anchos

Mole sauce peppers

Anchos are dried poblano peppers, dark reddish-brown and wrinkled, with a mild, sweet heat and fruity undertones.

They're a staple of Mexican cuisine, used in mole sauces, adobos, and enchilada sauces.

Anchos are typically rehydrated before use or ground into powder: The recipe calls for three anchos, stemmed and seeded.

culinary

chiles

Spicy capsicum fruits

mole · sauce · poblano · smoky · mild · Mexican · salsa · paste · marinade · enchilada

flavor

earthy

Coarse and unpretentious

mild · smoky · rich · complex · prune · chocolate · warm · subtle · deep · aromatic

Opposites
pepper preparation/state

anchospoblanos

Mild dark-green Mexican peppers

jalapeños · serranos · bell peppers

heat level

anchoshabaneros

Extremely pungent chili variety

ghost peppers · serranos · cayenne · chipotles

Phrases
Family

anchor, anchored, anchoring, anchorage, anchovy, ancho, reanchor

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
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