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Chiltepe, the hot pepper of Guatemala

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

Chiltepe, the hot pepper of Guatemala by Rudy Girón

Chiltepe is the name given to Guatemala’s most widely-used hot pepper. I posted a photo of shrimp ceviche, a shrimp coctail, on May 14th that had chiltepe in it. In the picture above, you can see chiltepes as they are sold in the mercado of La Antigua Guatemala.