[CH] Making chipotles
The Adair's (adair@onyx.digisys.net)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:33:01 -0800
Hello all,
I tried to make chipotles last week. I got several pounds of what
my produce guy assured me were red jalapenos and threw them
in the smoker for about 12 hours. The results didn't look anything
like the dried chipotles that I'm used to buying. They had a dark,
smooth, shiny, thin skin. When I ground them up they made an
excellent tasting, mildly hot, smoky flavored powder so I'm a long
ways from being unhappy with the results. BUT they are not the
same thing I was shooting for. The chipotles I'm used to buying are
thick fleshed, wrinkled up, light brown with a slightly chewy
consistency.
My first thought is that the peppers I started out with were not
jalapenos. They had the same general shape and size but were
rather pointed at the end. They also had a kind of sweet taste
almost like a red bell pepper but they had a fair amount of heat too.
Has anyone out there made chipotles? Is there some kind of
preparation needed before they go into the smoker? Did I, in my
ignorance, start out with the wrong pepper? Any help would be
much appreciated.
Tim Adair
Kalispell, Montana