Aji Dulce Pepper

If you’re looking for a flavor-packed, very mild spice pepper, Aji Dulce might be just for you!

Aji Dulce pepper as the same shape, size, color and aroma as Habanero, but is sweet, spicy, and delicious, with only a trace of heat.

This Central American native goes great in salads, stir-fry, Caribbean dishes, and much more. Tastes great pickled too!

Heat Level: >1,000 Scoville Heat Units
Start seeds indoors 8-12 weeks before last frost date. Bury seeds 1/16 deep – keep room constant 70 degrees. Germination might be erratic as seeds can take up to 4 weeks to germinate.
Don’t over water seeds or they will turn to mush.

Aji dulce peppers (Capsicum chinense) are small, sweet peppers similar to habaneros but without the heat. The fruit of the aji dulce plant is about 2 inches long, and start off green then turn red when ripe. Aji dulce plants bear fruit when they are about 18 inches tall.

Aji dulce peppers (Capsicum chinense) are small, sweet peppers similar to habaneros but without the heat.

The fruit of the aji dulce plant is about 2 inches long, and start off green then turn red when ripe.

In Puerto Rico, it is known as ají dulce or ajicito (sweet pepper and small pepper, respectively, in Spanish).

In the Dominican Republic, it is also known asají gustoso or ají cachucha (tasty pepper, and cap-shaped pepper, respectively, in Spanish). It has the shape and size of a habanero pepper without the intense heat.

Unlike many other countries in Latin America, hot peppers are not commonly used in the cuisine of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, or Cuba. However, there can be some ají dulce fruit that is pungent, probably due to out-crossing. 

This pepper is used to season dishes and is an important ingredient for sofrito, a sauce used in several Latin American cuisines.

A must for those Cuban Style black beans, homemade or canned.

Just add a couple of CACHUCHA peppers and the flavor soars.

I grow these special plants in my own Garden without pesticides. Ají Dulce plants are very hard to find in the US.

I harvest my own seeds and plant them each year. plant your own, so that you can make your own fresh sofrito, save the seeds and plant them again the following year. 

The compact nature of the pepper plant makes it well-suited to container growing. Growing the peppers in a pot also gives you more control.

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This particular pepper plant was given to me by DGC member Barry Johnson, Deltona Fl. Winner Yard of the year Congratulations Barry!

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