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Chile pequin -- Derivation of the name?
Yesterday I was at the grocery store. I'm nearly out of chile japones, and was trying to decide if I should get more chile japones, or chile de arbol this time. Or I could get chile pequin and make my salsa even hotter.
Then I started wondering if "chile pequin" is "Peking" chile.
Does "pequin" mean Peking?
Does anybody know the answer?
1 Answer
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
"Pequin peppers" is literally translated as "bird peppers"
Pequin peppers are very hot, often 7-8 times hotter than jalapeños on the Scoville scale (30,000-60,000 units), where japones are on the Scoville scale at 15,000 to 35,000.
Flavor of the Pequin is described as citrusy, smoky, and nutty.