Question re General Tso's Chicken ingredient
aem wrote:
"limey" wrote:
> [snip]
>> I know zilch about hot peppers. The recipe calls for "five dried
>> pepper pods". Those hot peppers I see in the market are fresh.
>> What do they mean? And since I don't care for super-hot food,
>> should I reduce the number of "pepper pods"? Thanks.
>
> Look for small, narrow, red peppers. Dried. Often in cellophane
> packs. Often with a lot of seeds and flakes visible in the package.
> I don't believe there is a standard name but it'll be something along
> the lines of "dried red chile pods" or "dried chile peppers."
> Standard ingredient for spicy Chinese dishes. -aem
Thank you! - Dora
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