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Cooking with scotch bonnet chillis?

by loveWheel 11 August 2009 |

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I have purchased some scotch bonnet chillis because I do like my chilli and was intrigued by its rating: Jalapeno 8000 SHU (the accepted 'spicyness' unit) - Scotch Bonnet 350,000 SHU. I thought I'd get some of my friends round and cook up a mean chilli con carne for them and we can all eat and drink and sweat and cry together. Great fun...
Anyway, has anyone got experience cooking with these things? I have 4 of these chillies; would putting them all in a meal (for 4) be completely stupid? (Ps I can usually finish a vindaloo but not too graciously)

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charlie posted
Danger, danger, high voltage. Maybe try and nibble off a corner of one of them first & you'll understand why.
You'll probably want to reconsider the number you throw into your meal... unless you are into torturing your guests that is.
From personal experience.
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ScottB posted
I've used them before, they're not that hot, I used a whole pack of 6 in a chilli that fed 4 people and it only generated a mild after burn
Heat from peppers is measured in scovilles. A full description of the scoville range can be found here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale
I find a better method is to get chilli sauces from these guys
http://www.hot-headz.com/
they have some seriously hot sauces which is cool as you can work on getting the taste of the dish right and then pop a teaspoon or two of the chilli sauce in to get the heat you require
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bellini posted
These chillies have a really nice, tangy flavour and good in jamaican style cooking. I love the hot sauce that's made from it and it's good on everything!
I usually use birds eye chillies in cooking which are also pretty hot, around 4 for a hot veg curry, but more - perhaps 5 or 6 if you are making meat.
If you do end up making things a bit too spicy, yoghurt/raita is a nice option to have on the side. Also drinking milk is more effective than drinking water to cool the mouth following chillie overindulgence.
Here are some nice recipes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/glossary/s.shtml?scotch_bonnet_chillies
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MortgageMan posted
"they have some seriously hot sauces"
I can vouch for that Scott, i've had the dragons blood sauce before,
( http://www.hot-headz.com/hot-sauce/Dragon_s_Blood_Naga_Chilli_Sauce-726-2.html )
I lost my sight for a few seconds, very very very very hot sauce!!!
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SmudgeButt posted
When I cooked with these I managed to take the skin off my finger tips - slight chemical burn! So do where rubber gloves if you have any and under no circumstances rub or scratch any part of your body (or anyone else's!) until you are thoroughly scrubbed up.
Absolutely wonderful for chilli - I like to have creme fraiche to cool it if required.
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loveWheel posted
Brilliant - wear gloves else it burns your skin!?! This is giving me a mischievous glint in my eye. It's going to have to be all four. Might get some of this death sauce Scott and MortgageMan are talking about aswell and put 999 on speed dial.
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bellini posted
Are you cooking it tonight?
I'll look forward to hearing about the fallout!
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champ69 posted
I have some in my sandwiches every day
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