Jalapeño: Hot pepper
The jalapeño is a type of Mexican pepper.
It is a form of the Chili pepper. It is pronounced hala-PAYN-nyo or hala-PEE-nyoIt is named after the city of Xalapa, which is the capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz. A chipotle is a smoked, dried jalapeño. . The jalapeño is a reasonably spicy pepper, rated at between 2.500 and 8.000 Scoville. It is commonly sold in Mexico, and the southern United States, where it is used for cooking.
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| Species: | C. annuum |
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Jalapeños accound for about 30% of Mexican chili production.
Other websites
Media related to Capsicum annuum at Wiki Commons
Jalapeño at Wikibook Cookbooks
- http://img.tfd.com/hm/prons/J0011550.wav - audio pronunciation
- http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/html/medium_peppers.html Archived 2007-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
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