Aside from the color, it looks very much like other superhot chili peppers, roughly habanero shaped, about two inches long. So, the hottest 7 Pot Douglas is about 232 times hotter than the hottest jalapeno pepper and more than 5 times a very hot habanero pepper. Compare them to the mighty hot ghost pepper and you’ll find them nearly twice as hot. Talk about heat! Learn more about the Scoville Scale here. It offers up a quick blast of heat that lingers, so be prepared.
Comparable Peppers to the 7 Pot Douglah
Check out our list of superhot chili peppers, but more a good comparison would be many of the 7 Pot Chili Pepper varieties. You can cook it into soups and stews of any kind, make a super fiery salsa, or dehydrate them to make your own superhot chili powder to use as a rub or seasoning component. Learn how to dehydrate chili peppers to make chili powders and seasoning blends here. Just be sure to follow best practices and wear gloves when working with superhot chili peppers, as the oils can burn your skin. See: How to Stop the Chili Pepper Burn. Also see: 10 Tip for Cooking With Superhot Chili Peppers. Or, join one of the many chili pepper Facebook groups dedicated to growing and ask around. There are people who grow HUGE amounts of peppers each year and you can source them that way.
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