An inventory of the spiciness of common chili peppers in China

Speaking of chili, everyone is very familiar with, chili is a kind of seasoning in people's daily life, especially in some areas where there is no spice, chili can be said to be an indispensable ingredient on the table. In people's impression, chili is spicy in taste, but in fact there are also some sweet chili peppers that are not hot, which is related to the hotness of chili peppers. Today, let's take an inventory of the spiciness of common chili peppers in China.

TOP10, Purple Beauty Lantern Pepper (0 SHU)

Purple beauty lantern pepper belongs to the category of sweet pepper, the ripe fruit is dark purple, mild and sweet, like fruit, not spicy at all, and very high-yielding.

TOP9, banana pepper (0-500 SHU)

Banana pepper gets its name because of its banana-like color and shape, and its taste is relatively sweet. However, overmature banana chili peppers may also gradually change from banana to orange or red, but the more mature chili peppers are, the sweeter they are.

TOP8, sweet pepper (spicy grade 0-1200 SHU)

Sweet pepper, also known as colored pepper, originated in Mexico and the central and southern parts of the United States, and then introduced into China. At present, China has become the largest producer of colored pepper in the world. And as its name suggests, sweet peppers are naturally spicy.

TOP7, chili pepper (15000 SHU)

Line pepper is called line pepper because of its slender shape, which is very common in China. It is mainly planted on a large scale in some central and western provinces such as Shaanxi.

TOP6, chicken heart pepper (spicy grade 28000-30000 SHU)

Chicken heart pepper is shaped like chicken heart and has moderate spiciness, which is very common in China, but most of the chicken heart peppers on the market have been ground into chili powder.

TOP5, Yunnan millet pepper (spicy grade 30000-50000 SHU)

Millet pepper, its body length is shorter than that of two thorns, and its shape is more round than that of two thorns. Although its aroma is very ordinary, it is very spicy, and it can enhance the spicy flavor when mixing chili peppers.

TOP4, Chaotian pepper (spicy grade 50000-100000 SHU)

Chaotian pepper, also known as Wangtian pepper, is a very hot pepper, smaller than ordinary pepper, but several times hotter than ordinary pepper. In daily life, Chaotian pepper is very popular among people who like it.

TOP3, Fujian "Shenjiao No.1" (450000 SHU)

This is a new pepper variety cultivated by Sanming Agricultural Science Institute of Fujian Province at the end of 2010 for Shaxian snacks. However, after successful research and development, it has been generally welcomed by the hot pepper community, and this kind of chili pepper is also very hot.

TOP2, Trinidad scorpion (spicy grade 800000-1000000 SHU)

The pepper, native to Trinidad, has a tail shaped like a scorpion at the bottom and is suffixed with a CARID to distinguish it from the ordinary Trinidad scorpion pepper. At present, it is also very common in China, and it is also a very hot pepper.

TOP1, Yunnan shabu-shabu (1000000 SHU)

Yunnan shabu spicy is a kind of chili pepper in Luxi City, Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It is small, wrinkled, red after maturity, bright in color, and smells hot. It is reported that as long as rinse in the water, the whole basin of water will become extremely hot, its spiciness can be seen in general, ordinary people should not try it easily.

The above is the spicy degree of common chili peppers in China, in fact, there are many kinds of chili peppers in China, no matter hot or not, all have their unique characteristics, and the scope of application is also different. And we just have to choose the right variety of hot pepper according to our own needs.

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