Smoke-dried jalapeño
Chipotle · Chilpotle · Chipotle Meco · Chipotle Morita
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About this variety
A chipotle is a smoke-dried ripe jalapeño pepper, created through a traditional Mexican preservation method involving days of smoking over wood fires. This process transforms the fresh jalapeño into a wrinkled, deeply flavored ingredient essential to Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine. The smoking concentrates the sugars and develops complex smoky, sweet, and slightly fruity notes that distinguish chipotles from their fresh counterparts.
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Culinary uses
Extensively used in salsas, adobo sauces, marinades, and slow-cooked dishes. Popular in both whole dried form and canned in adobo sauce. Essential for authentic Mexican moles, stews, and as a flavoring for beans, meats, and vegetables.
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