- The ancho chile pepper is the dried version of the poblano pepper (from Puebla, Mexico).
- Sweet and chocolatey, with a flavor also slightly reminiscent of raisins, the ancho chile pepper has heat that is mild to medium-hot when whole, and lesser when ground.
- Ancho chile registers between 1,000 and 2,000 Scoville heat units, which means it’s quite mild. For comparison, a bell pepper has from 0–100 units, and a Habanero has 100,000 units.
