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Grace Choi
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Courtney Knapp
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Mario Bueno
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Karin Olsen
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Edison Music Corp
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Dew Gueramian
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Some like it hot, and some like it scalding, but learning the right way to cut a chile will ensure you maintain your cool.
Quickly rinse the chile pepper under cold running water or use a damp paper towel to wipe any dirt from the chile.
To avoid painful or harmful irritation, do not touch your eyes, nose, or mucus membranes while handling hot chiles. If the chiles are particularly hot, wear rubber gloves.
Place the chile in the center of a cutting board and cut off the stem just below the curve.
Slice the chile in half lengthwise from stem to end.
With the paring knife, cut away the seeds and the thin whitish ribs (also called ‘membranes’).
If you want as much heat as possible, leave the membranes and seeds intact, but the pepper is usually plenty hot—and more aesthetically pleasing—with membranes and seeds removed.
Your chile is now prepped for cutting however you like: slice it, dice it, chop it, or drop it…into a food processor.
Wash your hands and utensils thoroughly.
The Scoville scale ranks the heat of chiles by measuring their chemical compound capsaicin; while sweet bell peppers are a zero, habaneros can measure up to 300,000 units.
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Comments (3)
I think you mean "paring" knife, not "pairing". Where's that Howcast on spelling...
over 4 years ago by epukinsk
Yep. And in any event, I would use a chef's knife, not a paring knife.
over 2 years ago by Cornelius
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about 1 year ago by Piza_Brand
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