Chili Glossary and Chiles

Chili Glossary

• Chile – a capsicum pepper plant
• Chili – stew of meat and red chiles.
• Chilli – misspelling in Midwest café window.
• Chile powder – powder made from grinding dried red chiles.
• Chili powder – chile powder, ground cumin, and other spices.
• Chile con carne – Spanish for “meat with chile peppers.”
• Scoville unit – measures chile heat. 0 for green peppers to 500,000 for habaneros

Chiles

• Ancho – 1100 to 1500 Scoville units. Large heart-shaped pepper
• Poblano – green form of ancho
• New Mexico – 500 to 1000 Scoville units. 8 inch long chile.
• Anaheim – variety of New Mexico chile. Dried form is Colorado chile. Green form is chile verde.
• Pasado – skinned, roasted, and dried Anaheim.
• Pasilla negro – 1000 to 1500 Scoville units. Long cylindrical dark chile
• Chipotle – smoke dried jalapeno
• Jalapeno – don’t sun dry very well. 5000 to 10000 Scoville units.
• Chile de Arbol – not quite as hot as cayenne. 15,000 to 30,000 Scoville units.
• Japone – smoked dried red jalapeno