8oz Ancho Dried Whole Chile Peppers, Chili Seco Pods for Authentic Mexican Food, Heat-Sealed Resealable Bag by 1400s Spices

Excellent chilies peppers use them in my Christmas tamales this year. Great tasting sauce very fresh chili pods, darken the sauce to make it richer, smoky taste, not dry and crunchy like the ones in the store.

1. These ancho chilies are half the price of those in my grocery store. 2. More important, they taste better. the ones from the store are dry with a paper like texture. These are more leathery. They have a stronger smell. 3. The heat level is where it's supposed to be, tingly, not overpowering. I remove the stems and seeds, heat them in a cast iron pan for a few seconds, simmer them in pot with beef stock for a half hour then put them in a blender. it makes a great base for chili and a lot of other dishes.

I couldn’t find anchos in my local store for a while so purchased these ones, but while I was waiting for them to arrive my store restocked so I grabbed a pack of the supermarket brand and when the 1400s Anchos arrived I did a taste test to see if the extra cost on these was worth it. I can say with a resounding YES that the 1400s anchos blew the store brand out of the water! Right out of the pack the1400s Anchos are far softer and more pliable making it easier to deseed them without dry fragments and seeds flying all over your kitchen. Aroma wise these have an intense wonderful rich dried fruit smell compared to the store brand which had much less aroma, and were a little sour smelling. Flavor wise the 1400s were sweet-sour ending in sweet earthiness with a rich full flavor. The store brand had very little sweetness just a strong sour flavor. Hands down the 1400s Ancho chiles were superior in every way making the price difference worth every penny! No more grocery store Anchos for me! If this review has been helpful to you, you might like to check out my profile. I post a lot of cookbook, ingredient and kitchen tool reviews. Happy cooking (and eating)

Awesome product! The smell when you open the bag is just wonderful.

If you want an authentic chili pepper,This is your go to! Great flavor! Great heat flavor! Was a great choice for our Texas bowl of chili, hot sausages!

Very very dry. I would still buy again

Nice and meaty, great flavor. They were fresh and easy to work with.

Exactly as expected

Good and flavourful peppers! I’m so happy I can order them online.

Aromatic and delicious. These worked really well in my chili. Quality item.

So handy to have and easily reconstituted. Not too spicy

I made chili powder with these and Guajillo peppers-terrific

I used this product to create my own chili spice.