About Aji Dulce
Aji Dulce is sweet chinense from Venezuela/Puerto Rico. Rating 100-1,000 SHU offers minimal heat. Essential for authentic sofrito. The fruity chinense flavor without heat. Cannot make Puerto Rican food without it. Very important culinary pepper. Very productive plants. The sweet flavor is prized. Shows Caribbean sweet chinense. Essential in Caribbean cooking.
Flavor profile
Very mild
In the kitchen
Sweet chinense, sofrito
Growing information
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Days to harvest
- 85-95 days
- Plant height
- 36-48 inches
Sources
- Website or article Know The Pepper — Ultimate Pepper Heat Database (opens in a new tab)
- Website or article Wikimedia Commons — Planta Aji Dulce.jpg (opens in a new tab)
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