The Naga Viper. The BBC's Gardeners' World television programme recorded a much higher heat level for Dorset Naga. Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account. It’s a slow burn that allows the pepper’s fruity sweetness to tantalize your tastebuds before the all hell breaks loose. It ranges from 900,000 Scoville heat units to nearly 1.4 million SHU, making it 113 to 553 times hotter than our jalapeño pepper reference point. The flavor of the Viper can actually add nuance to the sauce before the heat hammer hits. If handling the Naga Viper by hand, wear protective kitchen gloves and eye goggles. The slower burn to the Naga Viper will fool you on the heat front, but only for a few minutes. Like grapes grown for wine, hot peppers are incredibly complex. [3] It is claimed to be an unstable three-way hybrid produced from the Naga Morich, the Bhut jolokia and the Trinidad scorpion, some of the world's hottest peppers. There is no mistaking that extreme heat sits within the walls of the Naga Viper. A sweet tang that’s very enticing. In 2011, it was recorded as the "World's Hottest Chili" by the Guinness World Records with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville Heat Units (SHU),[1] but was surpassed in SHU by the current world record holder the Carolina Reaper in 2017. Part of the, Beef In Oyster Sauce: Fast Prep, Easy Cooking, November 2020 Giveaway! Naga Viper. This is one intense chili with quite the pedigree. As with most super-hots, looking online for seeds and products is often your best bet (Amazon). PepperScale helps you discover the amazing tastes - and stories - behind these spicy eats. What do you get when you cross three super-hots? You can also dry these chilies to use the super-hot chili powder to spice any number of dishes. This variety is a cross with the Naga Morich, Bhut Jolokia, and Trinidad Scorpion. Check out, too, The Chili Pepper Company – they developed the Naga Viper and offer what’s most likely the most stable option. It is one of the World’s Hottest Peppers. Given the extreme heat, a little goes a long way with a Naga Viper. Heat Level: 1.3 million SHU (260 times hotter than a jalapeño) Country of Origin: Great Britain Fast Fact: A cross between a Naga Morich, Bhut Jolokia, and Trinidad scorpion, the Naga Viper is considered an “unstable three-way hybrid,” meaning the peppers cannot produce offspring that are exactly like it. Dorset Naga. It ranges from 900,000 Scoville heat units to nearly 1.4 million SHU, making it 113 to 553 times hotter than our jalapeño pepper reference point. Gringo Bandito Classic Variety Pack. Peppers are extremely hot, have medium thin flesh, and turn from green, to orange, to red when mature. Simply, it looks like pain. TRINIDAD MORUGA SCORPION (2,009,231 SHU) The name pepper because of its origin, the district … There’s a stronger perfume to this pepper, too. The Naga Viper is impressing pepper aficionados not just for its heat but for its origin, too. With its slower burn, it’s a very good choice for extreme hot sauces and rubs. A variety created in Cumbria, England. The slower burn allows you to taste the flavor of the Naga Viper more than with some other super-hots. Enjoy 500+ spicy recipes, 125+ pepper profiles, and hundreds of related articles. In fact the heat and looks take on varying aspects of all three of its ancestors. [2], The Naga Viper was created in England by chilli farmer Gerald Fowler of The Chilli Pepper Company in Cark, Cumbria. Just a tiny pinch goes far. It looks a lot like a mix of its parents. Or compare it to the popular extra-hot habanero – the Naga Viper is 3 to 14 times hotter than even this very hot pepper. But the new record holder comes from a greenhouse in England. It is claimed to be an unstable three-way hybrid produced from the Naga Morich, the Bhut jolokia and the Trinidad scorpion, some of the world's hottest peppers. The Dorset Naga is a substrain of the original Naga Morich from Bangladesh. It has a Naga Morich/ghost pepper-like body (elongated and wrinkly) with the potential for a scorpion-like tail that’s a little longer than what you’d typically see on a scorpion pepper. In 2011, the Naga Viper had a stint as the official hottest pepper in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records before being beaten out by one of its parents – the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion itself – in 2012. No mad scientist was responsible for this creation, though. The world’s hottest peppers usually come from places where spicy food is the norm, like India. When it begins to grow, the spiciness bubbles up and over like a cauldron. The Naga Viper pepper is a hot chili pepper. One thing to note – the Naga Viper is a hybrid chili and not quite stable, so variations in heat, look, and flavor can occur. Since 2005, the heat level of Dorset Naga ranged from 661,451 SHUs for green fruit in 2007, up to 1,032,310 SHUs for ripe fruit harvested in 2009. The plant has dark green leaves, green stems, and white flowers. A note of caution: Be prepared with this chili pepper and other super-hots. The Naga Viper is the brain child of Gerald Fowler, a pub owner pepper farmer from Cumbria, England, who also runs the Chilli Pepper Company, selling hot sauce, pepper seeds, and chili powder. The Naga Viper has the heat of the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and the Naga Morich with the slower burn of the ghost pepper. [4], "Scoville scale: The hottest chillies in the world– in pictures", "Carolina Reaper is the hottest chilli in the world", "New Record Chilli – Naga Viper chilli – 1,349,000 SHU's", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naga_Viper_pepper&oldid=971991771, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 August 2020, at 15:13. The Naga Viper was created in England by chilli farmer Gerald Fowler of The Chilli Pepper Company in Cark, Cumbria.