマン

• 読み: むげんピーマン
• ローマ字: mugen pīman
• 漢字の分解: 無限 (infinite/endless) + ピーマン (green pepper, from French 'piment') → endlessly eatable green peppers
• 発音: /mu.ɡeɴ piː.maɴ/

意味

A viral easy recipe for seasoned green peppers that you can eat endlessly — the name became a template for any addictively simple vegetable dish.

Originally a specific recipe (green peppers with tuna, sesame oil, and chicken stock) that went viral on social media, 無限ピーマン became a recipe format. The concept — a vegetable dish so tasty you can eat it infinitely — spawned variations like 無限もやし (bean sprouts), 無限キャベツ (cabbage), and 無限なす (eggplant). It represents the viral recipe culture that thrives on Japanese social media.

例文

1. 無限ピーマン作ったら本当に止まらなくなった。
2. 野菜嫌いの子どもが無限ピーマンだけは食べるんだよ。
3. 無限ピーマンの応用で無限もやし作ってみた。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, social media, family meals

トーン: enthusiastic, casual

正しい言い方

• 無限ピーマン作って！おかわりしたい。 (Make mugen piman! I want seconds.)
• 副菜に困ったら無限ピーマンが間違いない。 (When you're stuck for a side dish, mugen piman never fails.)

避ける言い方

• 料理を本格的にやっている人に「無限ピーマンしか作れない」は自虐として使える (Saying 'I can only make mugen piman' to a serious cook works as self-deprecation)

よくある間違い

• Thinking 無限ピーマン is a brand or product — it's a homemade recipe format that went viral on social media

起源と歴史

A recipe that went viral on Twitter/Cookpad around 2016. The name 無限 (infinite/endless) + ピーマン (green pepper) conveyed the idea that you can't stop eating it. Spawned an entire 無限〇〇 recipe genre.

文化的背景

時代: 2016 viral recipe trend

世代: All ages (especially home cooks)

社会的背景: Universal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Part of the viral recipe culture driven by Cookpad, Twitter, and cooking YouTube channels.