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The Instacart guide to long hot pepper products
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About long hot peppers
All peppers come from the genus Capsicum. Capsicum includes hot pepper varieties, which are also known as chile peppers, as well as sweet peppers like bell peppers.
Originally, peppers only grew in Latin America. Europeans brought peppers to the rest of the world (along with beans, corn, and tomatoes!), and peppers grew in popularity in many different places. Today, peppers play a big role in various cuisines worldwide.
Pepper heat is typically measured using Scoville units, with a scale ranging from 0 up to 3,000,000 SHUs, or Scoville heat units. Bell peppers sit at the low end of that scale, while the spiciest chile in the world marks the high end. Most dried chiles sit somewhere in the middle, but can still taste very hot. Italian long hot peppers are mild, sweet peppers with a rating between 100 and 1,000 SHUs, while super-hot habanero peppers can have 250,000 SHUs or higher.
How to pick out long hot peppers
Pick out fresh hot peppers that are firm, glossy, and well-shaped, with unwrinkled and taut skin. Watch out for any sunken or soft areas, black spots, or slashes.
How to store and preserve long hot peppers
Hot peppers have a lot of water, so they tend to dry out quickly or decay. You'll want to store fresh long hot peppers immediately in your refrigerator's produce bin. Hot peppers store well at temperatures between 40 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Peppers typically last around two to three weeks stored like this.
You can also freeze long hot peppers. Although freezing peppers will soften them a bit, you can still use these peppers for cooking. You can try two main methods for freezing peppers:
You'll want to use peppers you freeze within nine months.
You can also dry fresh hot peppers. In fact, dried chiles are a key component of many Mexican and Southwestern dishes. Drying peppers will create a concentrated and smoky flavor. A few methods for drying peppers exist as well:
Keep dried peppers fresh (and keep out insects) in an airtight container in your cupboard or pantry. You can even keep dried peppers in the freezer. When you're ready to reconstitute peppers you've dried, soak in water for a half-hour. You can also create a powder from dried peppers by grinding them.
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FAQs about long hot peppers
Capsaicin gives peppers their trademark spicy flavor. This chemical that gives peppers their heat is also thought to offer health benefits such as improved digestion since it increases digestive fluids in the stomach and can fight bacteria that lead to stomach infections.
If you want to enjoy a pepper's flavor without the heat, you can remove the pepper's seeds and interior ribs before cooking. Capsaicin is found in the white pith that surrounds seeds in a pepper's inner wall. Trimming and washing away the pith will dilute capsaicin.
When handling hot peppers, you should always protect your skin by wearing kitchen gloves. Also, make sure you do not touch your eyes, nose, or any other moist mucus membranes when you handle hot peppers. When you are finished working with the hot peppers, wash your hands with soap or vinegar.
Dairy products like yogurt and milk contain casein, which can help neutralize capsaicin. Having these products on hand can help you neutralize the hot flavor if needed.
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