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Habanero Chile Peppers

Habanero Chile PeppersHabanero Chile Peppers
© Denzil Green
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  • 1 Cooking Tips
  • 2 Substitutes
  • 3 Literature & Lore

Habanero are beautiful, small, lantern-shaped chiles about the size of a golf ball, though not quite succeeding at being as round, because they are quite wrinkled.

They can be green, yellow, orange or red. They have the most flavour — not to mention heat — when they have fully ripened to red.

When dried, they are brown.

Habaneros are pretty much the hottest chile peppers going. Some scientists in India claim the “Naga Jolokia” is hotter, but their lab tests (done in 2000) haven’t really been accepted or confirmed yet. So for now at least, Habanero remains the reigning princess of pain and pleasure.

  • Orange Habaneros: 80,000 to 200,000 Scoville Units;
  • Red Savina Habaneros: 577,000 Scoville Units;
  • Tabasco sauce (for heat comparison): 1,500 – 2,500 Scoville units.

Cooking Tips

Dried Habanero Chile Peppers

Dried Habanero Chile Peppers
© Denzil Green

Rehydrate Dried Habanero Chile Peppers in warm water first before using.

Habaneros are perhaps the one type of chile that it’s not overdramatic to use gloves with when handling.

Depending on your genetic make-up, you may even feel it burning your skin, never mind your eyes.

Cutting boards should be cleaned afterward. If you do touch with your hands, scrub your hands well several times with soap and water to get the oils off.

If your hands burn from the contact, try applying a vegetable oil. If it’s in your eyes, you will have strong pain. Flush with water immediately and a lot.

Substitutes

For one Habanero another type of hot pepper or one teaspoon of puréed Habanero sauce or two teaspoons of a very hot chile sauce

Literature & Lore

Habanero means “from Havana”. Many people, in a laudable attempt to get the Spanish right, will spell it “Habañero”. That’s wrong — there is no squiggly over top its “n” — but it does look more festive like that.

Other names

Scientific Name: Capsicum chinense
French: Piment Habanero

This page first published: Sep 2, 2002 · Updated: Jun 2, 2018.

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