Do you like spicy food? Do you enjoy experiencing the extreme limits of the culinary arts? Then you will love these twenty-five spicy dishes in the world. Have you already tried one of these fire dishes and survived? Tell us about it in the comments;)

25. Thai Pepper Steak (Neua Pad Prik)


This spicy dish is much simpler than most of its kind. For Thai pepper steak, the chef simply tosses a few pieces of beef into the pot and season them with herbs, shallots, basil and garlic before adding Bird's Eye Chili, which is the main ingredient. This dish is best known in Asia, especially in Thailand and Indonesia.

24.Sichuan Hot-Pot


Sichuan roast is a popular dish in Mongolia and China, but roast in these countries cannot be compared to Sichuan. This dish includes a scalding hot broth that is teeming with garlic, onions, and Sichuan peppers mixed with raw meat and vegetables.

23. Vindaloo Pork


Pork vindaloo is a tangy Indian dish that includes many spices and strong aromas. Pork vindaloo, considered one of the hottest dishes in the world, was first introduced to Goa by the Portuguese and consisted of pork marinated in red wine, pepper and garlic, but the Indians eventually adopted it and enriched this dish with curry ... What makes this dish so hot is the incredible amount of Bhut Jolokia, the hottest chili in the world.

22. Phaal Curry


Eating something as pungent as Curry Faall is definitely a challenge that not everyone can handle. Known as the spicy curry in the world, this dish is so spicy that restaurants serving it provide customers who have finished their entire bowl of curry with a certificate of recognition. This dish contains about 10 different types of pepper, including "ghost pepper", the hottest chili in the world.

21. Tom Yum


Today, Tom Yam, which is a sour and spicy soup from Thailand, is gaining popularity as one of the most spicy dishes in the world. Anyone who tastes it will surely be fascinated by its amazing aromatic taste as well as its raw warmth. This dish includes spicy chicken and seafood flavored with Bird's Eye Thai chili.

20. Shrimp Creole


Creole Shrimp is the most popular dish on the Mason-Dixon Line in the United States. This dish includes red and green peppers, tomatoes, shrimp and chicken, but it is also flavored with a huge amount of fresh chili and cayenne peppers.

19. Potatoes with Huancaina Sauce (Papa A La Huancaina)


Considered one of the spicy dishes in the world, potatoes with Huankaina sauce are the most popular dish in Peru among spicy food lovers. This salad contains boiled yellow potatoes that are served cold in a creamy Huankaina sauce over greens such as lettuce and black olives. The Amarillo chili pepper contained in its Huankaina sauce makes this salad so hot.

18. Daikon with Sichuan Peppercorns


Daikon with Sichuan peppercorns is a popular spicy salad from China. This salad is both sweet and crunchy, and super spicy thanks to the Bird's Eye Chili, which enhances the already fiery and numb feeling of Sichuan pepper.

17. Bibimbap with Kimchi


Kimchi bibimbap is a spicy South Korean dish that includes pickled cabbage and massive amounts of garlic, chili peppers, onions and ginger. In rural areas, kimchi is typically cooked in heavy clay pots and buried in the ground to ferment for about a month.

16. Suicide Chicken Wings


These favorite US chicken wings are seasoned with a sauce called "Suicide" for a reason - they're just damn hot! They are typically dipped in a combination of mouth-scalding Tabasco sauce, chunks of cayenne pepper, and crushed chili for garnish.

15. Jerk Chicken-Caribbean


Caribbean chicken not only looks delicious, it tastes fabulous too. This dish includes almost all of the best Caribbean ingredients and spices, including cloves, cinnamon, green onions, nutmeg, thyme, and garlic.

14. Wot


Wat is a spicy dish from Ethiopia that is very popular with Africans. This dish is one of the African dishes prepared in the sub-Saharan region known to be the hottest in the world. The dish is replete with kilograms of onions and garlic, ginger, and plenty of ultra-spicy Berbère, which is a mixture of dried spices and chili peppers.

13. Otak-Otak


Popular with Indonesians, Malaysians, and Singaporeans, Otak otak is a fish casserole that is typically served steamed or on a grilled banana leaf. This dish is so spicy because it contains a large amount of dried chili mixed with minced fish, shrimp sauce and galangal, a root vegetable that looks just like ginger but tastes like pepper.

