Chile de Arbol
Chile de Arbol is a classic Mexican pepper with thin red fruit, usually around 2 to 3 inches long. Heat wise, expect somewhere around 15,000 to 30,000 SHU. Quite a bit hotter than a jalapeno.
Uses
These are typically dried and used whole or crushed. The dried peppers keep their color well. That said, it’s not the only use. Salsa and hot sauce are other common uses for this pepper. My favorite “restaurant table” hot sauce, Cholula Original, has a base of Chile de Arbol (and pequin)!
You will sometimes see these peppers strung together and hung to dry. Pretty useful kitchen decoration that doubles as an edible.
Fruit start green and eventually ripen red. Plants can develop woody stems as they mature. The name Chile de Arbol translates to “tree chile.”
Jake (verified owner) –
Holy hell these things GREW! Crazy high production rate right in the heat of summer. It was VERY leggy as a seedling and after transplanted. Once I got a tomato cage around this thing it became unstoppable.
Brian Davison (store manager) –
They do become monsters sometimes! Highly productive. Thank you for the review!