Bird’s eye chilli, bird eye chilli, bird’s chilli, or Thai chilli is a chilli pepper, a variety from the species Capsicum annuum, commonly found in Ethiopia and across Southeast Asia. It is used extensively in many Asian cuisines. It may be mistaken for a similar-looking chilli derived from the species Capsicum frutescens, the cultivar “siling labuyo”. Capsicum frutescens fruits are generally smaller and characteristically point upwards.
Bird’s Eye Chilli Dry
The bird’s eye chilli plant is a perennial with small, tapering fruits, often two or three, at a node. The fruits are very pungent.
The bird’s eye chilli is small but is quite hot (piquant). It measures around 50,000 – 100,000 Scoville units, which is at the lower half of the range for the hotter habanero, but still much hotter than a common jalapeño.
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