I use some of the De Arbol Chiles to make some Chile oil. I put several of the dried pods in a bottle of Olive oil. It's been sitting on my counter for about a week now, I haven't noticed much of a flavor from the Chile just yet, but I'm hoping I'll be able to taste it eventually. I wonder how long it will take? I guess I should check around on line and see if I can find the answer.
It looks pretty, but I wish more of the chile would sink to the bottom.
The other chile's I got, and need to find recipes to use them in, are:
Japones Chile
Puya Chile
Smoked Serrano Chile
New Mexico Chile
and Chipotle Chile
All of them, except for the Chipotles, are medium in heat. I took a small piece from each of them and re hydrated them to taste them. That helped me pick one for the oil, but didn't help me think of anything to do with the rest.
So if any of you have any ideas, I'd love to hear them. I'm excited and frustrated about them. They smell wonderful. If all else fails I guess I could ground them up and have some Delicious chile powders.
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I don't have any good suggestions at the moment but I'll help look around.
They are all dried? Where did you get these?
Yes they are all dried, got them from Marx Foods. They are samples of their medium heat dried chiles. I'm supposed to write about how I use them here and send them a link. I hope I can find some good recipes that will also make good pictures. :) The free samples thing might still be going on, it's at marxfoods.com if you want to check it out. They have other foods as well.
Thanks for your help, I can use all the help I can get.
Yum.
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