Cayenne pepper

A whole cayenne pepper.

The cayenne pepper is a type of chili pepper. It is very hot and is used as a spice. Cayenne pepper is the basis for the hot sauce known as Tabasco, as well as being an ingredient in many other commercially made hot sauces, such as Frank's Red Hot and Cholula. It can also be used in a dried powder form.

Cayenne Pepper Media

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  Thai peppers, a cayenne-type pepper

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  Capsicum frutescens cultivar

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  Janet Guynn
  

Other websites

• The Chilli King - Advice on growing and cooking with chillies
• PepperCenter.com Your Complete Chili Pepper Community Archived 2006-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Cayenne Pepper Archived 2011-12-03 at the Wayback Machine