What type of Chili peppers are "Red Chili Peppers"?!


Question: What type of Chili peppers are "Red Chili Peppers"?
What type of Chili peppers are "Red Chili Peppers"? Is that the real name for a particular variety? On the wikipedia page for "Chili pepper" it has a picture labeled "Red Chili Pepper" but when i look at websites that list names of chili peppers a "Red Chili Pepper" is not listed... just others such as "cayenne" or "ghost pepper".

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That's a pretty vague specification. There are red jalapenos, red serranos, red bell peppers, red thai bird chilis, and...and...and! I assume you're looking for the correct chili to use for a recipe. Depending on what ethnicity the recipe is, and how hot you want the food to be, I'd pick a chili from those used in that country's cuisine. For example, I'd use a red serrano in Mexican food, or a thai bird in thai food or chinese food.



Different chilis are used in the manufacturing of red chili flakes or dried red pepper flakes or whatever else they are called. The only thing they have in common is their color

The ghost chili is actually India's Bhut Jolokia Chili Pepper and their seeds are used, but other varieties are also used, the thing you want to know is how hot they are as the intensity varies widely.



Chili pepper (from Nahuatl chilli, chilli pepper, chilli, chillie, chili, and chile) is the fruit[1] of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae.

The first picture shows chili peppers, both red & green; they are all the same species or type.
The colour depends on the state of ripeness.



It could be either a Cayenne pepper, Thai, Chile de Arbol, or a variation of many other types.




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