Chipotle chili peppers are smoked and dried jalapeño peppers that come from Mexico. They have an amazing deep smoked and spicy flavour that goes amazingly well in sauces, salsas, beans and anything Mexican.
Having spent a year and a half working as a chef in the United States I grew to love chipotle peppers. In the US they aren’t anything gourmet and feature regularly at even the local fast food joint. However, in Australia I had never even heard of them and you rarely see them anywhere.
I recently visited Casa Iberica at 25 Johnston St, Fitzroy and was very excited to find both dried and canned chipotle peppers. They are suppliers of all things Spanish, Portuguese and South American. The dried chipotles were about $6 for a smallish bag but they should go quite a long way. They were surprisingly un-spicy but the flavour is delicious.
I also found a link to Aztec Mexican which seems to sell chipotles as well. They may only be wholesale though and they are way out in Tullamarine.
hi
i am trying to find a supplier for dried chipotle chilli . i am an hour out of sydney do you supply over australia ? or could you recommend a supplier in sydney /
cheers
karen
I can’t recommend one in Sydney but some quick Googling found this website http://www.aztecmexican.com.au/peppers_chilies_tomatillos_and_mandarines.shtml and I imagine they would deliver to Sydney. They have cans of chipotles which from my experience are really good. Maybe they could get in dried as well?
Cheers
Daniel
I got some at casa iberica in fitzroy thanks to this heplful website, I bought a bag of about a dozen for $3.58.
They weigh next to nothing, maybe the best thing would be to see if they’d send you some? They smell amazing cant wait to taste them tonight!!
Hi Karen Lee ,
Google USA foods melbourne , they do have them in stock and you can order on line : )
Hope that helps
Cheers
Brad
Contact Us – mexican food supplier
http://www.aztecmexican.com.au/contact.shtml
this company has many Mexican chilli’s including Chipotle
AZTEC MEXICAN IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ADDRESS : 8A Adina Court, Tullamarine VIC 3043. OPENING HOURS: MONDAY TO THURSDAY 8AM TO 4PM