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The chiltepin is a very small chile in size with an extremely pungent flavor. It is rated very hot—8-9 on pungency scales—and has a quite distinctive smoky bite.
Also question is, how do you use Chiltepin peppers?
According to Local Harvest, the chiltepin can be eaten in a variety of ways, sun-dried, added to cheese and ice creams, fermented into sauces, and pickled with wild oregano, garlic, and salt as a tabletop condiment. The chiltepin pepper can also be used medicinally.
In respect to this, how hot is a Chiltepin pepper?
Chiltepin ranges from 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville heat units on the pepper scale, with the chance for a bit hotter if a crop had an ideally wet growing season. This makes it equal with Thai peppers in terms of overall heat and about 23 times spicier than your standard jalapeño.
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