What kinds of peppers come with chinese food?

Question

i always get chinese food at this one place and they always have these little red/purple peppers does anyone have any idea what kind they are??

They're VERY spicy

Answer 1

I could help. My dad has a Chinese restaurant, but I don't observe too much. It might be somethign from Szechaun, where lots of dishes are mad spicy! My dad also uses dried chili peppers and red and green peppers, too. And dear Tuck, as Aimee J said, Wasabi (1) is Japanese (2) is not a pepper (3) is green! (4) if you mix it in with rice or something, it just blends in with it and (5) as far as I can see, my parent's friend's restaurants do not use it and my parents don't use it for their restaurant either! As far as I know, no Chinese restaurant uses wasabi!

Answer 2

I like a little hot pepper in my Chinese dishes and also in soups and stews, too.

I visited an Asian grocery store today. They had packages of the regular hot red peppers, Serrano chilies, and then little green Thai peppers. I asked the produce man and he suggested the Thai peppers because he said they are VERY hot.

Go to an Asian or Mexican market if you are looking for chilies. Try the various kinds -- you'll learn which kind you like.
I was all out of fresh hot peppers. So I bought a package which is much more than I need and will use one tonight (minced and in my bowl of noodles) and freeze the rest of it and take one as I need it.

Answer 3

The only peppers I'm familiar with in chinese food are green and red bell peppers.

Answer 4

First of all, Dear tuck wasabi is not from china but it's from japan.
the pepper you mentioned maybe sezhuan pepper, it's red and very spicy. Normally they cooked it dry.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Most likely it is Chili padi aka the birds eye pepper a scoville rating of 50-100,000 usually dried but available fresh in some markets.

Answer 7

Chinese peppers, duh

kidding.

look on wikipedia-they have articles on Chinese food.look up the dish and you'll find it.

Answer 8

Variety Days Flesh Color Shape Disease Features
Chocolate Beauty 68 Thick Green - Chocolate 3 - 4 lobe TMV An early green to chocolate blocky bell hybrid for the colored pepper market. Has large fruit that are very smooth, very sweet flesh.
Ivory 68 Medium Thick Ivory-Lavender-red 3-4 lobe, C TMV, STIP Unique ivory/waxy colored medium sized pepper for specialty markets. Very tolerant to sunburn.
Lilac 68 Thick Ivory-Lt. Yellow 3-4 lobe, D TMV, PVY Uniform lavender colored bell remains in the lavender stage for a long time. For specialty. markets.
Mandarin 75 Thick Green orange C TMV, Stip A green to pumpkin orange colored hybrid with beautiful elongated fruit for the specialty mar-. ket.
Valencia 70 Thick Green orange 4 lobed, C Dtis, TMV Valencia starts off with a glossy green fruit that matures to a rich orange color. Maintains firmness.
Blanca 66 Thick Ivort to Lt. Red 3-4 lobe TMVO Bianca means white in Italian. Larger and whiter than competitive varieties. Very early and. slow coloring from white to light red.
Choco 70 Thick Med Gr. - Chocolate 3-4 lobe TMV2 A larger, better quality, high yielding brown pepper that tastes great.
Mavras 68 Thick Purple 3 lobe TMV0 A large blocky, four lobed fruit with thick walls, plus, is superior to other purple competitors.
Mint Julip 68 Thick Mint Gr. Yellow 3-4 lobe TMVO A brand new colored pepper for your specialty market.
Queen 68 Thick Dark Gr. - Br. Orange 3-4 lobe TMVO An early maturing, medium to large blocky, dark green to vivid bright orange, sweet bell pep per. Good holding quality.
Tequila 68 Thick Lilac 3-4 lobe TMVO Larger and better quality than its other lilac competitors. Matures from lilac to a medium red color.

Answer 9

it is either dry chillie flakes or if it is fresh it is bird's eye peppers.

Answer 10

Wasabi

very spicy!!!!