Fresh Thai Chile Peppers

While many different varities of chile peppers are found in Thai cuisine, we offer the most common variety known as prik ki nu, or "bird chile". Our chiles are very spicy, with high heat level and nice appearance. You can expect your fresh chiles to arrive with fresh green stems and clean appearance, ready for cooking. Most of our Thai recipes call for Thai chiles and these will work fine for all of your Thai cooking needs. If your local grocer has a good selection of chile peppers, feel free to use whatever is available and don't let the type of chiles stop you from cooking Thai food. Habanero will offer higher heat than Thai chile, and jalapeno will be lower. You can mix and match as you prefer, or just order the real thing from us.

Our Thai chiles are grown in the United States and we have a year-round supply. We most often ship green Thai chiles, as shown below, but on a seasonal basis we get more mature red chiles to mix in with your shipment. Thai chile is an annual plant that grows into a bush (see pictures below). The fruit contains many white seeds and you can remove the seeds to tone the heat level down if you prefer a milder flavor. Fresh chiles are a great source of vitamin A, B and C. We also offer whole dried chile peppers and we offer ground Thai chiles which are both very high-heat.

Good quality fresh chiles will keeps for a weeks in the fridge before they change color and break down. For long-term storage, freeze in a ziplock bag. Freezing will maintain flavor, but the chiles become a bit soft/mushy when defrosted for later use.

We ship fresh USA-grown Thai chiles via Priority Mail, quick delivery within 2-3 days straight to your mailbox. They are packaged well and should be refrigerated promptly. Please Note: if you order only fresh produce, select "$0.00" as shipping charge at checkout (because the prices below include shipping). Occasional delays due to Mother Nature & harvest conditions. Call 888-618-8424 if you need a definite delivery date. If you order fresh chiles and any other non-fresh items, you must checkout with "UPS Ground" as the shipping method, and you will receive the other items separately. We also offer a Fresh Thai Produce Kit and see our mixed fresh offers below.

16 oz Fresh Thai Chile $15.95 includes shipping Fresh Thai Chile, 16 oz + Fresh Lemongrass, 32 oz $22.95 includes shipping Fresh Thai Chile, 16 oz + Fresh Galangal, 16 oz $23.95 includes shipping Fresh Thai produce kit Lemongrass (2 lb), Thai chile (8 oz), galangal (8 oz), and 2 fresh limes. $25.95