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habanero

habanero

4 4.9
A small very hot chili pepper that makes food spicy
  • noun
  • /ˌhæbəˈnɛroʊ/
translation icon : pimiento habanero
  • The chef included a diced habanero in the salsa to give it some heat.
  • habanero pepper
  • habanero sauce
  • habanero chili

They have this squeeze bottle technology, the habanero yellow Bird hot sauce, chef's kiss.

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Examples

  • Soups from the sea include such favorites as snapper in Asian broth with habanero and shrimp, and shrimp and pea soup with lemongrass.

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  • Based on the habanero wing report, I plan to check this out.

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  • You gotta put the habanero.

  • However, the Habanero wings carried great flavor

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  • We had a habanero that was fruity and delicious.

  • I'd go with a habanero Sriracha.

  • While Zapata eventually returned most of the confiscated alcohol, he kept the choice habanero for a party.

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  • One uses habanero peppers, and another uses ghost peppers.

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  • The Jamaican habaneros, they're way too hot for me.

  • The tomato sauce, also referred to as Yucatan-style salsa, is often laced with fiery habanero peppers and is best prepared in advance.

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Synonyms

chili
vshabanero
  • US
98 1.5

A small hot pepper with a pointed shape that adds spice to food

is similar but usually not described by a pointed shape
red pepper
vshabanero
11 2.0

A long hot chili used fresh or dried to add spice to food

is the smaller very hot variety rather than generally long thin types
hot pepper
vshabanero
9 2.0

A spicy red or green pepper used to add heat to food

is the specific small very hot type rather than any spicy fruit
chili pepper
vshabanero
  • US
9 1.0

A small red or green pod that makes food hot

is the same concept but named more specifically in some descriptions
cayenne
vshabanero
8 4.2

A long hot red pepper used to add heat in cooking

is the small very hot fresh pepper rather than a long spice pepper
chilly
vshabanero
  • Indian
5 9.3

A small hot pepper used to make food spicy

is the same pepper but listed under the more usual spelling
serrano
vshabanero
1 3.5

A small hot pepper often used in Mexican cooking

is hotter described as very hot rather than simply hot
tabasco
vshabanero
1 6.2

A long thin red pepper that is very hot and makes food spicy

is the small compact very hot variety rather than long thin types
Capsicum baccatum
vshabanero
  • Specialized
9.1

A pepper plant from tropical America that has small very hot red fruits often used in cooking

is the culinary small hot pepper variety, not the broader species group
Capsicum frutescens baccatum
vshabanero
  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant with tiny, very hot red peppers used in South American cooking

is the culinary pepper variety used for heat rather than the wild species
Capsicum frutescens
vshabanero
  • Specialized
8.0

A tropical pepper plant that makes small very hot red peppers for hot sauces

is the small very hot cooking pepper rather than medium-sized sauce fruits
tabasco pepper
vshabanero
  • Specialized
4.8

A small very hot red chili that people use to make hot sauce

is the smaller very hot table pepper rather than medium sauce fruit

How Spicy

habanero
4 4.9
serrano
1 3.5
jalapeno
16 4.0
poblano
  • US
4 3.9
bell pepper
  • US
21 1.6

Surface Forms

habanero singular
habaneros plural

Etymology

Habanero comes from the Spanish Habana, which is 'Havana', and the hot pepper got this name because it was once sold or traded through Havana. So habanero now means a very hot chili pepper used to add strong heat to food.