ORGANIC DRIED CHILI PEPPER SET OF 4
2025 Harvest · Certified Organic · No-Spray · Estate Grown Sebastopol, California USA
Four 1oz kraft bags · $40

Chinese cuisine runs on dried chilies. The fragrance in your chili oil, the color in your doubanjiang, the heat in your hot pot, the soul of your mala sauce — all of it starts here, with the right dried chili grown with intention.

We grow four distinct Chinese and Korean chili varieties at Radical Family Farms in Sebastopol, California — each from authentic seed, each with its own character, heat level, and culinary purpose. The same chilies that go into our Pó Po's Malà Hot Sauce and our Duo Jiao fermented chili paste. Grown certified organic, no-spray, in Sonoma County soil and harvested at peak ripeness from our 2025 growing season.

This set gives you the full toolkit of a serious Chinese kitchen.

What's inside:

Er Jing Tiao 二荆条 · 1oz · Mild to Moderate Heat
The foundational chili of Sichuan cuisine. Fruity, fragrant, deeply red.

Sichuan Chili (Er Jing Tiao Cross) · 1oz · Medium to Hot
More heat, less fruit. The everyday workhorse of the Sichuan pantry.

Xiao Mi La 小米辣 · 1oz · Hot · 75,000 SHU
Small, fierce, intensely aromatic. A Yunnan and Guizhou staple.

Korean Chili · 1oz · Medium Heat
Sweet, earthy warmth. The foundation of gochugaru and Korean BBQ.

What to make with them:

• Chili crisp and chili oil — the combination of Er Jing Tiao and Xiao Mi La is the classic base

• Doubanjiang — Er Jing Tiao is the non-negotiable ingredient

• Hot pot broth — whole dried chilies bloomed in oil with Sichuan peppercorn

• Lacto-fermented chili paste — the foundation of our own Duo Jiao

• Korean gochugaru — grind your Korean chili for the freshest possible kimchi base

• Sichuan dry-fried dishes — Lazi Ji (chili chicken), Mapo Tofu, Shuizhu Yu

• Chili flakes for finishing — grind any variety for fresher flavor than anything in a jar

Why grow your own:

Most dried Chinese chilies available in the US come from large commercial operations in China — commodity growing with no traceability. Ours come from thirty feet away. You know the farm, the variety, the harvest year, and the growing methods. Certified organic. No-spray. No-till. Non-GMO. Sebastopol, California.

The difference in fragrance when you open the bag is immediate.

2025 Harvest · Certified Organic · No-Spray · Non-GMO · Estate Grown Sebastopol, California
CCOF Certified · USDA Organic · Radical Family Farms