Vegetables

Thai Red Chile Peppers

  • Thai Red Chile Peppers

Jimmy Capossela

Buyers Take:

Thai pepper sometimes will have a delayed potency, the heat slowly building after eating.

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The Red Thai chile pepper, also known as the Bird’s Eye or Bird pepper is the mature version of a Thai chile pepper. Red Thai chiles are also known as prik kee noo (nu) which translates to mean "mouse dropping chile", a nod to its petite size. It is well known across the globe for the spice and flavor it lends to Southeast Asian cuisine.