Chile Peppers

by Melanie Wong 12 months ago

This season's most exciting find at the farmers market so far are the fresh red Piment d'Espelette grown by Lou Preston at his biodynamic farm. This is the signature chile pepper of the Basque hear...

I am looking for red chili peppers that have relatively thin skins and not too fleshy to make pickled chopped chili peppers. All I can find near me (JONS, Whole foods, and various Korean markets) i...

by kleine mocha 1 year ago

The only discussion on this I found by searching was four years old, and the contributor may have answered half my question. I have four different kinds of dried chiles (purchased via Amazon) that ...

have been a fan of Aleppo Peppers since I first read Paula Wolfert's, Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean, many year ago. This year I finally found seed and I've grown 4 plants in my backyard. Th...

by JMF 1 year ago

I moved recently from lower Westchester County NY to the Southern Catskill Mountains NY. I have been container gardening, very successfully the past ten years. Growing 20-35 plants most years. Bu...

I just brought home my first ever batch of several varieties of dried chile peppers. But these cascabels don't look like the photos of cascabels I've seen. Are they in fact cascabels? They smell an...

According to Wikipedia, the only real difference is shape. But according to Pacific Food Importers and World Spice, there are varietal differences. Wiki says anchos are part of the pasillo family...

Hi! I just chopped some jalapenos today and now my fingertips are burning quite badly. Anybody know of any remedies? Looked online but found nothing. Maybe I'm not putting in the right searc...

I have searched all the stores around Spadina Chinatown as well as Nations Experience with no luck.

Whenever a recipe called for dried chili peppers, I used these. I have looked at at least 20 grocery stores for small dried hot chili peppers (1 1/2 - 2 1/2 inches long) and can only find ground or...

Hello, Two chili-related questions: • Is there a difference between the pequin and tepin chilies? They’re both extremely hot and small. (Also, sometimes it’s spelled “chiltepin.”) Pictures...

by tim irvine 2 years ago

The stores are full of Hatch chiles, which we love. Grill a juicy burger, top it with a slice of grilled red onion and a layer of roasted Hatch chili, melt cheese on it, and serve it on a buttered...

I have a bunch growing on my plant, I typically freeze them whole. Any other ideas on what to do with them?

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

" . . . For nearly 30 years, the company behind Sriracha, Huy Fong Foods, used peppers supplied by Underwood Ranches. Now, the two companies are in the midst of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, accor...

I have a recipe I want to make that calls for a Pasilla chile. From what I can tell on the internet search, it looks like a pasilla chile is a dried chile. I have both ancho and guajillo chil...

I love shishito peppers so much but find that they fall flat immediately after grilling them on a perforated grill pan. Does anyone have a tried and true method for cooking these perfectly?

This year I have been making chili con carne a few times, and I just had my family over for dinner. But I wish it would taste even more chili. My version becomes just strong enough but not unpleasa...

Hey folks. I was wondering, how important is it to wash dried Mexican Chiles? Or can you simply toast them and prep as per the recipe? Do you just dust them with a damp cloth?