Let’s talk about hot. Heat in chiles is measured in scoville units. The typical jalapeno ranges from 20,000-30,000 scoville units. Pequins and tai peppers range from 80,000-100,000 scoville units. Habaneros range from 200,000 to 300,000 scoville units. Bute Jolokia (known by some as ghost peppers) is supposed to be 10 times hotter than that. Commercially [...]

You may wonder how chipotle is made. For a brief post describing the process, head over to our sister blog Cooking With Chile.

Lets start with what chile and chipotle are. Chile is not the same as chili. Chili is a soup like dish made with chile peppers. We use the term chile because of our proximity to the US / Mexico border and we take this term from the way it is referred to here.  If you [...]