Habanero Chile Powder, Capsicum chinense, is an intensely hot, finely ground chile powder. Habanero chile powder is also called habanero pepper powder, ground habanero, or ground habanero pepper.

Habanero chiles are on the smaller end of the chile size spectrum, growing to only 3/4”-2 1/2" long. Unripe habanero chiles are green and typically turn orange or red when ripe. They can also be found in various colors, including white, brown, yellow, and pink.

Habanero Chile Powder is popular with chicken, Mediterranean, barbecue, and brewpub restaurants; seasoning companies; independent spice shops; sauce, salsa, and jerky manufacturers; and breweries.

In addition to our pure Habanero Chile Powder we also carry whole Habanero Chiles and Crushed Habanero Chiles.

Flavor Profile

The flavor of Habanero chiles is pungent with hints of papaya, coconut, and berry.

Heat Level

Habaneros 100,000-350,000 SHU, which means they are incredibly spicy. We consider this to be one of our “crazy hot” chiles.

How to Use 

Use this Habanero Chile Powder sparingly the first few times you add it to any recipe, as it is easy to overheat a dish. Habanero Chile Powder is delicious in salsas like this Pineapple Habanero Salsa. Add an extra hit of heat to Jamaican Jerk Chicken. Stir this into Trinidad Style Curry Chicken, or use to boost the heat in Vegetarian Bean Chili or White Bean and Turkey Chili. Make some extra-fiery Spicy Coconut Shrimp.

Habanero pairs well with fruits like mango, banana, plantain, papaya, and pineapple. Use with chicken, shrimp, fish, oranges, lemons, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, carrots, lemongrass, chocolate, cilantro, and coriander.

Use in custom spice blends and rubs, marinades, dressings, salsas, curries, on grilled meats and vegetables, in chili, soup, stew, and in savory fruit applications.