favorite What is your favorite smoky pepper that is not smoked?!😳

[The Hot Pepper]

Fresh or dried but not smoked. Perhaps you find an ancho smoky.

I'll go first. Jamaican Hot Chocolate. I've only had it dried as powder but it has this really cool smoky profile.

If you answer, make sure your specify if it is fresh or dried. Go!

 

[Voodoo 6]

mein got, the impossible question...I am going to submit this to the Max Planck Institute of physics for further analysis...

 

[HerbCasa]

What about fresh
Chile de Arbol?

Aren't they a Lil smokey before smoking

 

[Voodoo 6]

There was an older thread which mentions the Cappuccino Chiltepin, never had one however. The Chile de arbol makes some killer salsa, I have the taste buds of a 2 year old, so cant determine smoky, unless its actually smoked.

Cheers!

 

[ahayastani]

Fresh or dried but not smoked. Perhaps you find an ancho smoky.

I'll go first. Jamaican Hot Chocolate. I've only had it dried as powder but it has this really cool smoky profile.

If you answer, make sure your specify if it is fresh or dried. Go!

I've got a chiltepin from N Mexico - Sonora or Sinaloa, don't remember - that has a very good smoky profile when dried. My favourite. Berrypods dry on the plant.

 

[Bou]

Ethiopian brown/Berbere pepper/Mareko Fana or whaterver they can be called to me fresh they have a little but still noticeable smoky backbone that gets amplified once dry. One of my favorite C. annuum!

 

[DWB]

Interesting question that makes me ruminate a bit. So my answers are a little OT and bassackwards but I've never had a smoky pepper that I like and have never had a smoked pepper (except chipotle and arbol) to like or dislike. Ghost peppers always taste smoky to me, whether fresh or dried. I don't like them either way and I always thought it's because they taste smoky. Go figure.

I have a small seal a meal brick of smoked serrano someone gave me some time ago. I guess I should open that and try some. OK, I got that out of my system now

 

[The Hot Pepper]

I've never had a smoky pepper that I like and have never had a smoked pepper (except chipotle and arbol) to like or dislike.

Arbol are not smoked but they are smoky, so perhaps you did like one?

 

[BellPepperBrian]

It’s a staple in my kitchen, the poblano and its dried representative the ancho.

When I want just a hint of smoky flavor in a salsa or dish these are what i reach for. I’m also in love with just pan frying a poblano and snacking on it!