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Guajillo Chilies

Also Known As : Chile guajillo, Chile cascabel ancho
Can Eat 0

Vegetarian

Taste Profile

Guajillo peppers offer a bit of heat along with smoky notes and a berry-like flavor profile. 

Usage Tips

  1. They are great in sauces, salsas and soups and chili, especially in salsa for tamales.
  2. They can be ground down into a paste or a rub to add flavor to meat, or to make homemade harissa, a chili paste used in Tunisian cuisine.
  3. They are widely used in authentic Mexican cooking and cuisine.

Common names and forms

  1. Guajillo

Description

Guajillo chilies (or chiles) are long, dried, red, hot mirasol chili peppers.They’re a fairly common and popular pepper in Mexican cooking, though they tend not to be as quite well-known/used outside of Mexico. It is mild to moderately hot, and has dark, reddish brown, leathery skin. Guajillos are medium-sized chiles ranging from 2 to 4 inches in length.

How spicy  is this chilli?

The guajillo pepper is considered a mild to medium heat level chili, measuring from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville Heat Units on the Scoville Scale.

 

Selection Guide

Fresh chiles should be bright, firm, and crisp. Look for dried chiles that are soft, pliable, and deeply colored. They should be fragrant, and should feel like a raisin or prune—firm but fleshy.  

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