AJI DULCE MILD CARIBBEAN CHILI PEPPERS 30 seeds - CAPSICUM

The aji dulce pepper is a brightly colored pod popular in the Caribbean, particularly Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, with sweet flavor and mild heat. Learn all about them.

Scoville Heat Units   1,000 SHU 
Capsicum Chinense

The ají dulce is particularly popular in Caribbean cuisines, where it is native to the area, particularly Puerto Rican cuisine, Cuban cuisine, and Dominican cuisine. The peppers is classified as Capsicum chinense, which are native to the Yucatan Peninsula area of Central America and on the Caribbean islands. 

The peppers start off green and mature to bright orange,  to a vibrant red.   The peppers average 2 to 7 centimeters in diameter and 2 to 10 centimeters in length with glossy skin.

These peppers offer up a sweet and somewhat fruity flavor. Because of their sweet flavor and mild heat, they are very popular in Dominican, Cuban and Puerto Rican cuisines.