Bhut Jolokia: World’s Hottest Pepper
We have a new record for the world’s hottest chile pepper.
In fall of 2006, the Guinness Book of Records confirmed that New Mexico State University Regent’s Professor Paul Bosland had indeed discovered the world’s hottest chile pepper, Bhut Jolokia.
Bhut Jolokia, at 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), is nearly twice as hot as Red Savina, the chile pepper variety it replaces as the world’s hottest. A New Mexico green chile contains about 1,500 SHUs and an average jalapeno measures at about 10,000 SHUs.
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March 11th, 2007 at 13:58
Its bangladeshi cousin the Naga Morich is just as hot. Eating one is like thrusting a red hot poker up your nose - great fun!!!!
You can find out all about the worlds hottest chiles (Bhut Jolokia & Naga Morich here)
http://www.thechileman.org/index.php
Click on the hottest peppers on the plant icon)
Mark