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A Spicy Cinco de Mayo Breakfast
Happy Cinco de Mayo! We hope you’re having fun celebrating the day in the best way possible. We’re celebrating the way we love to celebrate – with food. And we’re doing it homemade. With chili peppers, of course. We roasted up some jalapeno peppers and incorporated them into a couple different breakfast recipes. I wanted Mexican style breakfast tacos, while Jalapeno Miss wanted an omelet. No problem! Get your Cinco on today.
A Cinco de Mayo Menu
Cinco de Mayo (May 5th, that is) celebrates the victory of the Mexican army in 1862 over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). It is not a major holiday in Mexico, but has been embraced in the United States by Mexican-American populations, and has grown in popularity over the years. Mexicans and non-Mexicans enjoy celebrating the holiday for the sheer act of celebrating, which typically include Mexican traditions, and that includes Mexican cuisine.
Chipotle-Bacon-Bourbon Barbecue Sauce
This is by far one of our favorite barbecue style sauces over at Chili Pepper Madness. With the weather turning warmer, it’s time to bust out the grills and get your smoke on. The great thing about barbecue sauce is that it goes on just about anything, and this sauce is no exception. We like to make it ahead of time and let it sit in the refrigerator so we can use it all week. Try it out on anything you can grill – fish, pork, beef, chicken. It is so good.
An Interview with Doug Lins of Scoville Brothers Gourmet Hot Sauces
I recently spoke with Doug Link of Scoville Brothers Gourmet Hot Sauces. He shared a bit about his business of hot sauce making. If you’ve ever considered selling your own hot sauce, it is best to learn from those already doing it.
Smoked Pork Loin with 7 Pot Barrackpore Rub
Cooking with superhot chili peppers is fun. Did I really just say “fun”? Absolutely. There are few things more life affirming that cooking with some of the hottest foods in the world. Lucky for me there are more and more varieties of superhot available to cook with. Case in point – the 7 Pot Barrackpore. I got a hold of some of these in their dried form and ground them up into a spicy rub to season a center cut pork loin, then smoked it with apple wood chips for several hours. The result? Spice heaven! The meat was fork tender, spicy, and highly flavorful. I served it over a butternut squash-roasted red pepper puree and topped it with apple matchsticks and a bit of hot pepper jelly. An excellent combination.
Plant Chili Peppers for Earth Day
Happy Earth Day, everyone! We know that most of you will be encouraged to plant a tree in honor of Earth Day. While you’re at it, try your hand at gardening as well. A garden is a wonderful way to support the Earth and also for eating fresh and healthy. Chili peppers are a perfect garden choice, delivering a huge variety, numerous health benefits of chili peppers, idea flavors and addictive spice. Plant your chili peppers today for Earth Day!
Help I married a Chilihead – Spice Blends
Being married to a Chilihead for nearly 17 years, I have noticed a major transformation. I have not just become a chilihead myself, but I find that I really need spice. And I mean on everything. I add spice to food before Mike sometimes. I can’t stand bland food anymore. Everything Mike cooks has bold flavors and 95% of the time is spicy. I am so into doctoring up meals when dining out at restaurants that even my friends know I have the spices in my purse and I’ll likely be pulling them out.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipes – with Chili Peppers
Would you ever think of chili peppers when considering a grilled cheese sandwich? Considering you’re visiting “Chili Pepper Madness”, I’m sure the idea has crossed your mind, but what is the best way to incorporate your chili peppers and still highlight the cheese? Cheese and chili peppers go way back. Think “Chiles Rellenos” or “Jalapeno Poppers”. No better combination exists than chili peppers and cheese, except, perhaps, for chili peppers and beer, but let’s save that for another post.
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