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Aji Dulce Peppers Delivery or Pickup
The Instacart guide to Aji Dulce peppers
With the high-tech, convenient Instacart app, you can look for your favorite Aji Dulce peppers and Aji Dulce pepper products and place your order in just a few minutes. Then, have them brought to your office or home in as little as 2 hours! You can stop by a store nearby and pick up your order yourself as well.
About Aji Dulce peppers
Aji Dulce peppers range from very mild to somewhat hot, and they're related to Habanero peppers. They look similar, but they have a milder, smokier flavor that often comes with fruity notes. Aji Dulce means sweet pepper. These peppers are native to Central and South America, and native Brazilians introduced them to Spanish colonists. They eventually brought Aji Dulce peppers to the rest of the world.
They're popular in Caribbean cuisine, and they're easy to grow in a variety of climates, even the Northeastern United States. In Puerto Rico, people also call them Ajicito or Ajíes. In the Dominican Republic and Cuba, they're known as Ají Gustoso, Quechucha, or Ají Cachucha. In the English-speaking part of the Caribbean, they're seasoning peppers. People sometimes call them Sweet Habaneros as well.
How to pick out Aji Dulce peppers
Aji Dulce peppers have small, brightly colored pods that are about 1 to 3 inches wide and 1 to 4 inches long. Some are short and squat, and others look longer and thinner. The appearance and taste often vary depending on the climate and the type of soil where the peppers were grown.
Unripe peppers are yellowish-green or bright green. As they mature, they turn orange or bright red. Green Aji Dulce peppers taste more acidic, and riper red ones are sweeter. The skin is shiny, and it often looks wrinkled and lumpy. The flesh is the same color as the skin, and the central cavity has flat, round, cream-colored seeds. You can store them for up to a week in the refrigerator, or you can freeze them.
How to prepare Aji Dulce peppers
You can eat Aji Dulce peppers raw or cooked, and they're popular in sauces, soups, stews, and rice dishes. If you like salsa, but it's often too spicy, substitute Aji Dulce peppers for hotter varieties. You can enjoy the fruity flavor without too much heat. This pepper smells great when it's ripe, and you may detect notes of black pepper, coriander, and similar flavors. You can add Aji Dulce peppers that you order through Instacart to soups and stews, or you can use them to flavor roast chicken or fish.
Dry fresh peppers yourself by roasting them in the oven for one or two hours at 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut them into thin slices before you put them in the oven, and check on them every half an hour or so. If some dry faster than others, remove them and continue cooking the rest. You can rehydrate dried peppers and use them in recipes that call for fresh ones. Just cut them in half, shake out the seeds, and soak them in boiling water for 15 to 30 minutes.
Aji dulce peppers are an essential ingredient in sofrito, a blend of peppers, herbs, and onions used as a sauce for many Puerto Rican dishes. You can make a Puerto Rican vinegar sauce called pique with a combination of Aji Dulce peppers and hotter peppers like Habaneros. Remove the pepper stems and seeds, and then add them to a container with white vinegar, garlic, and other spices like cilantro. You can add lime juice as well. The vinegar becomes more flavorful over time, and you can add more spices and peppers as needed.
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FAQs about Aji Dulce peppers
Aji Dulce peppers are usually very mild, and they have between 0 and 1,000 Scoville heat units. This scale measures the number of times that oil extracted from a pepper must be diluted to keep a human taster from detecting a spicy flavor. A typical Jalapeno has 5,000 Scoville heat units, making it five times spicier than an Aji Dulce pepper. However, you should always taste Aji Dulce peppers before using them in recipes. They can cross-pollinate with nearby Habanero peppers, occasionally producing spicy Aji Dulces that look like milder ones.
Ají Dulce peppers contain potassium, fiber, vitamin C, vitamin B6, iron, calcium, and magnesium. The red color of ripe peppers comes from beta carotene, a powerful antioxidant that your body can convert into vitamin A. The fiber in Aji Dulce pepper can help you lose weight by making meals more satisfying, and they add plenty of flavor without too many calories. These peppers can also improve your immune system, make your skin healthier, and prevent dementia, cancer, diabetes, vision problems, and many other issues.
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