In the world, there are about four thousand chili pepper varieties, did you know that? Just in Mexico, there are sixty chili pepper types that grow in the country. You may already know that chili peppers are an important element in traditional Mexican cuisine. Different chilis are used in many dishes as they add heat, depth, and flavor. Jalapeño, de arbol, cascabel, serrano, morita, chipotle, habanero, manzano, ancho, and puya are some of the most common chili peppers in Mexico. Árbol chilies (chiles de árbol) are the most popular hot chilies in traditional dishes in Mexico. Want to take a vacation to Mexico? Call Garza Blanca Resorts. They have all-inclusive travel packages available to visit top destinations like Cabo, Cancun, and Puerto Vallarta. Plus, they have an exclusive vacation club for qualified travelers if you want to regularly vacation in paradise. Read below to learn about the chili pepper facts. 

Mexico Brings the Heat! Chili Pepper Facts

• Poblano Chili Peppers – For starters, Poblano chili peppers are also called Ancho chiles, and they are a dark green, very large pepper. Ancho means “Wide” in Spanish, and this pepper has a sweet taste, and it is generally a mild tasting pepper in terms of spiciness.  
• Jalapeño Chili Peppers – Secondly, one of the most popular chili peppers in the world is the jalapeño pepper. This pepper is very versatile, and it is prepared in many different ways such as being smoked, pickled, fresh, and roasted. Chipotle peppers are actually just dried  jalapeños, did you know that? Once the jalapeño pepper has been dried thoroughly it will become smoked, sweet, and spicy. 
• Pasilla Peppers – The pasilla pepper is also called the chile negro. This pepper got its name because it is dark and has a wrinkled-up skin. The pasilla pepper can be anything between mild, hot, or fiery spicy. The pepper is about 6 to 8 inches in length and from 1 to 1 ½ inches in width once it has been dried. This pepper can be intense in heat and is often used in popular Mexican sauces for enchiladas, mole, and fresh salsas. 
• Guajillo Peppers – Next, the guajillo pepper is very popular in many different Mexican dishes. It is commonly used for making salsa for tamales. To make this sauce, the peppers are dried and seeded, then it will need to be soaked or simmered. The pepper can be pureed to make a paste or mashed.
• Serrano Peppers – Serrano peppers are very spicy. The serrano peppers are grown in the Puebla and Hidalgo mountainous areas. The serrano pepper is used to make giardiniera, and used in many fresh salsas as well.
• Habanero Peppers – The habanero peppers are one of the hottest and spiciest peppers in the world. The habaneros that are unripe are green, then they can turn a different color as they grow. Some of the common habanero pepper colors are orange and red, but they do have some that are purple, green, yellow, brown, and white. Habaneros are the spiciest peppers worldwide. 
• Ghost Peppers – Last, the ghost peppers is from the Capsicum Chinese pepper family. In 2007, the ghost pepper was named the hottest chili pepper in the world by the Guinness World Records. This pepper is 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. Zowsers!

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