Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> How do I use them? Assuming I will buy a package of whole chipotles,
> how do I prepare it?
>
> I want it chopped or ground -- do I soak the chipotle in something
> before chopping?
>
> Chop with a knife or small chopper device?
>
> I may just wind up using canned in adobo. Or Penzey's ground.
>
> Thanks for help.
>

Reconstituted in hot water and then run through a food mill works nicely
if you want seed and skin free pepper pulp paste. Certainly don't
reconstitute if you want to grind them, and in that case be sure to use
a dedicated "coffee" grinder for peppers (easy since they're cheap).