Chiles - Information and Spice Variations
Chili peppers are indigenous to the New World. Native cuisine used them to add heat and flavor to food. European explorers (who called pretty much every new spice "pepper") spread chiles to Europe and Asia, where they were soon integrated into many ethnic cuisines.
There are as many kinds of chili pepper as places they're grown, from the mildest paprika pepper to the fiery hot habenero. Heat levels are ranked on the Scoville scale. The crushed red chili flakes used as pizza topping rank between 20,000 and 40,000; richly flavorful ancho goes as low as 1000 Scoville units, and habenero burns out at 200,000.
The Spice House carries a range of whole and ground dried chilis, from mild ancho to fiery jalapeno and habenero.
Aleppo Pepper, Crushed
Aleppo chili pepper comes to us from northern Syria, near the town of Aleppo, which is considered one of the culinary meccas of the Mediterranean. It…
Ancho Pepper
Ancho peppers are are the dried version of Poblano, or "people" peppers. Their flavor is somewhat sweet and somewhat raisin-like, with medium heat. T…
Bell Peppers, Red and Green Dehydrated Diced Pieces
Bell Peppers are very sweet and colorful, with a concentrated flavor. It takes 10 pounds of fresh raw bell peppers to make one pound of these dehydr…
Cayenne Pepper
Cayenne pepper is our hottest ground red pepper, this cayenne clocks in at 40,000 scoville heat units (HOT!). In early American cooking, cayenne p…
Cayenne Pepper, Organic
In older Spice Trade definitions, when a pepper was unusually hot, it was given the name "cayenne" whether or not it actually was grown in the Cayenn…
Pasilla Negro Chile Pepper
Pasilla chiles have a long, purple pod similar to ancho chile peppers. Pasillas are one of the most popular chiles. Pasilla teams with ancho and mul…
Tien Tsin Chinese Hot Red Chiles
Tien Tsin chile peppers are named after the province of China in which they are harvested. These chile peppers fall under the category of "exotics,"…
Chipotle Peppers
Chipotle (chip-oat-lay) peppers are smoked, dried Jalapeño chiles. The Spice House offers two varieties of dried Chipotle chiles: Morita and Meco. …
Crushed "Caribe" Red Pepper Flakes
Our Crushed Red Pepper Flakes are medium hot, but not overwhelming, and add a nice chile flavor to any dish. Approximately 20,000 heat units, thes…
Chile de Arbol Peppers
Chile De Arbol Peppers are named in reference to the woody stems attached to the pod. The Spanish translation of the name means "treelike." These b…
Ghost Peppers, Jolokia Hot Chiles
Known by several names, including Bhut Jolokia, Naga Jolokia, and poison pepper, these fiery chilies are best known in the West as Ghost Peppers. Th…
Guajillo Chile Pepper, Whole or Ground
Guajillo chile peppers are very common to Mexican cooking. To quote our local chile expert, Rick Bayless, "These are workhorse chiles with a lot of …
Habanero Chile Peppers, Whole Or Ground
Habanero peppers are the hottest pepper we carry. When someone refers to a pepper as "burn-your-face-off" hot, these are the peppers they mean. The…
Harissa, Tunisian
Harissa is a common North African condiment made from chilies, oil, garlic, and spices. This traditional harissa is made on the Mahjoub family estat…
Jalapeno Chile Peppers, Diced Pieces Or Ground
Jalapeno peppers are probably the most popular of the chile pepper family, due to its flavorful heat. Our diced jalapeno has most of the hot inner s…
Mulato Chili Peppers
Poblano peppers left to ripen to a rich brown color before being dried produce this member of the “holy trinity” of chiles (along with ancho and…
New Mexican Chile Pepper, Whole Or Ground
New Mexican chile pepper pods have a marvelous sweet, pungent, earthy flavor which you might find quite addicting. These chiles are also known as Ca…
Paprika
Paprika is far more than a dusting of color on top of potato salads and deviled eggs. Fresh paprika has the full flavor of the peppers it was ground…
Vulcan's Fire Salt
This new hot salt is so terrific, we decided to name it in honor of the Roman God of fire, Vulcan. As the name implies, Vulcan's Fire Salt is desig…
