OverSpur Chilli
Thailand & Southeast Asia · Clean, sweet, everyday
| Heat | ≈5,000–30,000 SHU (sources vary) |
|---|---|
| Species | Capsicum annuum |
| Homeland | Thailand & Southeast Asia |
| Character | Clean, sweet, everyday |
The long red spur chilli — prik chee fah in Thailand — is Southeast Asia's workhorse pepper: big, red, mild-mannered by the region's standards, and the traditional base of the original sriracha-style sauces.
Published figures for this pepper genuinely disagree, so the range above is labeled the way this store labels everything: as the commonly cited band, not a lab result. What is certain is the role — this is the pepper a whole region's table sauces are built on, chosen for clean flavor that lets vinegar, garlic, and sugar speak.
Lingham's (Malaysia, since 1908), Chin-Su (Vietnam), and Burman's red sriracha all pour from this family — sweet-forward, medium at most, made to go on everything.
On the OverPepper shelf
- Chilli Sauce (Original) — Warm band · $12.99
- Hot Sauce (Sweet Sriracha) — Warm band · $7.49
- Red Sriracha Hot Sauce — Overpeppered band · $11.49