Dried Chillis

ChrissyT88

ChrissyT88

ChrissyT88

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Hi all,

After watching Rick Stein's Road to Mexico and reading some of the recipes on Serious Eats, I'd like to have a go at making some sauces / dishes with dried chillis (e.g. Guajillos). None of the supermarkets near me seem to sell anything other than a rather limited selection of fresh chillis, and there aren't any Asian food stores nearby, so I'm looking for a good online retailer. Any recommendations?
 
Amazon and eBay are fine. I favour eBay for bulk orders due to price.

Guajillos are delicious but I actually think the most important/versatile one to have is Ancho. Definitely my favourite chilli.
 
Waitrose do 3 different dried chillies, Habanero (hot), and two others (nutty, and fruity) which I forget.

I get all 3 when making my epic chillies.
 
Tend to just get what ever is available on the market Asian stalls, habenero, scotch bonnet, birds eye. The price more than makes up for the lack of choice, usually about 50p for a handful of each. Not worth my time growing them for that.
 
I was gifted a bunch from South Devon Chilli farm - v.nice range but as mentioned - not cheap.

I'm not far away from Wing Yip, a big asian super market so tend to pick up bulk spices from there.
 
I've used coolchile before, but also find between waitrose and tescos you can get a good range.

https://www.coolchile.co.uk/mexican-shop/whole-chiles

Still problems getting chipotles though...

Edit: I note the SDCF ones are allowed because they were grown in the UK, I think there's still a Europe wide ban on importing chipotles from Mexico.
Edit2: The SDCF ones are smoked over cherry wood while apparently authentic chipotle is smoked over pecan. Still I'm sure they make a good substitute.
 
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how far does 100g of dried chillies go?

I wanted to make a few jars of Chili puree or paste for use in cooking but don't know how much i will need for something like a jam jar or two.
 
Great thread! I too am watching his series, and we wanted to make Mole Poblano, but again couldn't find any of the chillis required. Might put an order in on ebay to see how they are.
 
Thanks, i will order some in.

I know Chili plants are very fruitful (literately) and quite easy to look after. I may have to try and find the OCuk Chili growers thread and get a few of the harder to buy ones going. They fruit fairly quickly if i recall, so you could have your first batch of from seed to bowl chili by mid/late summer
 
Yield and time to ripe fruit depends on the species and variety. Annuums usually take less time than Chinenses. From germination to ripe fruit can vary between 60 and 120 days, with most in the range 75 - 100.
 
I was thinking guajillo Chili and something else. I know you can just buy them but there is most certainly something nice about cooking or using something you grow. With something like chillies that have a lot of flavour, are easy to look after and yield a fair bit, it seems like the ideal place to start.
 
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