Chile Pepper Fun Fact - The NuMex CaJohns Serrano Chile Pepper
NuMex CaJohns Serrano - One HUGE Serrano named after a legend...
The NuMex CaJohns Serrano chili pepper is a large Serrano pepper selectively bred by the Chile Pepper Institute in Las Cruces, New Mexico, named after John Hard, creator of CaJohns Fiery Foods.
A typical Serrano pepper is smaller than a typical jalapeno pepper, similar in color. They generally grow between 1 – 4 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide though they have been known to grow longer.
They typically range from 5,000 to 23,000 Scoville Heat Units, though the NuMex CaJohns Serrano has been selectively bred to be longer and wider, and at the milder end of the Scoville Heat Unit range.