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What Is Habanero chili peppers and How Can I Use It?

Habanero chili peppers rewards a little know-how: how to choose it, cook it, store it, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 46 recipes to cook with it.

Where found

Habanero chili peppers are usually found in the produce section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

In Chinese:哈瓦那辣椒
British (UK) term:
en français:piments habanero
en español:chile habanero

Recipes using habanero chili peppers

There are 46 recipes that contain this ingredient.

A Very Tasty Chili

A Very Tasty Chili

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Smoky beef chili with toasted dried chiles, habanero heat, and kidney beans. Toast, blend, and simmer for deep chile flavor that'll ruin you for canned chili powder forever.

Flaming Orange Habanero Kimchee

Flaming Orange Habanero Kimchee

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This spicy dish uses the fiery flavor of habanero peppers to keep you reaching for the glass of water and hungry for more!

Loaded Spicy Chili with Italian Sausage & Ground Beef

Loaded Spicy Chili with Italian Sausage & Ground Beef

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Loaded chili built on three meats, ground beef, hot Italian sausage, and smoked sausage, with kidney beans, a layered hit of serrano and habanero heat, and a splash of red wine. Thickened with cornmeal and tastes even better the next day.

Lobster - Jamaican Style

Lobster - Jamaican Style

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Chunks of lobster meat sauteed in butter, peppers, garlic and onions served over bowtie pasta.

Spicy habanero mayonnaise

Spicy habanero mayonnaise

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a moderatly spicy adaptation of "The Joy Of Cooking" blender mayonnaise recipe

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Grilled 'Napalm' Shrimp

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Grilled napalm shrimp skewers marinated in a blended habanero-cayenne butter sauce with cumin, brown sugar, and Worcestershire. Seriously spicy grilled shrimp for heat seekers.

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Salmon with Citrus Habanero Salsa

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Pan-seared salmon with a citrus habanero salsa made from tomatoes, tomatillos, orange juice, cumin, and cinnamon. Bright, fiery, and butter-finished in 20 minutes.

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Soy Seared Tuna with Orange Sauce

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Soy-glazed seared tuna steaks over mixed greens with caramelized onions, summer squash, and a fiery orange-curry-habanero sauce. A restaurant-worthy plate at home.

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Chocolate Cake with Lucifer's Nuts

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Sugar-crusted pecans spiked with habanero chile powder, folded into chocolate cake batter for a sweet-heat surprise in every bite. Five ingredients, ten minutes, and your chocolate cake will never be boring again.

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Pot Likker Chili with Beans

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Southern pot likker chili built on collard-green broth with smoked chuck, ground beef, pintos, chipotle, habanero, and a splash of beer. Long-simmered, deeply smoky, bowl-licking good.

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It's Not Dead Yet Hot Salsa

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Made this while cleaning out the refrigerator... thus the name. John

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It's Not Dead Yet Hot Salsa

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Made this while cleaning out the refrigerator... thus the name. John

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Planked Salmon with Grilled Pineapple, Rhubarb & Habanero

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Cedar-planked salmon smoked over alderwood, mopped with a sweet-tart-spicy glaze of grilled pineapple, rhubarb, and habanero. A Pacific Northwest cookout centerpiece.

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Joe's Soak Sauce

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Note: The sauce can be used to marinate chicken, pork, ribs, or a meaty fish such as swordfish before grilling.

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My Evil Twin Habanero Salsa

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Use as a dip or topping for grilled chicken, seafood, etc., inspired by Diana Rattray

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Hbanero Tomato Guacamole

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Habanero tomato guacamole: ripe avocados blended smooth with a whole habanero, fresh garlic, cilantro, and cumin, then folded with diced tomato and red onion. A fiery Mexican party dip.

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Gingered Mango Salsa

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Fresh mango salsa with ginger, habanero, brown sugar, garlic, cloves, and soy sauce. A sweet-hot tropical condiment for grilled fish, chicken, or tacos.

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Spicy Grilled Peach & Habanero Pepper Salsa

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Grilled peaches add some nice grilling, sweet and sour flavor, and the habanero pepper gives the spiciness. Serve it with any kind of main course, such as roasts, grilled meat or seafood. Or use it to make some Mexican food, will be also delicious!

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Hogan's Nuclear Chicken Wings

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Nuclear chicken wings: oven-baked wings glazed with a double-hot sauce of Tabasco and habanero, brown sugar, vinegar, and ground red pepper. For the chili-head crowd. Serve with blue cheese.

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Stoba (Goat/Lamb with Peppers)

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A fiery Caribbean stoba with lamb simmered alongside habaneros, bell peppers, tomatoes, and allspice, then finished with cucumber, olives, and capers. Slow-cooked island comfort in every spoonful.

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Picante De Huevos

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Picante de huevos: a Colombian appetizer of hard-boiled eggs, avocado, onion, habanero, and vinegar blended into a spicy salad and served in hollowed mango halves.

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Stoba

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Stoba is a traditional Caribbean lamb stew simmered with habaneros, tomatoes, lime juice, cumin, allspice, olives, and capers. Fall-apart tender meat with bold island heat and tangy brightness.

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Glen's Ring of Fire Bran Muffins

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Spicy bran muffins loaded with Thai chilies, jalapeño, and habanero rings, plus dried fruit, walnuts, and warm spices. Bold breakfast baking for heat seekers.

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Sour Orange BBQ'd Salmon Taco with Red Cabbage Slaw & Smoked Chile Sauce

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We love this recipe, very delicious, and all the ingredients are healthy.Worthy to try it.

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