12. Griot with Sauce Ti-Malice


Griot is a pork shoulder dish from Haiti, which is one of the most spicy dishes not only in this region, but in the whole world. This dish is infused with Haitian hot sauce and includes crushed bonnet or habanero peppers, apple cider vinegar, and hot pickled peppers.

11. Pork with Asparagus Beans (Pad Prik Khing)


A popular Thai dish, Pork with Asparagus Beans is made with pork, hard vegetables or seafood. This dish is considered one of the most spicy in the world because it includes Prick King curry paste, which is mostly made from spicy ginger. It contains dried red chili peppers, shrimp paste, onions, garlic and galangal.

10. Curry of minced beef with turmeric (Kua Kling Phat Tha Lung)


Chopped beef curry with turmeric is the most popular in Thailand. Nowadays, it is gaining popularity in Los Angeles, where it is regarded as the hottest dish available. The "spiciness" of this dish is described as "almost unbearable."

9. Hell Brined, Smoked and Grilled Jerk Chicken Wings at East Coast Grill


This dish is known for being said to be served with a side dish of six bombs. These chicken wings are served with hot banana and guava ketchup, hot bonnet peppers, three quarts of yellow mustard, and an abundance of spices.

8. Pearl's Fried Rice


Served at Pearl Café in Florissant, Fried Rice from the Pearl Café is considered one of the hottest dishes in the world today. This rice includes dried kachai peppers and a wide variety of other spices. Of the 400 people who decided to try this rice, only 21 people were able to finish their portion.

7. Korean Suicide Burrito


Pioneered at John's Snack & Deli in San Francisco, USA, the dish called the Korean Suicide Burrito is made with Chinese, Mexican and Korean peppers. A blogger who tasted the dish once wrote about his horrific experience, saying that he felt the urge to curl up into a fetal position from the intensity of the spiciness in the dish.

6. Spicy Tuna Rolls


In Bushido, spicy tuna rolls have gained popularity for their incredible pungency. In fact, they are so spicy that in a restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, this dish was part of a challenge in which a person has to eat 10 rolls, but so far no one has succeeded.

5. Raw chili paste (Sambal Oelek)


The raw chili paste, the most popular in Indonesia, is one of the favorite dishes of tourists visiting the country. It is made from a variety of peppers and is used to spread or add to other dishes. However, it can also be eaten directly and because of its Habanero peppers, cayenne peppers, Bird's eye chili and Spanish peppers, it is very hot.

4. Kimchi Jjigae


Kimchichchige is a type of kimchi served in Korea and contains green onions, garlic, tofu, mushrooms and a wide variety of red chili peppers. The pungency of this dish ranges from bearable to scalding the tongue, and is served very hot to provide the customer with the opportunity to sweat properly from both the pungency and the temperature.

3. Cau-Cau pepper


CauCau or yellow chili is a popular Peru dish. This is the most spicy version of tripe stew with potatoes from neighboring countries and is one of the main ingredients used in the preparation of Ceviche (an appetizer of raw fish in lemon sauce) and Kausa Rellan (a potato casserole).

2. Huo Guo Roast


Fried Huo Guo, which is a particularly spicy dish from China, is served hot. This spicy dish is made with a wide variety of raw ingredients such as beef, fish, tofu and vegetables and takes its spice from the oil pressed from Sichuan peppers.

1. Ethiopian beef stew (Sik Sik Wat)


Ethiopian Beef Stew is another Ethiopian dish made with chili peppers, paprika and hay fenugreek, which is used to spice up chicken or beef stews. This spice is very similar to red pepper paste and can be used on a spongy pancake known as Injera.

Food is wonderful because it can give a person the whole gamut of sensations. The taste can be sweet and bitter, pungent and sour. And there is a lover for every dish. But spicy dishes stand out a little from the general list, it seems that only extreme people can eat them all the time. Nevertheless, people constantly come up with more and more spicy foods. Here are a dozen of the most pungent and spicy dishes.

