BUENO Medium Hot Red Chile Powder - Special Reserve Chimayo Chile Powder - Made from New Mexico Dried Red Chile Peppers - 6 Ounce Bag

Bueno is a good brand when you’re outside NM and need your chile. Most grocery stores don’t understand hot green chile.

This has a good flavor, but it said video of a hot it was not hot at all

I couldn't taste anything, or detect any aroma at all until I warmed the spice in an equal amount of oil. That made a paste. Then I tasted a larger quantity and found a very nice smoky, toasted, red pepper flavor. Initially disappointed but pleased after preparing the spice in some oil. I spread the paste thickly on the inside of a tortilla and made quesadillas. It has a nice flavor and is not really spicy hot.

Well, technically, I prefer the frozen version of this, but this all-dry version is easy to store. I used to live in New Mexico, and I'm very familiar with this brand. It's real NM chile (which makes a difference – the NM cultivars have been especially bred for a century or so for maximum flavorfulness, and are quite distinctive). This pureed dried kind is what you usually want for general red chile sauce, to use for huevos rancheros, carne adovada, etc. (just add a little water and you're done!), but also as the base, with various herbs and spices like cumin, coriander, and sage, and Mexican oregano, for home-made taco sauce, enchilada sauce, or even Tex-Mex chili.I really like this Special Reserve variant. It's a hint spicier than the regular Bueno, richer, and slightly sweet (naturally, not sweetened). It beats the pants of using generic red chile/chili powder. For coarse chile caribe, I use Loma Vista brand, though.

We eat a lot of New Mexico chile in our house, being big fans of both Hatch chile and chimayo chile, which is absolutely the best flavor for authentic red chili. This chile powder does not disappoint and is at the most reasonable price we could find for chimayo chile powder. A little goes a long way - and for all of our dishes where we include a red chile sauce, this is absolutely the best to use. We did not buy the extra hot, the medium provides enough heat but an abundance of flavor which is what you want. We have friends that don't like very spicy dishes that absolutely rave about my red chili and my adovada. Highly recommend you purchase and decide for yourself. You won't regret it.

Product as described. Fast shipping. Bueno good as always

New Mexico will always be my heart's home, so being able to order Bueno products makes me happy!

looks, tastes more like NM red. right amount of spice.