A beauty that brings in shades of purple and cream… Scoville heat units (SHU): 30,000 – 50,000 Jalapeño reference point: 4 to 20 times hotter Origin: China Products and seeds: Chinese 5-color pepper on Amazon With its many hues and dark foliage, the Chinese 5-color pepper is a real beauty in the garden. It’s multi-colored, […]
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Papa a la Huancaina
A popular Peruvian appetizer… Who doesn’t love the idea of potatoes with a spicy cheese sauce? That’s simply what the popular Peruvian recipe papa a la Huancaina is: boiled potatoes topped with a cheese sauce spiced up by the deliciously summery-sweet aji amarillo pepper. It’s made all the better by the addition of hardboiled eggs […]
World’s Hottest Peppers Guide 2017: Eating On The Edge
The title for the hottest pepper is something that’s challenged more often than you may expect. Every year, hot pepper cultivators find a new mix of hybrid, soil, and temperature to create peppers that will combat for the top position, if not beat it. The competition is fierce. Below we break out the top 15 […]
Naga Viper: A Wicked Cross
A fruity flavor with insane slow-burn heat… Scoville heat units (SHU): 900,000 – 1,382,118 Jalapeño reference point: 113 to 553 times hotter Origin: United Kingdom Products and seeds: Naga Viper on Amazon What do you get when you cross three super-hots? The Naga Viper. It sounds like a crazy pepper joke, but this extreme chili […]
Explosive Ember Pepper: Dramatic Beauty
A bold color scheme that pops among ornamentals… Scoville heat units (SHU): 30,000 – 50,000 Jalapeño reference point: 4 to 20 times hotter Origin: Unknown Products and seeds: Explosive Ember pepper on Amazon Ornamental peppers come in many colors, often brightening up landscaping like Christmas lights, but few have the sense of drama of the […]
Yellow Peppers Guide: From Mild To Extra Hot
Chili peppers come in many colors – in fact, they’re so colorful that they have as much love as edible landscaping as they do in the kitchen. Our yellow peppers guide helps you matching pepper color to taste and heat, so you can find that perfect bright hottie for you and your need. Let’s review […]
Huancaina Sauce
A delicious Peruvian cheese sauce… Peruvian huancaina sauce is a must for the delicious traditional potato dish papas a la huancaina. But this mix of queso fresco, sunny aji amarillo peppers, and onions has more culinary options that that. Use it as a veggie dip, as a side to salsa for Mexican and Peruvian meals, […]
Chipotle Cinnamon Rub
Sweet warmth meets smoky heat… Chipotle cinnamon rub is a seasoning mix that works no matter the weather outside. The chipotle pepper powder (and pinch of cayenne) provides a smoky heat, while the cinnamon adds that comforting sweet warmth that’s so loved during cooler months. Use it as a rub with pork, chicken, or beef, […]
Minorcan Mike’s Datil Pepper Sauce: More Than Sweet Heat
Datil hot sauces are often known for their sweetness. And that’s certainly true in spades for Minorcan Mike’s Datil Pepper Sauce. It’s a “sweet heat” sauce at its core, but there’s a tasty catch with Minorcan Mike’s…it finishes with a heck of a lot more than simply sweet. There’s a garlicky and earthy tail-end to […]
Aurora Pepper: Lighting Up A Garden
Bulb-like and colorful… Scoville heat units (SHU): 30,000 – 50,000 Jalapeño reference point: 4 to 20 times hotter Origin: Mexico Products and seeds: Aurora pepper on Amazon With its rounded bulb-like shape and its many colors, the aurora pepper is a real crowd pleaser in the garden. It brightens a space – like its name […]
