Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> In ,
> RegForte > typed:
>> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>>
>>> You can make your own chipotle in a smoker if you just have access
>>> to red ripe jalapenos. Smoke them until they are wrinkly and
>>> brownish, or until your fire runs out, and then finish them off in a
>>> dehydrator, or just in the hot sun on dry towels or paper towels. If
>>> you don't use a dehydrator you need to be sure the sun is hot enough
>>> to dry them out before they spoil.
>> Have you found a difference using red japs over green? So far I
>> haven't, but I might need to find a better supplier or something.
>
> Most definitely. You don't get the same flavor from most peppers in green
> (unripe) state vs ripe (usually red but not always) state. Your sweet red
> and yellow bells, for example, start off looking like any green bell pepper.
> If the greens you see on the shelf had been left alone on the plants long
> enough to color up, they would be red. Once ripened, almost all peppers are
> enhanced in flavor, in particular, sweetness. Try roasting and peeling a
> green and red bell pepper some time, and notice the diff. There is nothing
> quite like roasted red sweet pepper and you'll immediately agree the green
> is something different.
>
> Same with jalapenos. They are sweeter and more flavorful when ripe, and make
> a much better chipotle. The dried ones on the market often seem to be made
> from greens, going by the color, but that is to save money because it's
> cheaper to buy or produce the green ones. However when I buy chipotle powder
> at my favorite seed and spice store (www.plantersseed.com) it is an
> obviously red powder, not from greens. And the canned chipotles in adobo are
> always red. They wouldn't taste the same if they were green.
>
> If you want a better supplier for the powder, try the planters link. They
> can probably order it for you whole as well.
>
> MartyB in KC

I'll chip in with a source for awesome green chile powder - which
definitely has its place too.

http://www.nmcchile.com/

http://newmexicanconnection.com/cata...hp?cPath=47_49

And they've got a smokin' good chipotle powder too:

http://www.newmexicanconnection.com/...hp?cPath=47_51