Simply Organic’s organic crushed red pepper

what is crushed culinary uses red pepper? Crushed red pepper is an essential Crushed red pepper and red chili ingredient in many Mexican and pepper flakes are two names for African dishes, and it’s common to the same thing. Both are various Asian, Caribbean, European and combinations of ancho, bell, American cuisines as well. This lively cayenne and other red peppers is a good one for cooks to that are dried and then crushed have on hand because it can perk up (not ground) into small pieces, almost any dish — although it should usually with their seeds included. always be used sparingly at first and They are most widely used in tested. High quality crushed red America as the spicy topping in pepper can heat things up fast. the shaker on the parlor table. As with all chili and bell Much like our shaker for pizza, peppers, their name is a misnomer crushed red pepper is often a table — they were named “pepper” by in the Mideast, Japan, Spanish explorers, although they Hungary, Turkey and Korea. It have nothing to do with black makes a convenient, at-the-table peppercorns (Piper nigrum). (The addition to breads and potatoes, explorers were being paid to find a scrambled eggs and hummus. route, after all.) Crushed red pepper is also handy in the kitchen, where it can be used sparingly to add kick to marinara and pizza sauces, grilled vegetables the heat is on and meats, pickles, and soups and A growing number of Americans are . The potency of the sea- seeking the bolder flavors of chili soning diminishes over time, so it peppers — for their heat, authentic should be replaced at least annually. cultural flavor and as a natural product profile enhancer of other flavors. Spicy- hot foods are growing in popularity, Common crushed red pepper, red Names flakes partly as a result of a changing demographic that brings other Botanical annuum Name cultures’ culinary traditions. Plant Family Solanaceae But chili peppers aren’t just about Origin Northern China heat. Experienced cooks draw on chili peppers to subtly “bring out” Color bright red-orange, white seeds the other flavors in a dish, rather than provide a main punch. While Flavor complex, subtle flavor, capsicum — the ingredient that gives spicy heat chili peppers their heat — dominates Aroma pungent many sizzling chilis and other fiery dishes, it also works well in mod- eration as a flavor enhancer. A light sprinkle of crushed red pepper can highlight the flavors of a stir-fry with- out turning it hot, for example.

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