# Yellow Lantern Chili

Also known as Hainan Yellow Lantern Chili, Yellow Emperor Chili, Huang Deng Long Jiao, Hainan Yellow Lantern.
Species: Capsicum chinense.

Yellow Lantern Chili is a Capsicum chinense cultivar from Hainan Island, China. Capsi’s sourced range is 150,000–170,000 SHU (Lab-verified). Flavor is fruity, floral, tropical, aromatic, garlicky. Used for fermented hot sauce, stir-fries, seafood dishes, pickles, condiments. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 6.4 times a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU typical).

## Heat sources

- 150,000–170,000 SHU · Lab-verified
  Mengjuan Chen, Xinyao Wang, Yang Liu, Pao Li, Rongrong Wang, Liwen Jiang (2022) Molecules
  DOI: 10.3390/molecules27207139
  https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27207139

- 100,000–150,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Hainan Yellow Lantern Pepper Seeds
  http://pepperseeds.ca/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2680

- 130,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Chinese Yellow Lantern Chilli Sauce zhujiangqiao
  https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Chinese-Yellow-Lanter-Chilli-Sauce-zhujiangqiao/2115404

- Unverified
  (2022)
  https://thewoksoflife.com/yellow-lantern-chili-sauce/

## Heritage

We don't have a documented family for this pepper yet.

## Page sources

- [Wikipedia: Hainan yellow lantern chili](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_yellow_lantern_chili)
- [The Woks of Life: Yellow Lantern Chili Sauce](https://thewoksoflife.com/yellow-lantern-chili-sauce/)
- [PMC: Discoloration Investigations of Yellow Lantern Pepper Sauce](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9606932/)
- [Fatalii Seeds: Hainan Yellow Lantern](https://fataliiseeds.net/product/hainan-yellow-lantern/)
- [List of Capsicum cultivars (SHU/size confirmation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Capsicum_cultivars)

## FAQ
### How hot is Yellow Lantern Chili?

Capsi’s sourced range is 150,000–170,000 SHU (Lab-verified). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does Yellow Lantern Chili taste like?

Strong chinense aroma with fruity and floral tropical notes; heat accompanied by pickled garlic undertones in sauces.

### How do I grow Yellow Lantern Chili?

Yellow Lantern Chili: about 110 days to maturity, tropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for Yellow Lantern Chili?

habanero, Scotch bonnet, other yellow C. chinense varieties

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/yellow-lantern-chili
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data