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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?
"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.
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