Chili powder

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Chili powder (also spelled chile powder) is a generic name for any powdered spice mix composed chiefly of chili peppers, most commonly either red peppers or cayenne peppers, which are both of the species Capsicum annuum. But it can be made from virtually any hot pepper including Ancho, Cayenne, Chipolte, New Mexico, and Pasilla chiles. The spice mix may simply be pure powdered chilis, or it may have other additives, especially cumin, oregano, and garlic. [1][2] Some mixes may even include black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, mace, nutmeg, or turmeric.[citation needed] As a result of the various different potential additives, the spiciness of any given chili powder is incredibly variable. As a rule, the purer the chili powder is, the more spicy it is.

Use of powdered chili peppers can be traced, at its earliest, to Indian cuisine, where such powders were used in curry dishes, but today they are especially popular in American cuisine, where they are the primary flavor ingredient in chili con carne. The first commercial blends of chili powder in the U.S. were created in the 1890s by D.C. Pendery and William Gebhardt for precisely this dish. [3]


  1. ^ Brown, Alton (2004-08-18), The Big Chili, Food Network, <http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_28230,00.html>. Retrieved on 2007-09-11
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Eleanor (June 1997), How to Make Your Own Chili Powder; or, Some Like it Hot, Texas Cooking Online, Inc., <http://www.texascooking.com/features/jun97chilepowder.htm>. Retrieved on 2007-09-11
  3. ^ DeWitt, Dave & Gerlach, Nancy (2003), Chili Conquers the U.S.A., Fiery-Foods.com, <http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/chiliconcarne2.asp>. Retrieved on 2007-09-11
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