sriracha peppers

cjp1953 · January 17, 2018

So what's the truth with sriracha peppers,are they just a red jalapeno pepper?I see the bottled sauce in the store and bought some Blue Diamond almonds coated in sriracha pepper.What I found researching was it's the fully ripened jalapeno.Is there a special strain of jalapeno seed sold?I have grown jalapeno and did let them turn red,great flavor but so were the ones I picked green.

rhines81 · January 17, 2018

Yep, Sriracha sauce is made with red (ripe) Jalapenos. Some use red (ripe) Fresno peppers instead to make the sauce less earthy tasting and others might mix in some Serrano peppers as well. No such thing a Sriracha pepper.
There are dozens of strains of Jalapenos, pick one with the heat level and flavor you like the best and roll with that. Most that I tried last years (about 4 types) did not have the heat they had in years past for some reason. The Fresnos did have the heat.

Worth1 · January 17, 2018

Plus the stuff has sugar added.
Lots of sugar.

Worth

cjp1953 · January 18, 2018

Thanks for the replays,Worth1,rhines81.I happen to have jalapeno seeds so that's one I can start next month.

Rockandrollin · January 18, 2018

To make it more confusing: Totallytomato.com has a pepper called sriracha hybrid pepper. The picture looks like a green jalapeno.

In my limited experience, Chichimeca hybrid jalapeno if allowed to go red, is the sweetest and hottest jalapeno I've had. I'm chasing after sweet and hot peppers this year with Chichimeca F1, Mucho Nacho F1, Antep Aci Dolma, and Sugar Rush Peach.

rhines81 · January 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Rockandrollin

To make it more confusing: Totallytomato.com has a pepper called sriracha hybrid pepper. The picture looks like a green jalapeno.

In my limited experience, Chichimeca hybrid jalapeno if allowed to go red, is the sweetest and hottest jalapeno I've had. I'm chasing after sweet and hot peppers this year with Chichimeca F1, Mucho Nacho F1, Antep Aci Dolma, and Sugar Rush Peach.

I am trying Mucho Nacho this year as well as Jalafuego ........ also giving Early Jalapeno a shot along with the 2 other Jalapeno varieties that I normally grow. Getting tired of the TAM and Biker Billy having too little heat.

Worth1 · January 18, 2018

Which reminds me I need to make a sweet fermented hot sauce with Manzano peppers.
Very thick and meaty they are.

Worth

Salsacharley · January 18, 2018

I had great success with Craig's Grande Jalapeno from Baker Creek last year. I am overwintering a couple of them in hopes of great production in 2018. They are big and plump and taste excellent both green and red. I fermented a blend of green and red for sauce and it is superb.

Rockandrollin · January 18, 2018

Gadzooks! Biker Billy F1 peppers mild? I am trying this pepper also this year. I went to the source and bought them from Burpee so hopefully they will have the heat.

I've grown Early Jalapeno for the last several years. Others have described it to having a green grass taste and I would have to agree, and I will skip it for this year.

Manzano: I was thinking this was a 100k scoville pepper and out of my comfort zone, but it looks like a 12-50k scoville pepper, so I might try to squeeze this one in.

I've never made sriracha sauce, but I would think Chichimeca and possibly Mucho Nacho would be good choices to be sweet and not have to add much sugar.

ChiliPeppa · January 18, 2018

https://www.amazon.com/Sriracha-Davi...words=sriracha

This is a documentary on Amazon Prime. totally worth watching.

rhines81 · January 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Rockandrollin

Gadzooks! Biker Billy F1 peppers mild? I am trying this pepper also this year. I went to the source and bought them from Burpee so hopefully they will have the heat.

I've grown Early Jalapeno for the last several years. Others have described it to having a green grass taste and I would have to agree, and I will skip it for this year.

Manzano: I was thinking this was a 100k scoville pepper and out of my comfort zone, but it looks like a 12-50k scoville pepper, so I might try to squeeze this one in.

I've never made sriracha sauce, but I would think Chichimeca and possibly Mucho Nacho would be good choices to be sweet and not have to add much sugar.

My seed for Biker Billy was direct from Burpee, bought a few packs several years ago. I have a half dozen or so seeds left for this year and won't be re-buying the seed after that. I've never found them to be any hotter than a generic jalapeno and last year they were all fairly mild. Could have been the weather or the soil, YMMV.
I never heard that about the Early jalapenos, maybe I should only grow a couple of those this year just to try them out. My hopes are that the Mucho Nacho and Jalafuego will fit the bill. Fresnos are great tasting and bring the heat , but they don't hold up to stuffing because of their thin walls.
What I should try is putting a stuffed fresno inside of a jalapeno for wall support ... hmmm and I'll call it a Fresnapeno Popper!

