Although they share some similarities, jalapeños and serranos have quite a few distinct differences. Here's how to tell these ...

The smoother the pepper, the younger, less stressed, and milder it is. Left on the plant (and even after picked) green jalapeños will eventually turn red. So red jalapeños are older than green ones.

It’s not just you: jalapeño peppers are less spicy and less predictable than ever before. As heat-seekers chase ever-fiercer varieties of pepper—Carolina reapers, scorpions, ghosts—the ...

A red jalapeño chili pepper that's too green usually indicates it's not fully mature or ripe, according to Stephanie Walker, a chili pepper expert at New Mexico State University.

Not so the shishito pepper, the mild-mannered Tom Hanks to Joe Pesci’s spicy jalapeño. Japan’s fingerlike green chile is famously tame; it is said that only 1 out of every 10 or 20 packs any ...

Learn how to make a refreshing, non-alcoholic agua fresca using pineapples, jalapeño peppers, and granulated sugar. You can add tequila or mezcal to your agua fresca.

Colorado’s dry pepper blends are edging out hot sauces in my kitchen Flatiron Pepper Co. is among those pushing dried chile-pepper blends to new, deliciously spicy heights.

Servings: 4. Ingredients: 1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced. 1 cup lightly packed fresh cilantro, roughly chopped. 1 Fresno or jalapeño chili, stemmed, seeded and minced ...