Ancho Chile Pepper

Ancho Chile Pepper Powder brings mild heat and sweet, fruity chile flavor to salsas, sauces, marinades and chili. The ground format mixes easily into rubs and sauces.

Product details

Ingredients:  Ancho Chile Peppers

Brand:           Savu Birra

Item Form:    Ground

Size options: 2.0 Ounce Bottle, 4.6 Ounce Bottle

Categories:   Chile Peppers and Flavored Sea Salts, Chile Peppers and Paprika

Related Blog Post(s): What is Ancho Chile Pepper? History of Cajun Cooking, Seasoning Ingredients, and Recipes   

Flavor and uses

• Ancho Chile Pepper powder has a mild, fruity, sweet, slightly smoky flavor
• Ancho Chile Peppers are great on beef, chicken, pork, chili, stews, and rice
• The Ancho Chile Pepper powder is a convenient way to add rich chile flavor to your dishes
• Ancho Chile Peppers register between 1,000 and 2,000 Scoville Heat Units

Prefer the whole dried format? See Whole Dried Ancho Chile Peppers.

Helpful guides

• How to Use Savu Birra Chile Pepper Blend
• How to Use Three Pepper Hamburger Seasoning

Quick recipe: Ancho sweet potato wedges

Ingredients: 1 pound sweet potato wedges, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon ground ancho chile pepper, and salt to taste.

Method: Toss and roast at 425°F for 25 to 35 minutes until tender and browned.

History and growing traditions

Ancho is the name for a ripe poblano pepper after drying, a long-standing Mexican way to preserve chiles for later cooking. Mexican cooks use dried ancho in moles, adobos, and sauces for its color and rounded flavor. Poblano peppers are grown in Mexico; dried ancho is also produced wherever suitable poblano varieties are cultivated.

This product is ground chile, ready to measure into sauces, rubs, and cooked dishes. This history describes the pepper variety, not the verified growing origin of this batch.

Historical background: Mexico's agriculture ministry.