Chile Peppers

I bought Ole Mission Dried Chili Pepper 3 Pack - Ancho, Guajillo & Arbol, assuming that their website would have recipes that would use all three, probably some type of chili (although I also make ...

Since it's Chinese New Year, I was planning to make some Chinese food for dinner tonight. One of the recipes calls for 6 dried red chili peppers; after searching some local groceries (not Asian sp...

Hi, New husband and I are traveling to Mexico City in a few weeks. I'm an avid home cook and was hoping you kind and knowledgable folks would know where to find the elusive Chile mije/mixe aka th...

Hi, New husband and I are traveling to Mexico City in a few weeks. I'm an avid home cook and was hoping you kind and knowledgable folks would know where to find the elusive Chile mije/mixe aka th...

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 made a recipe that called for dried guajillo and New Mexico chilis. I found guajillos no problem. I went to several stores, including stores with a lot of international stuff, and couldn't find...

by Caralien 9 years ago

I'm (again) considering canning or somehow preserving the hot pepper bounty I have. It appears that low-acid foods are prone to botulism; peppers (ie jalapenos and habaneros) have more vitamin...

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...

hi, I'm rather stupid and diced a chili without gloves. How can i get the fire off of my fingers so I can take my contacts out? Thanks, Elizabeth

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...

Has anyone a source, market, grocery in Manhattan to recommend?

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 a vacation home in Palm Beach and can't find fresh chilli peppers in the food stores. Looking for both the small green and red ones for making curry. Widely available in Europe but just can'...

So, I've spent several months trying to replicate the salsa at one of my favorite taquerias. I've made a lot of good salsa along the way but nothing quite matches the goal. This goal salsa has a me...

by DonShirer 10 years ago

My wife came home from the grocery today with two little orange peppers "because they looked cute". After tasting one (and immediately downing two glasses of water) she asked if I could identify t...

I'd like to replicate a salsa I encountered in a restaurant in Cozumel. Maybe it's a Yucatecan thing? When I asked the waiter what was in it, he said habanero, oil, garlic, onion (?), and hierba de...

I passed along a recipe for harissa to a friend -- and she just made a big batch of it without wearing gloves. I thought she knew so I didn't mention it -- she's an experienced cook, but she though...

Hi, all. I'm from the UK. Here, we don't have a large variety of chilli peppers in supermarkets: we have green, red, jalapenos, bird's eye and scotch bonnet chillies, normally. There are obvi...

Is there anywhere in Dallas (ideally close to east dallas) where you can buy aji Amarillo either in pepper form, or in the paste form canned/jarred?