Is Chili Pequin the same as chiltepin?
Is Chili Pequin the same as chiltepin? Next on the tiny chile list is Pequin (also known as Bird's Eye Chile), coming in at 40,000-60,000 on the Scoville scale, same as Chiltepin, with a citrus-tinged heat to match it's orangey red color. Remember that a lot of the heat and flavor of these two beautiful chiles is in the tiny seeds. Which is hotter Tepin or Pequin? Pequin chilies have, as mentioned, a slightly milder heat – though both rank easily into the medium to hot end of the Scoville scale. Their shape is different from the chiltepin, more of...