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What Are Chile pods and How Can I Use Them?

Wondering what to do with chile pods? This guide covers how to pick them, cook them, store them, and swap them, plus 2 recipes to put them to work.

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In Chinese
智利荚
British (UK) term
Chile pods
en français
gousses Chili
en español
vainas de chile

Recipes using chile pods

There are 2 recipes that contain this ingredient.

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Jimmy's Chili

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Jimmy's chili builds a from-scratch chili paste from whole dried chili pods, blended with browned beef, tomato sauce, oregano, cumin, and red wine. Slow-simmered for 3 hours into deeply spiced Texas-style chili.

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Buffalo Snort Red Chili

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A fiery, no-bean red chili packing four meats (beef chuck, T-bone, Italian sausage, and armadillo), six kinds of peppers, bacon, and beer. Feeds a crowd of 15 with serious heat.

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