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What's this "inedible" skin? What kind of chillies are these? My sense is that these are being roasted to make chillis rellenos. But I thought chillis rellenos
by denton-scratch 4y ago
What's this "inedible" skin? What kind of chillies are these?
My sense is that these are being roasted to make chillis rellenos. But I thought chillis rellenos were usually made with pasilla chillies? I didn't think those were noted for having tough skin.
Also, IME roasting is one thing, skinning another. My process is: roast chillies; put in plastic bag in fridge; wait 10 mins; scrape off skin. Where's the solar fridge, and the team of chilli scrapers? Scraping one chilli is a job that takes about a minute. A 20lb drum of raosted chillies I'd guess is a day's work.
- voxadam 4y ago> What's this "inedible" skin? What kind of chillies are these? If I had to guess, I'd say they're Hatch aka New Mexico chilies.[0] Once roasted, the now blistered skins are easily separated, discarded, and the remaining fruit can be consumed and enjoyed. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_chile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_chile
- denton-scratch 4y agoThanks. I'm a brit, and can't get fresh chillies from the USA or Mexico. I have a stash of dried Mexican chillies, and I can buy fresh chillies from the Netherlands, but they don't say what the variety is. There are quite a few UK growers that produce fresh chillies, but they're usually Habanero, Ghost or Reaper; they mainly sell them bulk to makers of hot sauce, not retail. And some middle-eastern shops sell ultra-mild large green fresh chillies, that I think are used in shawarma wraps and greek salads. They have no heat at all.
- voxadam 4y agoHonestly, if you enjoy fresh chilies and you're in Europe I'd recommend growing them. The seeds are small, light, and inexpensive to ship. As I understand it, chilies quite forgiving and easy to grow. You could order the seeds from the regular suspects or try something like r/SeedSwap.[0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/seedswap/ https://www.reddit.com/r/seedswap/
- Avshalom 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_chile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_chile For better or worse it's more common than salt here; they are being roasted to make everything.
- mr_mitm 4y agoEven McDonald's serves a green chile cheese burger. It's probably an unwritten law for burger shops there.
- denton-scratch 4y agoHmm. s/pasilla/pueblo/ - a pasilla is a dried pueblo I believe, but I'm far from expert in these matters. TIL that you can make a chilli relleno with a pasilla. I think I'll try it.