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Tag: chili peppers
What Are Aji Dulces & How To Use Them
Ají dulce, ají cachucha, quechucha, ajicito, or ají gustoso as it is known throughout Latin America and the Caribbeans is a variety of sweet perennial peppers. The pepper or chili is native to the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America and Caribbean islands. It is most widely known in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominion Republic, and […]
Cooking With Chilies
Almost every Latin American country has its own variety, shape, and size of chili or hot pepper and including sweet peppers. Up until the arrival of Spanish and Portuguese explorers to the New World, peppers grew only in Latin America. After the discovery of hot peppers, they have truly become integral to cuisines across the […]

