Pasilla botanical illustration Research-verified

Pasilla

Capsicum annuum

Dried form of Chilaca

Dried culinary form of chilaca; cataloged as a named type rather than a separate botanical cultivar.

Medium 1,000–1,500 SHU
  • smoky
  • earthy
  • chocolate
  • raisin
  • cited
Origin
Mexico

Sources

  1. El chile como alimento Eva Aguirre Hernández and Verónica Muñoz Ocotero / Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
  2. Pásele pásele chiles Biblioteca Angelopolitana / Gobierno Municipal de Puebla
  3. Ahora es cuando chile verde, le has de dar sabor al caldo Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
  4. Ventura Garden to Table Series - Peppers UC Master Gardener Program of Ventura County / UC Agriculture and Natural Resources