Hot Suicide Wings. The literal translation of this dish means "hot suicidal wings". This name was very ingeniously given to his invention by Robin Rosenberg, a chef from Chicago. Only few people dare to eat these chicken wings. After all, they are the sharpest in the world! To give visitors a taste of this dish, the restaurant administration takes some precautions. So, the guest signs a document according to which he refuses to prosecute the institution in case of possible digestive problems. To make the wings so spicy, the Savina pepper variety is used, it is one of the hottest in the world. If there is a daredevil who ordered this dish, then the waiters immediately prepare to provide him with "ambulance". Sour cream, white bread and milk sugar are always at hand, which can become a kind of antidote. Chef Rosenberg himself has long wanted to create an unusually spicy dish. He believes that although for most people these wings will be completely unacceptable, perhaps somewhere in the world there is a person who will eat the dish with the greatest pleasure.

Bollywood Burner. In London, there is an Indian cuisine establishment that rightfully claims to be the owner of the spicy dish on the planet. The chefs of this restaurant believe that this is precisely their lamb curry dish, carefully sprinkled with the hottest peppers in the world. Collectively, this is called "Bollywood Burner". True, it cannot be found in the main menu. Such a hot dish can only be prepared by special order. And in this case, a gourmet who wished to taste such a spicy dish must first give the administration of the institution a receipt. There he confirms that he ordered this food deliberately and in case of any complications with the body, he takes full responsibility. Such a spicy dish came from the Indian province of Hyderabad, where such food is generally traditional. Gourmets who have tasted curries at an English restaurant say that there are no such hot sauces anywhere else. After all, naga pepper is used for its preparation - the spicy plant in the world. There is a special Scoville scale that evaluates the pungency of peppers. So, according to her, the naga has an indicator of 850 thousand units. Is it a lot or a little? For example, Tabasco pepper used in traditionally spicy Mexican cuisine has "only" 800 units. And that pepper-based tear gas used by police in America is 2 million units.

Phaal. This dish is prepared in India, where this curry is considered the most spicy. Phaal sauce is not easy, it includes 10 types of pepper at once. Among them is Bhut Yolokiya - the hottest spice on the planet according to the Guinness Book of Records. But the dish became famous not at all in the homeland, but in New York. There the sauce began to be offered in one of the restaurants. As a result, the visitors, having tasted such an unusually spicy but tasty dish, began to bring their friends there.

"The infamous hot pot." The Chinese do not consider it shameful to eat such a dish. It is prepared in one of the country's restaurants. It is difficult to say why such a pungent powder was given this name. There is a legend according to which the dish was once part of a certain sadomasochistic ritual. But the owner of the establishment says that strict warnings about the extraordinary pungency of the dish do not stop visitors. As a result, literally after the first spoon, a typical picture is observed - people grab their throats or stomach and ask them to bring them some liquid as soon as possible.

Australian chile. When we talk about spicy food, we mean Mexico, India. However, it turns out that Australians also know how to cook really hot dishes. It was here that a specific chili was invented, which is considered almost the spicy sauce in the world. Naturally, there are no queues of extreme gourmets for such a spicy dish and never have been. Usually the sauce is added as a small portion to a main course. In its pure form, only a madman can eat such chili. When this sauce is prepared, they use the same hot naga jolokya pepper used in the above-mentioned Indian restaurant in London. Recently, the media reported that there were two daredevils who decided, in pursuit of glory, to swallow not even the sauce, but its main burning component. Ryan Duke and Alex Fenning were able to survive their brave attempt. But both have similar impressions from their experience - they will never try such a dish a second time. But the guys got a reason to be proud of themselves and a portion of fame.

Tabasco. This Mexican sauce is known all over the world. But the most common is its lightest and most sparing version - Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce, its pungency index is only 600-1200 points on the Scoville scale. And the most spicy sauce from this family is Tabasco Habanero Sauce, its indicator is 5-7 thousand points, which is almost 10 times more than the strength of Tabasco Green. This sauce not only has an unprecedented spiciness for the average consumer, but also a complex original recipe that came straight from Jamaican cuisine. Tabasco Habanero contains vinegar, abanero peppers (one of the hottest in the world), cane sugar, salt, mango pulp, tamarind, bananas, papaya, tomatoes, dried onions, garlic, spices and regular Tabasco sauce along with aged in oak barrels pepper of the same name. Typically, Tabasco Abanero spicy sauce is consumed with vodka. The effect of it greatly surpasses the effect of any pepper vodka. It is enough to add just a drop of hot sauce to the glass. It is also used as a seasoning not only for native Mexican, but also for very exotic cuisines of the world - African and Caribbean.

