Can anyone please explain how to cook with peppers. In some recipes they call for certain peppers that I am not familiar with. For instance, if it calls for jalapeño chiles from a jar can I use other varieties and how much do I use? If I can't find a fresh one in our store how do I know what else to buy? Is there a pepper strength scale? Thanks for your help.
2007-01-18 06:54:31 · 5 answers · asked by pick 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
The Scoville scale ranks the hottness of the pepper.
There's more to peppers than just the heat. Some do have distinctive flavors to them.
For example, the hottest pepper, habanero, has a slightly sweet taste before you get walloped by the heat that lingers, while Jalapenos hit you immediately at a lower hotness but disappates quicker.
However, for the most part peppers can be substituted, but there will be a slight taste difference. You, also, have to watch out for hotness.
Jalapenos from a jar or canned maybe called out in a recipe because they are slightly pickled... so you get a little less hot and and added tangy flavor. I've used fresh jalapenos in place of canned and found the dish was slightly hotter using fresh jalapenos.
Cooking:
The milder peppers which can be eaten in quantity with out burning out your taste buds - bell peppers, anaheims, poblanos can be used in stir fries (fajitas) or they form their own dish (chile rellenos or chile verde).
The hotter the peppers the more they're used like a spice where a little can go a long way... in marinades, rubs and flavoring in a larger dish, as used like a clove of garlic or black pepper.
2007-01-18 06:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by Dave C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're is also a lot of different name for the same type of peppers. A smoked jalapeno is known as a chipotle, and a dried pablano pepper is known as a ancho. Each pepper can have up to three names depending if they are fresh, smoked, or dried. A simple rule is that the smaller the pepper the hotter, the real heat comes from the ribs surrounding the seeds, and the longer you cook a pepper the more heat it loses. On a side note, my personal favorite pepper is the chipotle
2007-01-18 07:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by 7 Words You Can't Say On T.V 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a scale that it used to measure the hotness of a pepper....you should do some research before substituting one for other if you are not sure of its strength
2007-01-18 07:02:44 · answer #3 · answered by trinigal77 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you can substitue.. difference in pepper is the heat and you get the most heat from the seeds... good luck
2007-01-18 07:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cover it with hot sauce
2016-05-24 04:02:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