Dried Ancho Chiles Peppers 4 oz – Natural & Premium for Authentic Mexican Mole, Sauces, Stews, Salsas, and More! Sweet & Smoky Flavor with Mild to Medium Heat to Elevate Your Favorite Recipes.

My first experience with ancho peppers were from a label with a woman's name and a carrot in the middle of her name. Those peppers were very dry and brittle and I was disappointed that I couldn't detect the raisiny scent people talk about elsewhere. I rehydrated them, and upon tasting the rehydrating water and finding it very bitter. decided to use fresh water to puree them. Even so, the peppers still had a very bitter flavor. I decided to try these peppers and they are a lot more pliable, and yes, they do have that raisiny scent. I decided to do a test batch and after rehydrating, the water did have a sublte bitter flavor, so I pureed them with fresh water and other additions and the flavor was excellent. Wondering what to do with the test batch, I decided to make some chili, and the only tomato ingredient I added was a small can of tomato sauce. Best chili I made, even if it wouldn't win a chili contest. It's what we like that counts.

Great, flavorful, not too dried!

These are terrific chile peppers and make a wonderful sauce for enchiladas, adovada or even in chili. You just have to soak them in very hot water for about 30 minutes first.

Very, very mild (this batch). I steeped it in honey for a hot honey. Too mild even for this white girl.

Fresher than I expected. Good quality

Combined with other peppers, brought very good flavor to the pozole.

Great flavor

Used these to make Red Mole Chicken Tacos. Wow! Were they finger lickin' good. I'm glad Amazon carries them.