Uses For Arizona Chili Spices

By Essie Osborn


What can be better than a big bowl of hot chili on a cold night? The spicy taste of it is enough to warm you from the inside out. Many people are constantly looking for the perfect spice combination to create this amazing dish of beef, tomatoes and beans tied together with the sharp taste of onion and other ingredients. Using Arizona chili spices may be the answer to their problems.

There are numerous companies, both large and small, that produce seasoning packets for South Western dishes. Some come with warning labels because they are so hot to taste. If you are shopping online you will not be able to access the ingredients until you receive your purchase in the mail. Most have varied degrees of heat and the packages are marked with the information you need. Virtually all will be spicy and you will want to experiment with how much to use before serving guests.

What many people do not know is that these spices have a wide range of uses. They can be used for meat rubs when roasting or grilling a large cut of meat. They can also be used as seasoning in other dishes where just a pinch of the mixture will perk up an otherwise bland dish. Some people go so far as to put them on the table in a pepper shaker and use them as they would salt and pepper.

The people who make the mixes often dry their own ingredients prior to mixing them. They support the local farmers by purchasing all of their fresh produce from farmers markets and use them to achieve the freshest flavors. Once dried they turn the produce to powder before mixing them together.

Because they are organically grown and processed these mixes contain no unhealthy ingredients that people do not want in their food today. They have no preservatives added such as gluten or MSG and the salt in most of them is sea salt. Very little salt of any kind is used because it can interfere with the natural flavors of the other components.

The larger producers of these packets have special prices for large purchasers. They have a whole sale pricing list that is used for large distributors of their goods. They have corporate discounts for large food producing enterprises who use their products. They also have gift packages that the customer can put together from products they have tried or packages that are pre-assembled with a sampling of many products in one basket.

Other products are offered by the manufacturers in the form of flavor enhancing pastes for meat dishes. They can be used to step up the flavor in stews or as seasoning for poultry and fish. There are a number of hot sauces and other products to help with cooking your meals.

Most recipes call for them to be complete in just a little over an hour and this can be a good thing for working people. The ease of preparation and the consistent good flavor you will achieve using these seasonings may be the best reason to continue using them.




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