Food Alphabet
Chili pepper "chiltepin" (tepin, enano, picin)
Chiltepin peppers, also called tepin peppers, grow wild in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Their burning is described as "fierce" and "fast", because, although it occurs in the mouth unexpectedly, it persists for a very short time.
These peppers are used most often in sauces.
