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What is Datil pepper good on?

A real customer question, curated into a useful guide for cooking, product use, and finding just the right thing.

Datil Pepper Flakes bring a bright, fruity heat associated especially with St. Augustine, Florida. Datil has real fire, but it also has a sweet, tropical, almost citrusy fruitiness that makes it more interesting than a generic crushed red pepper.

Use it on seafood, eggs, grilled chicken, pork, roasted vegetables, pizza, tomato sauces, vinegar sauces, and citrus-forward rubs. For an already blended option, Citrus Kick Rub with Datil Pepper leans into that chile-plus-citrus pairing.