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Cooking & Baking

Jilly_in_VA

(10,045 posts) Sun Aug 29, 2021, 12:20 PM Aug 2021

Ancho peppers [View all]

My husband convinced me to buy a couple of fresh Ancho peppers at a farmstand yesterday. I've never used any kind but the dried ones. What do I do with these? Can I just put them in salsa cruda or do I roast them or what? HELP!

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Ancho peppers [View all] Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 OP

If you have a fresh Ancho pepper Flo Mingo Aug 2021 #1

They don't look like poblanos Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 #2

Pepper names can vary from place to place Retrograde Aug 2021 #5

I put them in chili (along with jalapeno and serrano) nt yellowdogintexas Sep 2021 #6

Ancho is the dried version of a poblano pepper. wcast Aug 2021 #3

fresh ancho equals poblano. good with a steak on the grill Kali Aug 2021 #4

Chili Rellenos! trof Sep 2021 #7