Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A ripe jalapeño pepper that has been dried and smoked for use in cooking.
Wiktionary
- adj. Seasoned with or flavored by chipotles.
- n. A ripe jalapeño pepper, dried and smoked for use in cooking.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking
Etymologies
- American Spanish, from Nahuatl xipotli.
Examples
“I suppose a few of their regulars might call it chipotle ketchup.”
“Smoky flavor + heat: 1 dried chipotle chili (1 canned chili in chipotle sauce) + 1 tbsp olive oil to form an emulsion”
“Eleven salmon steaks, slathered in chipotle sauce, sizzled over the fire that night.”
“While staying at Alamos 'beautiful Hacienda de los Santos, I taught a cooking course which included this version of filet mignon in chipotle sauce.”
Filet Mignon with Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce: Filete de Res al Chipotle
“I agree, however, one dried chipotle is good in beans.”
“Had we all had drinks in our hands the waiter would have been soaked by spillage. and the word chipotle is getting on my nerves.”
“A chipotle is a dried jalapeño with a wonderful, smokey flavor.”
“The main reason I can’t stand chipotle is the smell that emanates from the 42nd & 5th location.”
“And while fried catfish are so flaky and juicy they don’t need a sauce, I like to dip them in chipotle-lime mayonnaise.”
“When smoked and dried, the jalapeño is called a chipotle and is pickled in a sweet-and-hot brown sugar and vinegar marinade.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chipotle’.
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Tricky Words from Spanish
Loanwords from Spanish -- some established, others more wet behind the ears -- that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember.
chipotle, temblor, olla podrida, arroyo, stevedore, guacamole, vaquero, serape, calaboose, Popocatépetl, jalapeño, maquiladora and 4 more...
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