Today I was at the Mexican grocery getting some bottles of hot sauce,
and I bought a package of the gray-tan dried chipotles. The cigar butt
looking ones. I usually buy the black morita peppers, but wanted to try
the good ones for a change.

Do I use them just like the cheap kind? I assume they are smokier and
not quite as hot.

-Bob

On 24/10/11 18:58, zxcvbob wrote:
> Today I was at the Mexican grocery getting some bottles of hot sauce,
> and I bought a package of the gray-tan dried chipotles. The cigar
> butt looking ones. I usually buy the black morita peppers, but wanted
> to try the good ones for a change.
>
> Do I use them just like the cheap kind? I assume they are smokier and
> not quite as hot.
>
> -Bob


That's just a ripe jalapeno, smoked and dried. Use as any other dried
pepper.

zxcvbob wrote:
> Today I was at the Mexican grocery getting some bottles of hot sauce,
> and I bought a package of the gray-tan dried chipotles. The cigar butt
> looking ones. I usually buy the black morita peppers, but wanted to try
> the good ones for a change.
>
> Do I use them just like the cheap kind? I assume they are smokier and
> not quite as hot.
>


So nobody has used them before? I will try one in my next pot of
beans like I usually do with moritas and see how it's different. (One
morita is enough to spice up a half a pound of dried beans)

Also may crumble one up with some diced onion, sprinkle with a little
lime juice and garlic salt, and see what I get when they rehydrate.

-Bob

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:41:47 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

> So nobody has used them before?

No. I bought one can of them once, but they were way too smoky for
me. It took me a long time to realize I could find them dried, but I
didn't have a desire to fiddle with smoked chilies anymore.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

zxcvbob wrote:
> Today I was at the Mexican grocery getting some bottles of hot sauce,
> and I bought a package of the gray-tan dried chipotles. The cigar butt
> looking ones. I usually buy the black morita peppers, but wanted to try
> the good ones for a change.
>
> Do I use them just like the cheap kind? I assume they are smokier and
> not quite as hot.
>
> -Bob


I use it in chocolate chipotle brownies. Perfecto!

Goomba wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> Today I was at the Mexican grocery getting some bottles of hot sauce,
>> and I bought a package of the gray-tan dried chipotles. The cigar
>> butt looking ones. I usually buy the black morita peppers, but wanted
>> to try the good ones for a change.
>>
>> Do I use them just like the cheap kind? I assume they are smokier and
>> not quite as hot.
>>
>> -Bob
>
>
> I use it in chocolate chipotle brownies. Perfecto!

oops, addendum to my own post- I buy the ground dried chipotles, not
whole! Sorry for the confusion!

Sqwertz wrote:

> If it's a red power, it is not really chipotle powder, but just smoked
> hot peppers of indeterminate variety. True chipotle powder is brown.
>
> -sw

its cocoa brown. Label says "organic chipotle powder" from Earthfare.
Nice little surprise burn when slipped into brownies! I love it!

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:27:06 -0400, Goomba wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> If it's a red power, it is not really chipotle powder, but just smoked
>>> hot peppers of indeterminate variety. True chipotle powder is brown.
>> its cocoa brown. Label says "organic chipotle powder" from Earthfare.
>> Nice little surprise burn when slipped into brownies! I love it!
>
> That'll be the first non-red chipotle powder I've heard of :-)
>
> -sw

They sell it in the spice section in little dope like bags, lol. It is
labeled "product of USA" but not where. I seem to recall it cost between
$3 or $4 bucks for the small bag.