This ghost chile, cinnamon & chocolate sauce is delicious.  Even though ghost chilies are among the hottest chilies in the world (and need to be handled with care…see the bottom of our ghost chile page for safety tips), the sauce resulting from this recipe isn’t overpoweringly spicy.  The flavor is dark-chocolate with extra depth from the cinnamon, a …

This technique can be used to flavor vinegar with all of our dried chilies (for less potent varieties you may have to crush the chili in order to infuse its flavor).  Whole spices can be steeped with the chilies as well.  Try using chile vinegar instead of champagne vinegar in homemade vinaigrettes or mignonette sauce. …

  Dried chilies can be made into many delicious condiments. The easiest one might be a simple chile paste. Use your favorite blend of peppers to create a flavor best suited to your tastes. Perfect for meat rubs and stir fry, but don’t limit your applications. Use chili paste to liven up your other favorite …

   Aka “Ghost in a Bottle” Though this technique can be used with any of our dried chilis (use our chili heat scale to decide), we like using ghosts because of the daredevil aspect they bring to spicy cocktails.  The aji panca and pasilla negro chilis introduce extra fruitiness without bringing too much added heat.  …

Grilled corn is delicious and easy to make (as long as you remember to soak those corn husks!).  It’s considered a classic served hot with just a little butter, salt and pepper, but our executive chef came up with an exciting new twist: using homemade chile-lime compound butter to add heat, a bit of acidic …

  This salad is a great way to enjoy the tender, sweet meat of Alaskan spot prawns.  Mixing the orange zest powder and guajillo chile powder together creates a vibrant orange and red coating that makes the cooked prawns a provocative color that catches the eye. The chili/orange coating also adds a strong note of citrus …

Today’s guest post comes to us from Lori of The Pizza Principle, and it’s just the right dessert to shake off those autumn chills! ——– When I was a kid, I was frequently on diets. My mother would have me on diets, and then I’d go to my grandmother for the summer, where I spent …

Recipe by Natasha at 5 Star Foodie Culinary Adventures. Thai chilies, also called Bird chilies, are very hot, only third down on the Scoville scale below Ghost Chile Peppers and Habaneros. Thai chilies are commonly used in many Asian specialties, such as curries. In today’s recipe, these chilies are ground into a powder, which then …

If the dried peppers that you have on hand are spicier than you’d like, here’s a tip that may be helpful: Remove the Seeds & Stems to Cool Down Peppers: A lot of the capsaicin (the compound that makes peppers spicy) in hot peppers is located in the seeds and the inner support ribs.  Neither of …

We issued a challenge to the blogosphere: Take our chilies and create a delicious and fiery dish that requires a spoon to eat.  We then shipped 6 of our 25 varieties of dried chilies to each blogger (every blogger received a different collection).  Ladies and Gentlemen, 35 delicious bloggers surely delivered with everything from chile …