Question
Bianca Foppes
Is smoked paprika a good alternative for chipotle powder?
Answer
So kind of Chipotle powder and paprika are very different kinds of things. Chipotle powder has a smokiness to it and um, but it is much hotter than paprika. Smoked paprika and sweet paprika very kind of different have that red powder is to them, but they, it's more added as like that SMO ish kind of flavor has a bit of umami to it, where the Chipotle powder is typically added to be add heat. So you get a bit of spice to something with a little bit of a kick. So, uh, the Chipotle powder and paprika are very different, but if you're looking for something as a replacement for the Chipotle powder paprika might be a good alternative. But, um, something like a chili powder might be a little closer too. If you can find any kind of a chili powder where it's a specific chili that has been ground up into a powder, that probably a good idea to be able to use something like that. You can also make your own dried, uh, chili powders. Um, and I'm not talking about the blend of chili powders. I'm saying what you can do is buy dried uh, peppers and put them into a Vitamix and turn them into a powder. And if you do that mix with a little bit of paprika, you're gonna have a really nice alternative to a Chipotle powder. So I hope that helps. Um, I do that quite often actually with um, I do a Chipotle paste all the time and I'll buy dried Chipotle's as well. You can also mail order those which they ship really well 'cause they're completely dried out. And then I'll, um, you know, I'll typically cook them first, but I'll usually, but you can just put them dry into a blunder and turn it just into a powder and it'll actually be, um, really an easy thing to be able to make. It's much like I do the mushroom powders too. So hope that helps.
