Jalapeño
The jalapeño is a type of Mexican pepper. It is a form of the Chili pepper. It is pronounced hala-PAYN-nyo or hala-PEE-nyo. It is named after the city of Xalapa, which is the capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz. A chipotle is a smoked, dried jalapeño. The jalapeño is a reasonably spicy pepper, rated at between 2.500 and 8.000 Scoville. It is commonly sold in Mexico, and the southern United States, where it is used for cooking.
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Jalapeños account for about 30% of Mexican chili production.
Jalapeño Media
Five (5) jalapeño peppers
Jalapeños grown in an Oklahoma garden. Red jalapeños are used to make sriracha sauce.
Jalapeño peppers wrapped in crescent rolls
Maturing jalapeño in a planter box
A jalapeño plant with pods
Ripened, red Jalapeño peppers in a bowl
Other websites
Media related to Capsicum annuum at Wikimedia Commons
[[wikibooks:Cookbook:Jalapeño |]] at Wikibook Cookbooks
- http://img.tfd.com/hm/prons/J0011550.wav - audio pronunciation
- http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/html/medium_peppers.html Archived 2007-01-08 at the Wayback Machine