BigVanVader · January 18, 2018

Biker Billy is a great producer. If you want your Jalapenos hotter just plant in plastic mulch and dont water. If you want them sweeter fertilize and water them more. Heat is just a result of stress + genetics. The more stress the more angry the pepper gets. I'm trying this one this year http://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetable...d-3528.11.html

Some other growers told me the production is insane, plus the bigger peppers are less work.

rhines81 · January 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Biker Billy is a great producer. If you want your Jalapenos hotter just plant in plastic mulch and dont water. If you want them sweeter fertilize and water them more. Heat is just a result of stress + genetics. The more stress the more angry the pepper gets. I'm trying this one this year http://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetable...d-3528.11.html

Some other growers told me the production is insane, plus the bigger peppers are less work.

Biker Billy is an OK producer, never had a plant "loaded" with peppers like some others. Jalefuego is supposedly the "best" producer and also 4 inch peppers and very disease resistant.

I am now wondering why I did not see this one when I was purchasing my seed from them earlier this year:

Even bigger (5 inch) and hotter (17,000 SHU) - says heavy yields too.

https://www.sandiaseed.com/products/jalmundo-numex

Edit:
Could not resist, had to order it - even if the jalamundo is 50% of the advertised SHU it sounds like the perfect jalapeño popper pepper (for me). I ordered it with another super hot and a couple of sweets that I wanted to try which brings me up to about 35 pepper varieties to grow this year. Going to need another raised bed or two.

pondgardener · January 18, 2018

Highly recommend the Jalmundo pepper. I've been growing it for the last 3 or 4 years and it is my favorite jalapeño. Not as long as a regular jalapeño, but wider and thick walled. Great for stuffing and salsa.

rhines81 · January 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by pondgardener

Highly recommend the Jalmundo pepper. I've been growing it for the last 3 or 4 years and it is my favorite jalapeño. Not as long as a regular jalapeño, but wider and thick walled. Great for stuffing and salsa.

Really, not as long?? They say it's a 5 incher which is huge by jalapeño standards (must have been a guy measuring them!)

How's the heat??

January 17, 2018	#1
cjp1953 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio Posts: 818	sriracha peppers So what's the truth with sriracha peppers,are they just a red jalapeno pepper?I see the bottled sauce in the store and bought some Blue Diamond almonds coated in sriracha pepper.What I found researching was it's the fully ripened jalapeno.Is there a special strain of jalapeno seed sold?I have grown jalapeno and did let them turn red,great flavor but so were the ones I picked green.

January 18, 2018	#14
pondgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Colorado Posts: 361	Highly recommend the Jalmundo pepper. I've been growing it for the last 3 or 4 years and it is my favorite jalapeño. Not as long as a regular jalapeño, but wider and thick walled. Great for stuffing and salsa. __________________ “Live as if you'll die tomorrow, but farm as if you'll live forever.” Old Proverb

January 17, 2018	#2
rhines81 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Zone 5A, Poconos Posts: 959	Yep, Sriracha sauce is made with red (ripe) Jalapenos. Some use red (ripe) Fresno peppers instead to make the sauce less earthy tasting and others might mix in some Serrano peppers as well. No such thing a Sriracha pepper. There are dozens of strains of Jalapenos, pick one with the heat level and flavor you like the best and roll with that. Most that I tried last years (about 4 types) did not have the heat they had in years past for some reason. The Fresnos did have the heat.

January 17, 2018	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Plus the stuff has sugar added. Lots of sugar. Worth

January 18, 2018	#5
Rockandrollin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Kennewick, WA (7a) Posts: 182	To make it more confusing: Totallytomato.com has a pepper called sriracha hybrid pepper. The picture looks like a green jalapeno. In my limited experience, Chichimeca hybrid jalapeno if allowed to go red, is the sweetest and hottest jalapeno I've had. I'm chasing after sweet and hot peppers this year with Chichimeca F1, Mucho Nacho F1, Antep Aci Dolma, and Sugar Rush Peach.

January 18, 2018	#8
Salsacharley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: New Mexico Posts: 2,052	I had great success with Craig's Grande Jalapeno from Baker Creek last year. I am overwintering a couple of them in hopes of great production in 2018. They are big and plump and taste excellent both green and red. I fermented a blend of green and red for sauce and it is superb.

January 18, 2018	#10
ChiliPeppa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mojave Desert - California Posts: 368	https://www.amazon.com/Sriracha-Davi...words=sriracha This is a documentary on Amazon Prime. totally worth watching.

January 18, 2018	#12
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Biker Billy is a great producer. If you want your Jalapenos hotter just plant in plastic mulch and dont water. If you want them sweeter fertilize and water them more. Heat is just a result of stress + genetics. The more stress the more angry the pepper gets. I'm trying this one this year http://www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetable...d-3528.11.html Some other growers told me the production is insane, plus the bigger peppers are less work.