Couscous with lamb and vegetables. In the Maghreb countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria), couscous is almost the main dish in the diet of local residents. But it is common in other African countries, as well as in France, the province of Trapani, in Italian Sicily and in some countries in the Middle East. Couscous has several cooking options, but not all of them are spicy. There is sweet couscous, fish, and even a vegetarian variety. But the lamb option is traditionally famous for the abundance of pepper. As a result, the combination of all the ingredients in it gives a very spicy dish. Is it any wonder then that the Maghrebians, and the Africans, who for the most part love couscous, are more active and much more cheerful than their neighbors from the north, the Europeans. Couscous is based on semolina obtained from durum wheat. Traditionally, couscous is made by women, since the work on such a dish is very laborious.

Mexican watermelon. Watermelon is usually considered a sweet dish; few will be able to believe that it can make a real fire in their mouths. Meanwhile, in Mexico, where it seems that any dishes tend to be spicy, this berry, prepared in a special way, also became one of the spicy dishes. The use of hot spices was also found in this case. Watermelon is generously flavored with pepper, salt and poured with lemon juice. Such a dish has a very specific taste and many simply do not understand it, considering it disgusting. Although salted watermelons are prepared here and there, no one has thought of peppercorns. But in Mexico, there are those who want to try such exotic spicy food.

Mom Africa. Sauces are produced under this name in South Africa. They are so sharp that they can scare away even seasoned Tabasco fans. Mama Africa Abanero sauce makes even the most persistent spice lovers cry. And this is not surprising, because the indicator of this dish is 22 thousand scoville. Gourmets warn ordinary people against thoughtless tasting, it is enough just to smell the sauce, and even then it is desirable from a distance. Fresh fruits and chili peppers, as well as green peppers, onions and garlic, and lemon juice made Mama Africa so spicy. To add a spicy flavor to the dish, a whole range of dried and fresh spices are added there: oregano, ginger, basil, mint and black pepper. Mama Africa has several varieties, but the most spicy are the varieties "Abanero", "Mama Africa with red chili peppers" and "Mama Africa Chili with mint".

Kimchi. And this dish is made in Korea. Kimchi are pickled vegetables that are hotly seasoned with pepper. The basis of the dish is Chinese cabbage. Fermented heads of cabbage are sprinkled with onions, garlic, ginger and paprika. In Korea, kimchi is a traditional dish; it is difficult to imagine a feast or even an ordinary meal without it. Locals believe that regular and moderate consumption of kimchi helps in the absorption of unnecessary fat stores. So a spicy dish can also be considered a dietary one. Another beneficial aspect of kimchi is its ability to effectively fight off colds.

A few days ago, I first visited a Mexican restaurant. It almost cost me my life. Considering himself a lover of spicy food, he asked the waiter to bring me the spicy dish from their menu. It turned out to be Chili Con Carne. Flaunting that I was in the Caucasus and ate very, very spicy adjika, without hesitation, I ate an impressive piece of the dish. It was then that it all started ... a volcano erupted in my mouth.

Everything worked out. Learned for my arrogance with chili, I hasten to tell you:

• how to tame the fire in your mouth,
• what dishes are really life-threatening,
• what you need to prepare a spicy meal at home.

1. Fire in the mouth can be tamed like this:

• Don't drink water! It only intensifies the burning effect of capsaicin even more.
• It is best to drink dairy products containing casein, which works best against pepper capsaicin.
• If you don't have milk or sour cream on hand, eat bread. It contains gluten, which neutralizes pungency
• Hold a slice of lemon in your mouth; its acid will relieve the burning sensation.
• Banana, surprisingly, is also an excellent means of fighting fire in the mouth. The starch contained in it also helps to cope with burns.
• Alcohol, unlike water, breaks down capsaicin.
• Apply chapstick to your lips. It will protect their delicate skin from spicy food. There will be no burning sensation on the lips. After eating spicy food, simply rinse or wipe off the lipstick from your lips.

