I went to Fogo de Chao and there were a few marinated peppers. I recognized the Cascabel and other chiles but I have never seen the one pictured and it didn’t have a tag. What is it?
It was a sweet pepper with a floral taste, pretty close to a habanero.
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Tear drop pepper. I had this a few nights ago on a pizza. So good!
Biquinho probably
Yeah looks like a red chupetinho, aka red biquinho in Spanish. Sold sweet-pickled as “sweety drops” and other names in fancier anglosphere grocery stores. They come in several different colorations and patterns with distinct heat levels – reds are the mildest AFAIK and the most common.
Biquinho. Usually pickled with vinegar and cachaça.
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They are deceptively spicy fresh, not like Habanero heat with the slow build up, but instantaneous in your face, back of the throat, choking heat that wears off really quickly.
I throw 5 or 6 of em in my tacos, lovely C. Chinense flavor.
These are so good!! My local store had some last season, I bought them all lmao
That’s a tomato my guy /s
Joke aside, most likely biquinho
Binquinho. They should not be as spicy as habanero. They vary in spice level though in my experience, from nearly 0 to above a spicy jalapeno.
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as others have said biquinho but also known as pimenta de bico in brazil. they are pickled and sold as a condiment, pretty widely used.
Biquinho, I want to grow these next year
That would be a biquinho (little beak). I grow them each year. Absolutely delicious.
They look like Raquito peppers to me. Sweet and not hot at all. Enjoy them on pizza.
I have been buying these for years from Cemtral Market. They label them as Peruvian Pearls. https://eurousa.com/products/divina-red-peruvian-pearl-peppers/
If you are in the U.S. they are often sold as “Sweetie Drop” peppers. They come in a very small jar for $14, or a whole fucking family sized baked beans can for $11 where I am.
Thanks everyone for all of the responses. I found a jar of these available from the “Big A” and I’m going to try them out. Quite a few responses about having them on pizza. I’m going to try them out on the next pizza night.
Will it be good enough to replace Sriracha or Yellow Bird habanero?? We’ll see…
They’re pretty easy to grow, very versatile little guys.
Red cum drop
Biquinho. Not hot at all.
I have grown those before. I like to ferment them.
Binquinho. Translated as “little beaks”. Never tried the red ones myself, I normally grow the yellow ones. They’re very floral. My mom can’t stand them. She says they smell/taste like soap. I like frying them with eggs, or dehydrating them into powder.
They are also called “sweety drops”. There are lots of different colors of them. I grow the red and yellow varieties of Biquinho or sweety drops. The plants are easy to grow and produce masses of them.
mine have zero heat but have the flavor of a habanaro. Red but thin walled. packed with seeds. i made a sauce with them. very nice pepper flavor. a pain to deseed.
Biquinho
I had these a in a salad and they were so delicious. Love them
Peruvian red pearl
Whole Foods olive bar has them
Pepperdew peppers?
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I had some elk carpaccio in estes that was dressed with these. First time ever having them, and they instantly became a top favorite pepper. Im going to grow a fuck ton next year.
Aji Biquinho, these are in my top 10 favorite peppers and I grow them every year
Piri piri?
Pepper drops! A specialty store downtown carries them. They’re jarred in some kind of sweet oil.
In the UK they are branded as “Peppadew Peppadrops”, they are submerged in a sweet liquid which imparts its flavour on the pepper and they are super sweet and tasty.
The ones I grew were hot as hell so I didn’t plant any this year although I do still have one that’s a volunteer, lol