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A hot sauce made with red hot peppers, vinegar, salt, and special spices. Many of the Louisiana hot sauces are made with cayenne peppers, which provide for a mild hot sauce.
A variety of pepper grown commonly in the U.S. that is picked when green or red. The immature green colored pepper is mild to medium hot in flavor, unlike the red, which has a deeper fiery flavor that exceeds the Jalapeno in intensity.
A variety of yellow chile peppers typically harvested when they are 4 to 6 inches in length. Often mistaken for the banana chile, the Hungarian Wax pepper has a hotter flavor and is larger in size.
A variety of yellow chile peppers typically harvested when they are 4 to 6 inches in length. Often mistaken for the banana chile, the Yellow Wax pepper has a hotter flavor and is larger in size.
A type of pepper, native to tropical areas of West Africa. Mildly flavored, this pepper grows in a range of 1 to 2 inches in length and contains seeds with a spicy, hot taste that is slightly bitter, providing flavored overtones of cardamom and ginger.
Red ripened bell peppers that have been roasted in some manner. There are several ways in which the red peppers can be roasted.
A very small pepper, which is only approximately 1 inch long and ½ inch wide. The pepper changes color throughout maturity, starting out yellow, changing to orange and is finally red at maturity.
A thin chile pepper that is often used as a flavoring in Indian foods. Flat in shape, this pepper ranges in size from 3 to 5 inches long.
A spice that is derived berries grown on pepper plants, such as the Piper nigrum, Piper longum or the Piper retrofractum plants.
Commonly served in Moroccan food dishes, this meat product consists of lamb that is ground, mixed with herbs, spices and seasonings such as garlic, cumin, chili paste, and cayenne pepper, and then stuffed into a sausage casing.
A small, round chile pepper that is commonly used as a flavoring in Indian cooking. This pepper is a very common pepper in Pakistan, providing a spicy to hot flavor similar to Scotch bonnet peppers.
A food spread that is made from roasted sweet peppers, which can use any variety of sweet pepper as the base for the spread.
A well-known pepper native to Brazil, which is at times confused with the Melegueta chile from West Africa.
A long narrow chile pepper that is native to China, Japan and also common in regions of Mexico. Translated, the word Japónes means "Japanese" in Spanish to denote an Asian variety of pepper.
A Jalapeno pepper, native to Mexico that is smoked, dried and most often served as an appetizer or as an ingredient in sauces, salsas, soups, and stews.
A pointed (piquillo means "little beak") pepper grown only in the Navarra region of Northern Spain along the Ebro River.
Used mainly as an ingredient in sauces, this variety of soup is thick in consistency and rich in flavor.
Grown primarily in northern India, this pepper is considered to be the hottest and provide the most intense heat of all chile peppers.
Native to the Basque region of Spain, this variety of chile pepper is small in size and narrow in dimension.
A popular spice, used like black pepper to season foods in countries such as India, Africa, Morocco, and regions of Asia.
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