jalapeño M
- Origin
- Mexico
- Scoville Heat Units
- 2 500 - 8 000 SHU
- Flavor
- Grassy
- Color
- Green to red
- Shape
- Cylindrical and thick
Description
The Jalapeño M is the most widely grown open-pollinated jalapeño variety in the world, standardized in Mexico and used as the benchmark for jalapeño production globally. Its thick, cylindrical pods develop characteristic corky streaks at full maturity and ripen from deep green to red with the classic grassy, mildly spicy flavor familiar to cooks worldwide. The definitive jalapeño for commercial cultivation and the foundation of the global pickled jalapeño industry, it is also smoked to create chipotle peppers.