If you are a lover of gastronomic tourism, or you happen to find yourself in a restaurant that specializes in cooking hellishly spicy dishes,

2. Think carefully before ordering anything from this list:

Hot suicidal wings

Yes, that's right - "Hot Suicidal Wings". As the name suggests, this is a hell of a hot dish! Chef Robin Rosenberg began to cook them in one of the Chicago restaurants. Few dare to try chicken wings of its preparation. The fact is that Rosenberg's signature wings are the spicy chicken wings in the world!

The dish is so spicy that before trying it, the guest will have to sign a document, according to which he will not sue the tavern for possible physical complications.

Chicken wings are cooked with one of the hottest peppers in the world - Red Savina Habanero. A person who wishes to taste this dish will be provided with an ambulance as soon as necessary: \u200b\u200bthe waiters always keep the “antidote” ready - sour cream, milk sugar and white bread.

Bollywood burger

The dish, which claims to be "the hottest dish on the planet", is prepared in a London Indian restaurant. On the Scoville scale (scale of "hotness of peppers"), its pungency exceeds 850,000 units. For comparison, Tabasco pepper, widely used in Mexican cuisine, has a pungency of only 800 units, and "pepper spray" - a tear remedy used by the US police - 2,000,000 units.

"The infamous hot pot"

"The infamous hot pot" is a very spicy dish that is prepared in a Chinese restaurant in the very Middle Kingdom. Why this dish got exactly this name, history is silent. True, there are legends in China that once this dish was an attribute of some sadomasochistic ritual in this country. The restaurant's owner says that despite strict warnings about the spiciness of the dish, he continues to watch as patrons grab their stomachs after the first spoonful.

Mexican watermelon

The strangest dish on my list. Mexicans, it turns out, are big inventors. This ability helped them turn an ordinary watermelon into a fire blast. The dish tastes probably disgusting, but despite this it is considered very spicy. It is generously seasoned with pepper, sprinkled with salt and poured with lime juice.

Kimchi

This dish is native to Korea. Kimchi is a spicy seasoned pickled vegetable, primarily Chinese cabbage. Sauerkraut is seasoned with red pepper, onion, garlic and ginger.

3. What you need to cook a hellishly spicy dish

If, despite my warnings, you are still determined to not only taste, but also cook a hellishly spicy dish, then go to your nearest supermarket and try to get the following ingredients there:

Sauces Mama Africa

These are South African sauces. Lovers of Tabasco, compared to lovers of "Mama Africa", are simply angelic sweets. Mama Africa Habanero makes even the staunchest of savory tastes cry. Which is not surprising - there are 22 thousand skoville in it! Gourmets especially sympathetic to ordinary people advise even to smell this sauce from a distance. The most spicy are considered "Mama Africa Habanero", "Mama Africa with red chili peppers", "Mama Africa Chili with mint".

Sauces Tabasco

Tabasco sauce, of course, is familiar to many spicy lovers. However, in our stores they sell mainly the lightest version of it Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (only 600-1200 scoville). The hottest of the sauces is Tabasco Habanero Sauce. Its fortress is 5,000-7,000 skoville, which is 10 times the fortress of Tabasco Green. In addition to the spiciness that is beyond the reach of the layman, this sauce also has a complex recipe that takes its roots from Jamaican cuisine.

Habanero red pepper

The habanero pepper is rightfully recognized as the most pungent among its brethren, as evidenced by the world-famous Scoville scale of "pungency of peppers". The unusually hot habanero peppers are especially good in recipes that contain tropical fruits or tomatoes. This scorching pepper is traditionally used to add nuance to Caribbean barbecues, salsas, marinades and condiments.

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People have an ambivalent attitude towards spicy food - they either love it very much or try to avoid it. But disputes about its usefulness or harmfulness to the body do not stop. Historically and climatically, people in some countries cannot imagine food without spices and pepper. The food here, as a rule, is not only spicy, but also savory, with a bright and rich taste. Today Arrivo will tell you where to go for the thrill.

The Republic of Korea

Korea rightfully belongs to the palm among the most spicy cuisines in the world. Korean cuisine is so generously flavored with hot pepper that it has a characteristic red-orange color.

