The other day a very tactful individual alerted me to the fact that ancho and New Mexican chili powder are different spices; The former is a dried poblano while the latter is, well, from the New Mexican chili. What a dick. Unfortunately they do not sell pre-ground ancho in the stores, at least to my knowledge, so today we are going to make our own for some killer
enchiladas. Let's begin:
Buy the dried ancho (a.k.a. poblano) in the spices or Mexican section of your supermarket. DO NOT attempt this with fresh poblanos you damn fool. Do you want a spice or diced green chilies? De-seed and de-stem all your dried peppers. They have the texture of a weather worn fruit roll-up so the easiest way to get them open is make a slice down the side (as seen above).
I didn't take a picture but you want to toast your chilies flat on a cast iron skillet for about 5 sec per side. Now dice them up before you put them in the food processor genius.
Put them in a food processor and pulse until they become totally ground. "Hey, that doesn't look as fine as the other spices you can buy in the store." Well, assclown, I made this with a huge food processor and it took me about ten minutes to get it this fine so suck it. Plus I am going to make a
sauce out of it so who gives a fuck? Not me. Unfortunately, now that we are done, some prick is going to tell me I can get it at Safeway.
Buy the dried ancho (a.k.a. poblano) in the spices or Mexican section of your supermarket. DO NOT attempt this with fresh poblanos you damn fool. Do you want a spice or diced green chilies? De-seed and de-stem all your dried peppers. They have the texture of a weather worn fruit roll-up so the easiest way to get them open is make a slice down the side (as seen above).
I didn't take a picture but you want to toast your chilies flat on a cast iron skillet for about 5 sec per side. Now dice them up before you put them in the food processor genius.
Put them in a food processor and pulse until they become totally ground. "Hey, that doesn't look as fine as the other spices you can buy in the store." Well, assclown, I made this with a huge food processor and it took me about ten minutes to get it this fine so suck it. Plus I am going to make a sauce out of it so who gives a fuck? Not me. Unfortunately, now that we are done, some prick is going to tell me I can get it at Safeway. 
2 comments:
Use a coffee grinder for a nice grind, just make sure to clean the coffee out of it first, or buy a separate grinder just for spices.
Fuck that. I'll just break it apart with my hands next time.
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