How to reconstitute dried chilies: 1. Pour boiling water over dried chilies in a bowl (enough to cover). Press down with spoon to make them submerge. 2.  Soak your chilies for 15 minutes. 3. Discard water when done (do not use in recipes like you would water from reconstituting dried mushrooms). Some peppers plump up more …

This is a recipe for a basic vinegar-based hot sauce (similar to the various spicy sauces found on restaurant tables across America), but with a twist: it’s made with the world’s hottest chile.  Ghost peppers are so hot that only a few are needed for this sauce.  To give it a more robust chili flavor (and …

Flash infusing is our new favorite kitchen trick.  You get a lot of the flavor of slow-infusing in a tiny fraction of the time.  Don’t worry if you don’t have a cream whipper handy, you can still make chile-infused alcohol.  Just slow-infuse dried ghost chilies (or other dried chilies) using the technique in this ghost chile vodka recipe. …

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.  …

Everyone likes their Bloody Marys a little different. This version combines the potent heat of ghost chili peppers with the nasal-clearing effect of fresh wasabi, the result is almost certain to shake you awake in the morning. Wasabi Bloody Mary Ingredients: (makes 1 tall glass) 4 oz Ghost Chile Vodka 6 oz tomato juice 6 dashes …