🌶️ Pepper Field Guide

Ancho vs Chipotle

AnchoChipotle
Scoville (SHU)1,000–2,000 SHU2,500–8,000 SHU
Heat tierMildMedium
Fresh or drieddrieddried
FlavorMild, smoky and faintly sweet with notes of raisin and plum.A smoked, ripened jalapeño — deeply smoky and earthy with a sweet-hot finish.
Best forchili base, molesmoky chili, adobo
Top substituteguajilloancho

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