Unknown Long Asian Pepper

[Father'sDaughter]

My husband went to our favorite Sichuan restaurant to pick up a take out order the other day. It was the middle of the afternoon so the place was pretty deserted. At one of the back tables, all the waitresses were working on stripping the stems and seeds out of cases of peppers.

My husband asked what kind they were and all they could tell him was that they were a long Chinese pepper for stir frying, ones that “many Chinese families grow.” He asked if he could have a few seeds (I’ve trained him well), so they put not just a handful of seeds, but also a strip of one of the peppers in a bag for him.

It has a bright, grassy/citrusy flavor with just a small punch of heat that hits mostly on the tongue, and as you can see, is light green, quite long, and pretty thick walled.

Anyone have any thought on possible varieties?