It is worth noting that the cuisine of this country was not always like this - Koreans only recognized red pepper in the 18th century, when the Portuguese brought it to this region from South America. It was then that the classic Korean cuisine that we know today was formed. One of the most popular Korean dishes is kimchi (kimchi), a spicy salad made from pickled vegetables or Chinese cabbage. Local residents consider Kimchi to be a symbol of their culture - a museum of this dish has been opened in Seoul, poetry and songs are dedicated to it.

In Korean, the words "spicy" and "tasty" are synonymous, and in addition to pepper, coriander and garlic are always used in cooking.

Mexico

Food in this country is not for those with a delicate stomach, because the bright representatives of Mexican cuisine - quesadillas, tacos, nachos, burritos and salsa sauce - will light up any feast.

Pepper has been growing in the land of the Aztecs and Mayans since time immemorial, and the locals are used to adding it to all dishes. Accordingly, the cuisine of this country is bright, spicy, abundantly seasoned with spices, herbs and unique sauces of all kinds of shades of taste, color and smell.

To complement the acuity of sensations, it is worth using Mexican dishes with a glass of tequila, if, of course, health allows.

India

Hot and humid tropical climates abound in Indian cuisine, where food spoils quickly and infections spread at an incredible rate. Therefore, the use of pepper and garlic is a kind of protection, prevention from infection, besides, many spices are grown in this country and are cheap.

Indian cuisine is associated primarily with aromatic spices and exotic sauces, and curry powder can be found in every kitchen. In order to give a dish a unique taste and aroma, Indians sometimes use up to a dozen different spices, a mixture of which is called masala.

Indian cuisine is very different in different regions of the country, and the value of seasonings was originally not so much taste as healing.

Thailand

Thai cuisine is one of the richest in taste sensations, which has won love in all corners of the globe. Its basis is a skillfully selected combination of sour - lemongrass, sweet - coconut milk, salty - fish sauce - nam pla, bitter - fresh herbs - and hot - chili pepper.

In Thailand, the cult of food is very developed, and the amount of spices needed to prepare a regular dinner can be up to 40. In many cafes, sets with soy sauce, seasonings, and various types of pepper are already on the tables, which allows you to change the taste of the dish yourself. In the event of an unsuccessful experiment, the best way to overcome the spiciness of a dish is to eat it with plain rice.

In order to ask to cook something without pepper, you can say "know spicy" in English or show off your knowledge of Thai by saying "may phet" (not spicy) or "may phet lei" (not spicy at all).

Caucasus

The cuisine of the peoples inhabiting the Caucasus and Transcaucasia is characterized by an abundance of meat, herbs, spices and the pungency of dishes. The most important component of Caucasian cuisine is undoubtedly adjika, which is based on red chilli peppers, and each family has its own secret of proportions and technology for its preparation.

It is believed that the secret of longevity of the highlanders lies precisely in this aromatic and burning appetizer. It is also impossible to confuse the spicy and spicy kharcho soup with anything. And in Adygea even some fermented milk dishes are served with spicy additives.

Spicy, bright and never annoying Caucasian cuisine, "burning the tongue, warms the soul", as the mountaineers themselves joke.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan cuisine is quite spicy and spicy, and although many consider it part of Indian cuisine, it still has significant differences. So, if in India vegetables, as a rule, are stewed for a long time, bringing them to a creamy state, then the Sri Lankans try to subject the products to heat treatment as little as possible in order to preserve all the nutrients and aroma.

In addition, the national cuisine is based on the principles of Ayurveda, and is more oriented towards vegetarians. As in all of Southeast Asia, rice is the base dish here, which is complemented by numerous curry sauces.

You should not expect classic pungency from Sri Lankan cuisine, as in Thailand or India, but a mixture of spice and pungency, an explosion of taste and exquisite aromas will definitely be on the plate.

China

Chinese cuisine is very different in different provinces, but overall it is delicious and savory. Sichuan cuisine is the hottest and most spicy of all regions. The climate here is very humid, and therefore, in an effort to protect themselves from dampness, the local population actively uses red chili, garlic and ginger. Some residents of the southern provinces consider mild dishes to be tasteless and poorly cooked.

