Chipotle Peppers
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Chipotle Pepper Coffee, A Spicy Cup of Joe You Should Try!
Chipotle Pepper is one of the more interesting ingredients to work with today. It’s widely popular and is used frequently in every dish imaginable, such as dressings, beef steaks, and even coffee. It’s a strange idea, to say the least, and yet, it’s quite a popular...
Bacon-Chipotle Ranch Dressing
This chipotle ranch dressing is smokey and hot but also has a nice cooling factor and added depth from the ranch dressing. The bacon is blending into the dressing and adds some additional richness and flavor as well. The chipotle ranch dressing is great on a salad,...
Valentine Figs with Chipotle Peppers?
In an interesting article from BeliefNet called St. Valentine's Day Dinner Menu: Eat, Have Sex, Lose Weight!!! they talk about a "Perfectly Porky Chops with Fig Sauce" as one of their "sexy" dishes and it just happens to have chipotle peppers in it: FIG: Greeks ate in...
Honey Chipotle Glazed Chicken Wings
The Detroit Free Press has a decent looking recipe for chipotle glazed wings over on their website. They call for chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, adobo sauce, and powdered chipotle peppers or chili powder. It's a very simple sauce with only honey added to cut the...
Chipotle Pepper Popcorn
I was recently reading an article about making traditional popcorn on the stove, instead of the crappy microwave kind. I definitely love freshly popped popcorn but the other night I decided to spice it up some with chipotle powder and it turned out great. Just take...
Chipotle Pepper Beef Stew
There was an interesting chipotle pepper recipe over at the Cattle Network website today. It is an unusual beef stew / braise with chipotle pepper powder in it. The beef stew is then served over roasted butternut squash. While the recipe only calls for chipotle powder...
Chipotle Glazed Pork Chops by Jean-Georges
The recipes section of Today has a nice recipe from Jean-Geroges Vongerichten using chipotle peppers. His glaze is almost more of a chipotle pepper caramel. You take sugar and water and heat it until it turns golden over high heat. Then add garlic and cook until it...
Chipotle Beef Jerky
I'm an avid reader of writer Michael Ruhlman's books and blog. He recently posted a great recipe for chipotle beef jerkey that is adapted from his cookbook Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing. Every recipe I've tried of Ruhlman's has been great and...
Other Chipotle Pepper Resources
If you need more chipotle information here are some books, products, and websites about chipotle peppers and other types of chili peppers. If you have your own suggestions please leave them in the comments below. Chipotle Products La Costena Chipotle Peppers in Adobo...
Capsaicin in Chipotle Peppers
What is Capsaicin Chipotle peppers, as well as all chili peppers, are made hot from the capsaicin stored in them. Most of the capsaicin is in the white membranes and the seeds. The chipotle peppers feel hot because the capsaicin tricks your brain into thinking you are...
Store Chipotle Peppers and Adobo Sauce
There are several ways to store chipotle peppers, depending on what form they are in. Whole Chipotle Peppers Store Chipotle Peppers Properly If the chipotle peppers are still in their whole form, storing them in a cool, dry, and dark location will make them last much...
Chipotle Dressing Recipes
Chipotle peppers are a great way to add some heat to dressings for salads or meat. Chipotle dressing can range from very fiery, especially for vinaigrettes, to creamy and mild for ranch and yogurt based recipes. Here are some of our favorite chipotle dressing recipes,...
Homemade Chipotle Pepper BBQ Sauce
It's easy to make your own fantastic chipotle BBQ sauce. We'll walk you through the simple steps so you can have fresh BBQ sauce whenever you want.
Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce Recipe
A great way to preserve chipotle peppers and to enhance their flavor is to store them in adobo sauce. Making homemade chipotle peppers in adobo sauce is very easy and definitely superior to the canned adobo. You can also freeze or can the homemade chipotle adobo...
Making Chipotle Pepper Puree
Making chipotle pepper puree at home is quick and easy and is a great way to get chipotle taste spread throughout dishes. Chipotle puree is also easy to store for long periods of time. I like to add chipotle puree to many different dishes. It helps to add a smokiness...
Smoking Jalapenos to Make Chipotles
Caution: when working with chili peppers, be sure to wear disposable food gloves since the oils from the chili peppers is very difficult to get off of your hands and will burn your eyes and other sensitive body parts. Get Your Jalapeno Peppers Choose ripe jalapeno...
Forms of Chipotle Peppers and Their Use
Chipotle Peppers take many forms, from chipotle pepper powder to chipotle peppers in adobo and each one can be used effectively in many dishes. Dried Chipotle Pepper Pods The standard way to find them, there are several varieties of chipotle peppers, each with their...
Chipotle Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe
Making homemade chipotle hot sauce is very easy and it allows you to make it just as hot as you like. Once you taste fresh chipotle hot sauce you'll never want to go back to the bottled stuff. Without further ado, here is our chipotle hot sauce recipie. If you do want...