Alton Brown's Chili Powder

ROV Chef's Note:

I have been using this recipe for a year or so, and it tastes great. Makes chili taste like chili and is awsome in mexican cooking. Often times I can't find all the dried chiles listed here, so I'll just mix and match, but keeping the ratio roughly the same.

• Total Time: 13 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 0.75 cup

• 3 ancho chilies, stemmed, seeded and sliced
• 3 cascabel chiles, stemmed, seeded and sliced
• 3 dried arbol chiles, stemmed, seeded and sliced
• 2 tablespoons whole cumin seeds
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

Directions:

1. Toast the chiles and cumin seeds in a cast iron skillet for a few minutes. Don't let them cook too long and inhale the smoke, because you'll get a nasty chemical burn in lungs, nose and throat.
2. let the chiles and seeds cool.
3. place all the ingredients into a blender and blend on the highest speed you blender can dish out.
4. store in an airtight jar.
5. be sure to wash you blender carafe a few times after doing this or you fruit smoothy or margarita will taste like chiles.

Reviews

[Zeldaz]

We use Alton's recipe, too, but with one change: we use ground chipotle instead of the smoked paprika for a more complex chile taste along with the smokiness.

[manushag]

I, too, have been making this recipe for a while and I have found all the chili's are available at www.penzeys.com!

[dragonflymoon]

You can also find ground chilis at spicebarn dot com