Bird's eye chili

Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’Also called Capsicum annuum 'Bird's Eye', Thai chili, bird's chili and bird eye chili

Bird's eye chili is a chili pepper whose fruit is used as a vegetable. Cooks use it raw, in marinades and stir-fries, or as a seasoning; they also pickle and preserve it.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Vegetables
Variety of: Chili pepper
Part used: Fruit
Family: Solanaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 30 in the catalogue

Photo: Daizy John · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use bird's eye chili

Typical ways to cook or use it

Marinade
Pickle
Preserve
Raw
Season
Stir fry

Around the world

Where bird's eye chili is cooked

30 dishes in the catalogue use bird's eye chili. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia30

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 30

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list bird's eye chili among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Mexico

On the table

Dishes made with bird's eye chili

26 of the 30 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Caluk noodles
Indonesia
Kuwah Pliëk U
Indonesia
Kuah beulangong
Indonesia
Otak-otak
Indonesia
Lontong kikil
Indonesia
Kikil satay
Indonesia
Sambal lingkung
Indonesia
Ketupat gulai kapau
Indonesia
Lotek
Indonesia
Tanggo-tanggo
Indonesia
Gabus pucung
Indonesia
Garang Asem
Indonesia
Manuk Napinadar
Indonesia
Natinombur
Indonesia
Keumamah
Indonesia
Lalat satay
Indonesia
Padang satay
Indonesia
Pempek Kapal Selam
Indonesia
Sambal tuktuk
Indonesia
Lawar
Indonesia
Nasi tempong
Indonesia
Sambal asam udueng
Indonesia
Rica-rica
Indonesia
Sambal ganja
Indonesia
Raden chili sauce
Indonesia
Terasi bawang
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include bird's eye chili.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: bird's eye chili in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: chili pepper
A variety of: chili pepper

Around the world

What bird's eye chili is called

Names in 36 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Capsicum annuum ʽBird's Eye’
French
piment œil d'oiseau
Italian
Thai Pepper
Portuguese
Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’
German
Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’
Dutch
Rawit
Russian
Capsicum annuum ʽBird's Eye’ · птичий глаз · глаз птицы · тайский перец
Polish
Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’
Hebrew
פלפל עין הציפור
Bangla
থাই মরিচ · বার্ডস আই চিলি
Chinese
鳥眼辣椒
Japanese
プリッキーヌ · 鳥の目唐辛子 · チリパディ · バード・アイ

Show all 36 languages

Albanian
Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’
Asturian
Capsicum annuum ʽBird's Eye’
Banjar
Lombok parawit
Bulgarian
Capsicum annuum ʽBird's Eye’
Cebuano
Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’
Filipino
siling Taylandes · tsiling Taylandes
Finnish
Rawit
Gorontalo
Malita
Hungarian
thai paprika
Indonesian
Cabai rawit
Irish
Capsicum annuum ʽBird's Eye’
Javanese
Lombok rawit
Kinaray-a
tsili Taylandiyanhën
Korean
새눈고추 · 프릭키누 · 쥐똥고추
Latin
Capsicum annuum ʽBird's Eye’
Malay
Cili padi
Minangkabau
Lado kutu
Romanian
Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’
Sundanese
Céngék
Thai
พริกขี้หนู
Ukrainian
Capsicum annuum ʽBird's Eye’
Venetian
pévare tailandezo · pévaro tailandezo
Vietnamese
Ớt mắt chim
Waray
Capsicum annuum ‘Bird’s Eye’

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q432426

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