Vegetable
Jalapeño Pepper
About This Entry
Jalapeño brings medium heat and green capsicum — tacos, nachos, and Tex-Mex need off-dry whites, sparkling, or low-tannin fruity reds.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Alternative wine styles
Common Culinary Uses
- cumin
- tomato
Regional Context
MX
At a Glance
Group
Nightshades
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
fruit vegetable
Scientific name
Capsicum annuum
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Jalapeño Pepper
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Nightshades
- Scientific name
- Capsicum annuum
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- fruit vegetable
- Plant part
- fruit vegetable
- Texture
- crisp
- Moisture class
- high
- Flavor intensity
- bold
- Seasonality
- summer