Crushed Red Chili (Red Pepper Flakes)

Crushed red chili pepper commonly recognized as a condiment consisting of dried and crushed (not grounded) dried hot red chili peppers. Crushed red pepper is not made of one type of chili, but from various combinations peppers (including cayenne pepper) with a high ratio of seeds, which intensifies the heat of the pepper. These chiles are about a 3-4 on a heat scale of 1 to 10 and 15,000-30,000 in scoville heat unit.