Scotch Bonnet Peppers

Extremely hot. Scoville Heat Units: 200,000-325,000 - That's HOT!

Also known as Bahamian, Bahama Mama, Jamaican Hot, Martinique Pepper.

Caribbean cooks and cut the ripe fruit into thin strips. Then mix the cuttings with lime juice and salt to give chicken and other dishes a shot of pure fire.

Also used in fresh salsas, chutneys, and marinades for seafood.

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Scotch bonnets are often confused with the habanero, as they are closely related, but not cultivars. They are a pale yellow-green maturing to yellow, orange or red and have bell-shaped squashed-looking ribbed pods.

Scotch bonnets have a somewhat smoky apple-cherry and tomato flavor (if you are able to discern a flavor under all of that fiery heat). Scotch bonnets are grown mostly in Jamaica and Belize.