Profile: The ancho chile's older, darker cousin. This elegant pepper's delicate raisin-prune flavor and gentle heat necessitate velvet hands. Any mole recipe needs these entire mulato chilies.

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Mulato chiles are dried poblano peppers. In this example, the poblano is allowed to grow until it turns vivid red. The outcome is a significantly spicier pepper. The dried poblano peppers are much more bitter and have a stronger raisin flavor when mulato.

They are essential for authentic moles and add intrigue to any chili with carne. Make a base for dark chocolate ice cream or blackberry sorbet with roasted and ground mulato chile.