Chiltepin Pepper<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\nCommon Names:<\/b> Texas Bird Pepper; <\/span>Bird Pepper; Pequin, Tepin, Petin, Chiltepin, Bird\u2019s Eye Pepper, Turkey Pepper.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"content_img.6454.img.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/content_img.6454.img.jpg\")
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Botanical Name<\/b>: <\/font><\/font>Capsicum annum glabriusculum<\/p>\n<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n
The official wild pepper of Texas<\/font><\/font><\/p>\nOriginated<\/strong> in Central America, very hot, often 7 \u2013 8 times hotter on the scoville scale than jalapenos <\/span>30,000 \u2013 60,000 units.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\nPerennial <\/b> <\/span> <\/span>in many parts of the south. <\/span>If the soil doesn\u2019t freeze hard in your area, you can probably grow these peppers as a perennial. <\/span>It will freeze to the ground but return in the spring. <\/span>The bright green pointed leaves and the green-to-red fruit make an attractive plant for herb garden or landscape border.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n![\"content_img.6455.img.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/content_img.6455.img.jpg\")
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Location:<\/b> <\/span>Full sun or part shade and requires almost no care. <\/span>Able to survive drought and flood, little fertility, birds do love these peppers.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\nCulture<\/b>: <\/span>Easy to grow from seed.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\nUses:<\/b> <\/span>Can be used in place of any hot peppers in recipes. <\/span>The commercial hot sauce brand Cholula lists bird peppers as one of its ingredients. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/span>Popular for use in pepper vinegar.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n\u00bd cup chile pequin peppers<\/font><\/p>\n\u00bd cup white vinegar<\/font><\/p>\nClean a previously used or new pepper shaker bottle with boiling water. <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\nFill the bottle with chilies. <\/span>Heat the vinegar in a small saucepan over low heat until it steams slightly and put vinegar over the peppers to the top of the bottle.<\/font><\/p>\nAllow to sit for a few days before using. <\/span> <\/span>Can be refilled with vinegar several times. <\/span>Keep refrigerated.<\/font><\/p>\nAttracting mockingbirds \u2013 they eat the small peppers like jellybeans.<\/font><\/p>\nNote:<\/font><\/span><\/b> <\/span>Thomas Jefferson <\/font>first obtained seed of the Bird Pepper in 1812 from Captain Samuel Brown, who was stationed in San Antonio, Texas. <\/span>Jefferson recorded planting this pepper in pots and in the kitchen garden in 1814.<\/font><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n![\"content_img.6456.img.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/content_img.6456.img.jpg\")
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<\/p>\n <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Botanical Name<\/b>: <\/font><\/font>Capsicum annum glabriusculum<\/p>\n <\/font><\/i><\/p>\n The official wild pepper of Texas<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Originated<\/strong> in Central America, very hot, often 7 \u2013 8 times hotter on the scoville scale than jalapenos <\/span>30,000 \u2013 60,000 units.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Perennial <\/b> <\/span> <\/span>in many parts of the south. <\/span>If the soil doesn\u2019t freeze hard in your area, you can probably grow these peppers as a perennial. <\/span>It will freeze to the ground but return in the spring. <\/span>The bright green pointed leaves and the green-to-red fruit make an attractive plant for herb garden or landscape border.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n Location:<\/b> <\/span>Full sun or part shade and requires almost no care. <\/span>Able to survive drought and flood, little fertility, birds do love these peppers.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Culture<\/b>: <\/span>Easy to grow from seed.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Uses:<\/b> <\/span>Can be used in place of any hot peppers in recipes. <\/span>The commercial hot sauce brand Cholula lists bird peppers as one of its ingredients. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/span>Popular for use in pepper vinegar.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n \u00bd cup chile pequin peppers<\/font><\/p>\n \u00bd cup white vinegar<\/font><\/p>\n Clean a previously used or new pepper shaker bottle with boiling water. <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Fill the bottle with chilies. <\/span>Heat the vinegar in a small saucepan over low heat until it steams slightly and put vinegar over the peppers to the top of the bottle.<\/font><\/p>\n Allow to sit for a few days before using. <\/span> <\/span>Can be refilled with vinegar several times. <\/span>Keep refrigerated.<\/font><\/p>\n Attracting mockingbirds \u2013 they eat the small peppers like jellybeans.<\/font><\/p>\n Note:<\/font><\/span><\/b> <\/span>Thomas Jefferson <\/font>first obtained seed of the Bird Pepper in 1812 from Captain Samuel Brown, who was stationed in San Antonio, Texas. <\/span>Jefferson recorded planting this pepper in pots and in the kitchen garden in 1814.<\/font><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"dirtdoctor-library":[],"class_list":["post-4082","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry","category-d","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n