Tien Tsin Pepper Plant

Tien tsin chile pepper description.

Tien tsin pepper plant. Tien tsin chile peppers are also known as chinese red peppers or tianjin peppers. The tien tsin pepper s slimness is very reminiscent of cayenne and it has a neutral almost musty flavor behind the heat similar to cayenne too. 50 000 75 000 scoville units. These chiles are most popular when used in asian cooking especially in the hunan or szechwan styles.

This very hot and shiny bright red chile has a slender shape like the cayenne pepper. Sun dried pods are so light in weight it takes dozens of pods to make one ounce. Chinese red tien tsin pepper plant seedlings grow well in raised beds containers and in ground gardens. The seed for it came from a street kitchen brand kung pao meal kit.

These particular chile plants have relatively low yields. Tien tsin chiles capsicum annuum have long been considered an exotic chile. Mix compost or other organic matter into the soil when planting. Tien tsin chilies are branch like thin one to two inches in length.

Badagnani 19 00 31 march 2008 utc facing. You ll find these in kung pao chicken. Tien tsin chinese red chile peppers are named after the province of china in which they are harvested. Are tien tsin chilis the same as what are marketed as japanese chili peppers in the u s.

Published on dec 31 2016 this is a pod test of a chinese red pepper tien tsin chili that i grew in my aerogarden 6 elite. Also known as chinese red peppers or tianjin peppers. These pots should have good drainage which means that you may need to place a saucer or tray under them to catch the runoff. Tien tsin chinese red chile pepertien tsin chiles capsicum annuum pronounced tea in sin tien tsin chile peppers are also known as chinese red peppers or tianjin pepper.

These upward pointing fruits start out green and mature to a bright red. Larger ones may need an 18 inch pot. Pronounced tea in sin tien tsin chile peppers are also known as chinese red peppers tianjin pepper or chao tian jiao which translates to facing heaven chilies as they grow pointing upwards. Very hot bright red in color 1 to 2 inch chinese pods.

The plants produce relatively low yields. Searching on the web i found it described as a pretty purple. Also known as tientsin they are named after the province in china where they are native. For a smaller pepper plant a pot that measures 12 inches in diameter should be adequate.

Popular in asian fare. I recently bought a pepper plant with small about 2 cm egg shaped peppers that start as purple and then ripen to red. Soil temperature needs to be 75 to 90 degrees during growing season. They age from green to a vibrant red at which time they are picked and dried for their typical usage.