The key here is to use fresh rather
than dried chiles.
They say that the key to success with this sauce is to use fresh rather
than dried chiles and that any small fresh hot chile can be used.
Not exact matches
In the true spirit of this cowboy - sustaining stew, we decided to keep this chili old school and make our own
chile puree from
dried chile peppers rather
than turn to the grocery - store convenience of pre-made chili powder.
If you don't have hot paprika, increase the heat by adding small
dried red
chiles, rather
than adding too much paprika, as it can make the stew too sweet.
It also relies on
dried chiles which are more readily available
than their fresh counter parts.
The combination of
dried and fresh
chiles gives his sauce a bit more body
than traditional jeow sohm, with little bites of garlic,
chiles and cilantro floating around.
Each hundred grams of fresh ripe
chile pods contains 369 milligrams of vitamin C, which diminishes by more
than half to 154 milligrams in the
dried red pods.
Ovens usually supply only heat, which means that meaty
chiles could possibly spoil, rather
than dry.
On a recent visit to a local market in London, Ontario, a city of about 350,000 people, Mike Kerslake found only a few kinds of fresh
chile peppers but more
than a dozen varieties of
dried peppers.
This vegetarian Thai curry is less spicy and more fragrant
than you might expect; add a
dried chile de árbol if you like heat.
Dried whole chili pods rather
than chile powder mixes.
Q: Dear Fellow Hothead, How do manufacturers extract the capsaicin from the pepper to make a hot sauce hotter
than a habanero?Matthew Michel A: Hello Matthew: Hot red
chile peppers are
dried, ground, and pelletized.
The heat from freshly ground
dried chiles is much more intense
than preground cayenne.