What chili is fragrant but not spicy, and has a bright red color? It's the red chili that is not spicy but rich in aroma.

What kind of chili peppers are fragrant but not spicy and have a red color

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What kind of chili peppers are fragrant but not spicy and have a red color

There are many chili peppers in China that are fragrant but not spicy, such as wire peppers, goat horn peppers, lantern peppers, beauty peppers, bull horn peppers, and green peppers, etc. Among them, beauty peppers have a relatively mild taste, not very spicy, and are very bright red. Then, green peppers have larger fruits as their characteristic, basically without spiciness, and can be eaten as vegetables instead of seasonings.

Chili peppers are a common seasoning vegetable in our lives. For some people, they can't enjoy food without chili. Especially for friends from Hunan, Sichuan, and other places, they almost eat chili peppers every day.

What varieties of chili peppers are fragrant but not spicy

Chili peppers are originally from the tropical regions of Central and Latin America, with Mexico as the country of origin. Currently, they are mainly distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Henan, and other places in China.

In fact, some varieties of chili peppers are fragrant but not spicy, with a good taste, and the following will introduce the best-tasting chili peppers that are not spicy.

Wire Pepper

Wire peppers produced in the northwest of the country are harvested every autumn. They have thin flesh and very few seeds, and the spiciness is not high.

However, wire peppers have two major advantages compared to other peppers: one is that they almost do not change color when heated, and two is that the original taste of the pepper is relatively rich.

Shaanxi Qizhi Hong

Shaanxi Qizhi Hong is thin and long, with thin flesh and obvious wrinkles on the surface when dry. It has low spiciness but bright red color and rich aroma. It is similar to the fresh chili (X-J) and is a must-use pepper for Shaanxi's oil泼辣子, an essential chili powder.

Goat Horn Pepper

Goat horn peppers are a type of sweet pepper, shaped like a goat's horn. The characteristics of this variety of peppers are thin skin, thick flesh, fresh color, fragrant taste, and moderate spiciness, with the highest content of capsaicin and vitamin C among all national chili products.

Lantern Pepper

Lantern peppers are widely cultivated in most parts of China. They are usually oblate, round, or cylindrical in shape, with irregular concave and convex around the fruit and a nipple-like projection in the middle, weighing 3.5-6 grams per fruit.

The young fruit of lantern peppers is green, turning deep red when mature, like a hanging bell, very beautiful.

Among them, the lantern red produced in Tuotuo County, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, is known for its fresh color, thick flesh, and rich in vitamin C and vitamin A, famous for being fragrant but not spicy.

Sichuan Qixing Pepper

Sichuan Qixing peppers have a strong, spicy, and rich taste, and the spiciness lasts longer, usually used to make hot pot bases and dry pots.

The two main uses of Sichuan Qixing peppers: one is to make oil, and the other is to make chili powder for grilling. The price is relatively higher, and restaurants usually mix them with other varieties of peppers to save costs when cooking.

(X-J) Fresh Pepper

(X-J) fresh peppers have very thin flesh and very few seeds, long and thin. After drying, the skin is wrinkled, but the spiciness is not high.

Moreover, (X-J) fresh peppers have two major advantages: one is that they almost do not change color when heated, and two is that the natural taste of the pepper is relatively rich, without that burning spicy feeling. We usually use this pepper to make oil泼辣子.

Sichuan Erjingtiao

Erjingtiao is an indispensable seasoning in Sichuan cuisine. The taste of Erjingtiao peppers is different from that of ordinary peppers, mainly mild and fragrant, with thin skin, thick flesh, and few seeds.

This pepper is a standard chili for Sichuan's Fuling pickled vegetables and Pixian County bean paste, as well as some famous branded pickled vegetables.

Sichuan Erjingtiao has a strong aroma, thin skin, thick flesh, few seeds, and beautiful color, which is essential for authentic Sichuan cuisine. Dried Erjingtiao peppers have two main uses: making red oil and chili powder.

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