aem wrote:
> I need some suggestions for spicing this up. I've got chicken thighs
> and andouille sausage, celery, onion, garlic, red bell pepper, chicken
> broth and rice. I'm going to cut the thighs in half with the cleaver
> and brown them, slice the sausage, sweat the chopped 'trinity' and bell
> pepper, stir the rice in the oil, etc. Now what kind of hot peppers or
> spices do I add to give it a little bite? I don't want to use cumin or
> chili powder.
>
> I've got black pepper, cayenne pepper, red chile flakes, a couple of
> jalapeños, some canned chiles (probably pasillas) in adobo sauce and
> some generic small dried red chiles, but I'm not averse to going out
> for something different. Now that I think of it I have some fresh
> roma tomatoes, too. Do people put tomatoes into this kind of dish?
> -aem
>

I'd chop up the chilies in adobo and stir them in, along with a few
chopped fresh tomatoes.

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