Substituting Peppers

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What pepper can be substituted for a habanero when no habaneros are available?



Best Answer

Scotch bonnet is very similar, if they're available.




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Answer 2

Very few peppers have both the intense fruitiness and the extreme heat level of a habanero. One option might be to use a combination of dried ancho chilis for their fruitiness, and a fresh hot chili of your choice for the spice level. Thai bird chilis, for example, are quite hot.

Answer 3

Another very hot*, fruity pepper is the Bhut Jolokia, but if you don't have habanero where you are you probably don't have ghost peppers either. (Hottest depending on where it's grown)

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