Bring on the guacamole extreme! So you want to experience new heights of heat in your homemade guacamole? Get ready for this. Habanero guacamole may look like your normal appetizer dip or Mexican side, but underneath all that smooth green is an explosion just waiting …
With the rise in the rates of diabetes and other health issues caused or affected by our diets, people are choosing to make and eat healthier snacks. Rather than reaching for the chips and dip, they’re reaching for chips and salsa. But is salsa good for you? Well – chip choice aside – it turns out that salsa might be better for you than you ever imagined.
You’re growing jalapeños, seeing the fruits age, and likely salivating like Pavlov’s dog to get them from plant to plate. But when’s the right time? What should you look for that’ll signify when to pick jalapeños for the absolute best flavor? Well, that depends on whether you want them for fresh use or for drying. Let’s review both so that you’ll have the best flavor possible.
Hot peppers are, of course, delicious fresh, but say you have too many to enjoy before they’d go bad. What can you do about it? Preserving chili peppers allows them to be on hand for months, and if properly done will not compromise the chili’s heat or flavor. Best of all, you have many methods to choose from, and all are relatively easy.
There’s nothing like seeing the tiny seeds you gently nurture grow into thriving, robust plants bearing some of the hottest eats in the world. Start the seeds indoors in containers, preferably in a sunny windowsill or on a countertop that gets lots of light. Your seedlings will need at least six hours of sunlight. Most hot peppers grow best in warm environments, so the warmer the spot, the better the seedlings will do.
Cayenne pepper is one of the most popular chilies in the world, and not only for its life as a staple spice in your rack. In fact, if you use it only to spice your food, you are missing out on many practical – and often creative – uses of this hot pepper, whether that’s in fresh, dried, or powdered form. Here are nine top cayenne pepper uses that’ll give you a new take on this chili.
Growing cayenne pepper is relatively simple, providing you manage a few variables carefully. Like many peppers, their biggest problems are temperature and water content of the soil. However, care and attention easily keep these problems from becoming your problems and allow for a good harvest.
A surprisingly versatile chili – from decorative ristras to olive oil and beverage infusions – the chile de àrbol makes one tasty salsa too. There’s a nutty smokiness here that mellows the tomato tang and deepens the overall flavor of this smooth salsa. And it has a very eatable spicy kick – the chili falls nicely between the serrano and the cayenne pepper on the pepper scale. We love this salsa on tacos and burritos, and it’s savory enough to marinade steaks. Or just go simple and use it when you next need some tortilla chips and dip.
Come on, ketchup is the first ingredient listed, so how good could it be? And how can you even call it a hot sauce being ketchup-based?! But once you get past these simple arguments and just try Dat’l Do It; it’s magic in a bottle. Sweet, with rich molasses undertones, and a tasty – and not overwhelming – datil pepper bite. It’s not your typical hot sauce, and that’s what makes it special. You’ll likely find yourself reaching for it more often than you’d ever imagine.
You can grow chilies – even with little space. If you love heat in your culinary creations, you’ll be happy to know that growing hot peppers in containers is not only possible, but easy. It doesn’t matter what your chili of choice is – whether jalapeño, habanero, …