USES:

Mostly used to flavor salsas, sauces, chili, stews, and soups, chipotles may be ground to make a table spice.

Blend with olive oil, garlic, and salt to make a marinade for poultry and pork.

They are commonly found canned in red adobo sauce, a mixture of spices, tomatoes, onions, and vinegar.

The flesh is thick, so the chiles are usually used in a slow-cooked dish rather than raw.

RECIPES:

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Chipotle Shrimp Taco with Avocado Salsa Verde

Fish Tacos with Chipotle Cream

Chipotle Dry-Rubbed Shrimp “On the Bar-B”

Prepare your own chile sauce (2 cups)

INGREDIENTS:

12 dried chile pods

2c water

1 t salt

2 T oil

1 T flour

1/3 oregano

DIRECTIONS:

Wash the chillies under running water remove the chilli stems, seeds and veins (leave the seeds for a hotter sauce).

Place the washed chillies into a pan with 2 cups of water and stir for 10min. The chilli flesh will become soft. Put the mixture into a blender and pure until smooth. (Optional: strain to remove any possible seeds or skin).

From here on in, it’s all about your own personal taste.

If you are not using all the red chilli pure right away, it can be frozen at this point. Simplify and use it exactly as you would fresh pure in any recipe.

To complete the basic red chilli sauce season & thicken the pure as follows:

Heat the oil in a pan, add the flour and mix quickly, pour the chilli pure and stir until thicken.

Add salt, oregano, cumin and garlic powder, reduce the heat and stir for few minutes. If is to hot, add some water or tomato juice.

Your chilli sauce is now ready.