Chili Pepper Madness is dedicated to all things chili peppers including chili pepper recipes, creative cooking, growing, preserving and more.
Here are steps to stop the burning in your mouth and on your skin from eating or handing chili peppers.
Sweet and mild chili peppers have very little to no heat. Some may have a mild spice level. They range from 0 to 5,000 Scoville Heat Units. Here is a list of sweet and mild types of chili peppers.
Gochugaru is a coarsely ground Korean chili powder similar to red pepper flakes in texture, traditionally made from sun-dried peppers without the seeds.
Yes, you can still ripen unripe peppers you’ve pulled from your pepper plants due to frost or other reasons. Here is how.
Learn more about the chocolate habanero from Chili Pepper Madness.
When certain recipes call for fresh chili peppers, can I used dried peppers or chili powder instead? What about vice versa? How much should I use?
The Chile Japones, aka Japones pepper or "Japanese pepper", is a popular ingredient in Asian, Latin and Caribbean cuisine prized for it's wonderful heat.
Learn more about the Chocolate 7-Pot Chili Pepper.
Togarashi, or "Shichimi Togarashi", is a popular Japanese spice blend made from seven different spices. It is used in Japan much like Americans use salt and pepper.
Learn more about the 7-Pot Barrackapore chili pepper from Chili Pepper Madness.
Akabanga is a chili oil hot sauce made in Rwanda. It is made from a mix of African grown Scotch Bonnets, habanero peppers and vegetable oil.
Learn more about the Caribbean Red chili pepper from Chili Pepper Madness.
Sichuan peppercorns are berries from the ash tree used in Chinese Sichuan cuisine, known for their spiciness and tongue-numbing effect.
Thai peppers are spicy chili peppers with a wide range of heat. There is no single type of Thai pepper, with at least 79 separate varieties. Learn more.
Learn how to make a simple chili oil at home with this quick and easy recipe. Homemade chili oil is great for drizzling over foods for extra spice and flavor, for mixing into sauces and vinaigrettes,...
Hatch chile peppers are actually a generic name for New Mexican peppers that are grown and harvested in the Hatch Valley region, New Mexico.
Learn more about the Scoville scale and Scoville unit, and where the chili peppers fall within the chili pepper heat scale universe. Learn what is the Scoville Scale, a list of chili peppers and their Scoville Heat Units (SHUs) from hottest to mildest and more.
Learn more about the 7-Pot chili pepper from Chili Pepper Madness.
The aji dulce is a brightly colored pepper popular in the Caribbean - Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic - with sweet flavor and mild heat.
The puya chile is a Mexican pepper similar to the popular guajillo pepper, but smaller and hotter known for its fruity flavor and aroma.
The mirasol pepper is a Mexican chile pepper popular in making traditional mole sauces. When dried, they are known as guajillo peppers. The name translates to "looking at the sun".
Doubanjiang, aka Toban Djan, is a spicy chili bean paste made from fermented soybeans, broad beans and chilies, also referred to as broad bean chili sauce.
Sweet and mild chili peppers have very little to no heat. Some may have a mild spice level. They range from 0 to 5,000 Scoville Heat Units. Here is a list of sweet and mild types of chili peppers.
Learn more about the Naga Viper chili pepper.
Ssamjang is a staple of Korean cuisine, essentially a Korean bbq sauce made with fiery gochujang, doenjang, toasted sesame oil and more. It is huge on flavor and perfect for the spicy food lover. Learn more about it!
Biber Salçası is a Turkish chili paste made with either hot or milder sweet peppers that are sun dried then crushed into a complex and smoky paste, essential for Turkish cuisine. Learn more about it.
