Last time I talked about adding chili peppers to your traditional Jewish recipes to create new exciting dishes. This time I’d like to give you a few pointers on cooking with hot chilies. It is important to remember when handling chili peppers that they contain oils that can burn and irritate your skin and eyes, so you need to take extra precautions when handling them.
To handle fresh chili peppers when preparing them you may want to wear latex gloves. This will prevent your skin from being burnt by the volatile oils that the chilies contain. If you don’t have gloves, wash your hands right after handling the chilies to prevent skin irritation. Finally, don’t rub your eyes after handling a chili pepper, even if your only contact was with the exterior of the pepper.
There are several ways to prepare a chili pepper. You can dice it and add it to a stew or soup, you can fire roast it, you can bake it or you can pickle it. If you have a recipe that calls for a roasted chili pepper and you have a gas stove then all you have to do is turn on a burner and place the chili on the flame directly. Turn it as the skin chars using your fingers or a pair of tongs. If you are not up to this challenge, or if you have an electric range, then place the chili on a cookie sheet, move the rack to the top level and broil the chili, turning it once to make sure the entire chili is directly exposed to your heat source.
Chilies can spice up all sorts of special Jewish recipes including slimming low fat Jewish recipes and other traditional Jewish food recipes.
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There are several ways that you can mix things up when cooking. One way is to experiment with chilies and peppers. These spicy ingredients can improve the taste and excitement of your dishes as well as provide you with several health advantages. Studies conducted on the properties of chilies have shown that the oils in some hot peppers can actually fight the virus that causes the common cold, and the compound capsacin found in chilis can be used as a pain reliever. Other research has also shown that spicy food can actually super charge your metabolism and help you to increase the number of calories that you are able to burn each day.
When shopping for a chili pepper you will want to make sure that you select a chili or pepper that has the heat that is appropriate for your dish. If you are not familiar with chilies then remember this rule of thumb: smaller chilies tend to be hotter than larger chilies. Chili hotness is generally posted next to the chili at the supermarket.
Selecting a good fresh chili or pepper in the supermarket is very simple, all you have to do is look at the appearance of the chili or pepper. Good peppers and chilies will be brightly colored, the skin will not be bruised or damaged and the chili will be firm. If you make an indent in the chili’s skin when you squeeze it gently, or if the chili is limp, then it has already passed its prime. Don’t buy it.
Spicing up traditional Jewish recipes, chicken recipes and beef recipes is easy to do. Simply add a diced chili that will compliment your other ingredients.
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