Chiles & Heat
Guajillo, Whole
$9 3 oz bag
Gentle warmth
Glossy, brick-red pods with cranberry tang and green-tea softness. The workhorse chile.
Ships flat-rate $6 in the lower 48, or free pickup in the West Bottoms.
From behind the counter
If your salsa roja tastes flat, it is missing these. Our guajillos come from a single grower cooperative in Zacatecas, dried slow so the skins stay pliable and the fruit stays loud. Toast two pods in a dry skillet and your kitchen will explain the rest.
Tastes like
- dried cranberry
- green tea
- mild sustained warmth
Put it on
- Salsa roja and enchilada sauce
- Braised short ribs
- Pozole nights
Origin Zacatecas, Mexico
