2,490 hot pepper recipes

Pickled green cherry tomatoes canned with hot red peppers, garlic, celery, and dill in a vinegar brine. Spicy, tangy fire balls that live up to their name.

Pasta con broccole with blanched broccoli in a fresh tomato sauce spiked with garlic, hot pepper flakes, basil, and oregano. A classic Italian-American vegetable pasta.

If you love hot food, you will love this tantalizing crockpot dish made with chili powder and jalapeno peppers.

A 15-minute Chinese pepper steak stir-fry with tender sirloin, crisp green bell peppers, and onions tossed in savory stir-fry sauce. Faster than takeout and ready in one hot wok.

Pepper steak for two with thin-sliced round steak, green bell peppers, and tomato simmered in a soy-ginger sauce thickened with cornstarch. Served over hot rice for a complete weeknight dinner.

Cajun-style blackened burgers crusted with cayenne, fennel, white pepper, and garlic. Cooked in a screaming-hot cast iron skillet for a charred peppered crust and finished with a Worcestershire pan sauce.

Chicken Santa Fe: pounded chicken breasts broiled and glazed with sweet-hot jalapeno pepper jelly, then crowned with roasted red pepper strips. A quick Southwestern dinner with a glossy, sweet-spicy finish.

Beef liver seared and simmered in stewed tomatoes with green pepper, basil, sherry, and garlic, spooned over hot rice. Old-school Cajun comfort for liver lovers.

Savory turkey stuffing loaded with diced apples, crunchy pecans, aromatic vegetables, and herbs. This generous recipe stuffs a 20-pound bird. Add hot peppers if you dare.

Tallahassee chicken salad keeps it Southern simple: poached chicken thighs, crisp diced celery, mayonnaise, and a hit of hot pepper sauce. Three ingredients, big Florida-panhandle flavor.

Italian vegetable stew with eggplant, potatoes, tomatoes, bell pepper, and briny black olives. Rustic Southern Italian peasant dish that tastes even better the next day, served hot or at room temperature.

Ham and cheese quiche packs eggs, two cheeses, sauteed onion, and bell pepper into a flaky pie shell, then bakes into a creamy custard. An easy savory supper or brunch that works hot or at room temperature.

Raccoon simmers with celery, apples, onion, and hot peppers until fork-tender, then gets brushed with barbecue sauce and roasted until golden. A traditional preparation for wild game.

Jamaican beef patties with a flaky shortening crust and a spiced ground beef filling with thyme, scallion, paprika, and hot pepper. Baked golden in hand-held half-moons.

Southern chicken and okra gumbo with salt pork, fresh tomatoes, and hot pepper, served over fluffy white rice. A slow-simmered Plains-style gumbo with deep, smoky flavor.

Boneless pork loin stuffed with a sweet-hot pepper and ginger chutney, roasted with a smoky cumin-cayenne barbecue sauce. A bold, flavor-packed centerpiece for any dinner table.