Description
Chile Pequin-(Capsicum annuum)-Also called Chile Piquin or Bird pepper. The Bird peppers are small types that grow pointing upright and are a favorite of certain birds that like to eat them. The Chile Pequin are a bird type that range from the Southwestern United States and throughout Mexico. This variety here is the longer thinner type grown commercially in New Mexico Hatch Valley. It is same flavor and heat as the shorter smaller ones you see in photos. The Chile Pequin peppers are about 1 inch in length and ripen from green to red. They range in heat from 30,000 to 50,000 Scoville units. The are primarily use dried whole or ground into flakes or powders. Sometimes water is added back into them to create a hot chile paste. Since they have a strong upfront burn they are used to bring heat to traditional Mexican dishes. The Chile Pequin chile plants are very drought tolerant and grow into bushes over 4 feet tall.
