The market · Chillies and peppers · The Americas

Chipotle chillies

A ripe jalapeño, smoke-dried — smoky, earthy and quite hot.

smoky · earthy · hot

Kinds

Morita
Dark red, softer, the most common chipotle abroad.
Meco
Tan-grey, drier and more heavily smoked.
En adobo
Tinned in a tangy tomato sauce — the adobo is useful too.

If you can't find it

Tins of chipotle in adobo are easier to find than dried.

  1. 1Smoked paprika
    A teaspoon per chilli, with a pinch of chilli flake
    You lose the fruit and the depth.

Goes with

tomatogarliclimeblack bean

Knowing it

Where to buy
Mexican grocers and supermarkets, dried or tinned.

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