[CH] Homemade chipotles?
Jeff Noxon (jeff@planetfall.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:43:19 -0600
Has anyone in the group tried to make Chipotles (smoked Jalapenos)
at home? What did you do, and what were the results like?
I'm trying to clone my favorite salsa, Calido Chile Trader's Mesquite
Smoked Salsa, because my addiction is very expensive to feed. My first
batch only cost 20% what the store variety costs, but it wasn't
quite right. I think the canned Chipotles in Abodo sauce are part of
the problem. I can't find them plain, or freshly smoked anywhere --
even in Mexican markets. (I'm in Houston.)
I'm also wondering if I would get better results with fresh
(Roma?) tomatoes. I used Cento canned crushed tomatoes, the only canned
tomato product I could find without any additives. I use the Cento
whole Roma tomatoes for pizza sauce, and I suspect those might work
better than the crushed ones too.
One last thing -- What is a generic "green chile" that appears on a
recipe label? Which chile would that be if it were fresh?
I plan on canning this stuff once I get it right. :-)
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff