Be careful with hot peppers because the spiciness can get everywhere. Here are a few tips for handling jalapeños: - Rub some olive oil on your hands before handling the pepper (or use rubber gloves). Jalapeno and habanero peppers are hot but not unbearable, so you might be able to handle them with just your hands. However, if you are worried about it, use rubber or latex gloves instead. - Olive oil can also help any burning that might happen as you cook this. Rub it into your skin and leave it on for a minute before rinsing. Dairy products such as milk or yogurt can also help ease any burn you might get from handling the hot pepper.  - If you want less heat from the pepper, take out the seeds and inner white membrane before using the rest of it. The heat shouldn’t transfer over to the chicken as much as it typically would because the chicken is marinating in the pepper.  - Make sure to not touch anything, especially your face or eyes, while you are handling the hot peppers.  - When cutting the pepper, use as few kitchen tools as possible so that you don’t get the spiciness sticking to tools that are used for other meals. For instance, if you don’t want to place the pepper in the food processor, use a knife to chop it up as tiny as possible instead, then mix all the ingredients in a bowl.