The pot
Sear, toast, reduce. A stockpot is a different stew. Pack the Dutch oven when the red should coat a spoon. Lopez-Alt writes Texas chile con carne as that pot job. ICS Traditional Red still disqualifies beans. The pot does not settle the beans argument. The rule sheet does.
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service: refrigerate leftovers within two hours. Divide a big pot into shallow containers. A Dutch oven holds heat. The clock starts when the pot leaves the burner. Do not leave a six-quart pot on the table through a Lake Eola evening and call it cooling.
Pack the two bags with the pot, not after. Stem and seed before the soak so the puree is chile, not stem. Toast until fragrant, not black. Lopez-Alt's Texas chile con carne is meat, dried chile, and time in that pot. This set does not include beans. ICS Traditional Red and CASI disqualify them. ICS Homestyle requires them. Read the sheet you are cooking under before you add a can.
Pack a Dutch oven when the red should coat a spoon. Get this.
Two dried fruits
Ancho is body. Guajillo is color and tang. Chipotle stays a heat lever, not the first bag. USDA FoodData Central lists Peppers, ancho, dried as its own food. Guajillo is dried mirasol. One bag of mixed chili peppers is not this set. Taste the puree. If it is only sweet, you shorted guajillo. If it is thin and hot, you skipped ancho.
Ancho for body. Get this. Guajillo for color and tang. Get this.
Toast, soak, puree
Toast in the dry pot until the kitchen smells like chile, not smoke. Cover with hot water. Soak until the fruit bends. Stem and seed first so the blender is chile, not stem. Blend with some of the soak water. That puree is the sauce. It is not a can of chili powder. Arbol and chipotle wait. They are heat, not body. Compare the two fruits on ancho vs guajillo.
Masa if it needs a finish
Masa harina is a thickener and a corn finish, not a house recipe. Stir a spoon of it into a little water, then into the pot near the end. It is optional. A tightening Dutch oven already does most of that job. Do not dump a cup in because a photo looked thick.
Masa harina if the pot needs a corn finish. Get this.
If the pot and the two bags are still missing, Get this.
Order of the kit
Dutch oven. Ancho. Guajillo. Toast, soak, puree. Masa only if the sauce needs a corn finish. Leftovers in shallow containers within two hours. A fridge magnet is a different object. It does not thicken a pot. Compare the pot against a stockpot on Compare. Reviews: Reviews. Kits: Kits.