32. 泡椒 (pào jiāo) – Pickled Chilli Peppers; 辣椒干 (là jiāo gān) – Dried Chilli Peppers
When Peter Piper picked his peck of pickled peppers, he probably didn’t realise that a peck wouldn’t last a day in the average Sichuan or Hunan kitchen. Both provinces use copious amounts of both dried and pickled peppers, as do Guizhou and Northern Guangxi.
These are often made at home but can also be found in every market and supermarket.
My downstairs neighbour is drying these outside her apartment window right now.
Sichuan Dried Peppers
Dried "Pointing to Heaven" chillies - 指天椒 (zhǐ tiān jiāo)
米椒 (mǐ jiāo, literally 'rice peppers') drying in the sun.
Pickled Peppers
Pickled Red Chillies
Pickled Small Green Peppers
Commercially produced 小米椒 (xiǎo mǐ jiāo) - Pickled Small Rice Peppers
Commercially produced 小米椒 (xiǎo mǐ jiāo) - Pickled Small Rice Peppers
灯笼椒 (dēng lóng jiāo) - Lantern Chilli (very hot!)
灯笼辣椒酱 (dēng lóng là jiāo jiàng) - Lantern Chilli Paste (very hot!)
There are many more, to which I shall doubtless return.