Local chefs combine everything so skillfully that, having visited China and tasted local spices, you can completely change your taste in food and fall in love with spicy foods.

Peru

Almost unknown in Russia, Peruvian cuisine has developed under the influence of two cultures - Spanish and Andean. Food for the inhabitants of Peru was originally not only nutritious, but also medicinal, which led to the use of a large number of spices and dozens of types of pepper in the preparation of dishes. The most famous Peruvian dish is ceviche, which is considered a national symbol by the citizens of the country. Fresh fish marinated in lime juice with chili, salt, corn and avocado was originally fishermen's food, but ceviche can now be found in the finest restaurants.

In addition, Peruvian cuisine has a whole section that includes soups and stews, which are prepared on the basis of the very hot ahi pepper, which the locals love and respect. If the cook has gone too far with him, then it is better to extinguish the fire in the mouth by eating corn tortilla.

Thrill-seekers, literally and figuratively, can try a stewed or baked guinea pig.

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You probably think that the hottest foods are different types of peppers. It really is! However, if you don't want to enter the weird competition, you are unlikely to just eat hot peppers like that. This is not a very satisfying and healthy menu! But these dishes on the list are not only spicy, but also popular. It turns out that in many countries they like to eat extremely flavored food. It includes both soups and meat dishes. Some are easy to make at home! If you are brave enough, then you can always decide on such a culinary experiment.

Jamaican chicken

This sweet, spicy and savory dish is traditional in Jamaica. Few people know what gives a dish its pungent flavor. The key ingredients are habanero peppers and a seasoning mix that includes cloves, cinnamon, onions, nutmeg, thyme, and garlic. This dish should be washed down with Jamaican rum!

Kimchi jige

You may have already heard of Korean kimchi, but have you tried the spicy version of this dish? There are no secret ingredients in it - only green onions, garlic, tofu, mushrooms and a lot of red peppers. The key to cooking is a special technique: the dish must be stewed gradually until the water has completely evaporated and the sauce is perfectly spicy. The dish is served as hot as possible, so taste it carefully.

Thai steak with pepper

This is a simple dish with a spicy flavor. You will need spices: onion, basil and garlic. You also need a few pieces of beef. Of course, you shouldn't forget about the spicy chili! This is an incredibly hot dish that is only suitable for experienced eaters!

Otak otak

Otak is a word for "brain" in Indonesia, but the term in this case describes only the appearance, not the ingredients. This is a baked minced seafood stuffed with starch and spices, served in banana leaves and seasoned with one of the hottest peppers in the region.

Papa a la juancaina

This Peruvian dish seems to be the most harmless. It is served cold with a boiled egg. But do not relax: on top of the platter is a hot sauce with habanero pepper. The combination of sauce with potatoes and eggs tastes great!

Faal curry

Curry can be quite spicy, and this version is perhaps the most extreme. It is based on hot peppers, thick tomato sauce and sometimes fennel seeds. There are ten varieties of pepper used for cooking!

Sichuan roast

Sichuan cuisine is considered the most spicy, and this dish is one of the most outstanding in the region. Garlic, onions and hot peppers are mixed with meat, vegetables and mushrooms. The dish is served hot so you keep warm anyway - perfect for winter.

Tom Yam

This spicy soup from Thailand is made with pepper, lemongrass, lime juice and fish sauce. Add meat or seafood to the broth. The spiciness of the dish is indicated even by its color - this soup is usually orange or bright red.

Pork vindaloo

This spicy dish resembles a curry. The meat is stewed in vinegar, adding hot red pepper and spices. Different types of pepper are added in different regions of India, but most often this is the hottest option.

Wat

Wat is an Ethiopian roast with chicken, beef or lamb, vegetables, spices and ghee. It differs from other dishes in chopped onions, fried without oil in a pan. Only when it is already fried, oil or fat, as well as spices are added to the pan, and they begin to stew the meat in the resulting onion-based sauce.

Chile wiggum

This American chili contains an incredible amount of pepper. The dish is extremely spicy - according to rumors, people who ate too much later suffered from hallucinations! If you don't like spicy food too much, you shouldn't even try something like this. This dish is created for real extreme lovers!