Medium

Hungarian wax pepper

Hungarian wax pepper is a tapered yellow Capsicum annuum with a broader heat range than many lookalikes, from lightly warm to fairly punchy. Its crisp flesh and bright tang make it a popular pepper for pickling, stuffing, and paprika-style cooking.

Scoville 1,000 SHU to 15,000 SHU

Species Capsicum annuum

Origin

Hungary

Flavor

Tasting notes

Tangy, bright, and medium-hot

Uses

Best known for

picklingstuffingpaprika-style cooking

Colors

Common ripening colors

redyelloworange

Reference

Source entry

Reference: Hungarian wax pepper

15,000 SHU peak heat

Open Hungarian wax pepper