Chile De Arbol Pepper
Chile de Arbol — 'tree chili' in Spanish — is a beloved Mexican heirloom pepper with a thin-walled, slender body and an intense, clean heat at 15,000–30,000 Scoville units that builds steadily with each bite. Essential in Mexican and Central American cooking for sauces, salsas, and stews, the peppers are best dried until the stem turns woody, which concentrates the heat and develops a rich, slightly smoky depth of flavor. A highly productive plant that provides an extraordinary harvest from a small space.