guajillo
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A dried chili pepper from Mexico with mild heat and rich red color
- noun
- /ɡwɑːˈhiːjoʊ/
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guajillo
- In many Mexican dishes, guajillo chiles add a deep red color and a mild heat.
- guajillo chile
- guajillo chilies
- dried guajillo
Examples
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The chef spiced the stew with guajillo peppers to enhance its rich flavor.
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Guajillo's, 1001 NW Loop 410, which calls itself San Antonio's "shortcut to Mexico," is one of a number of restaurants serving cool drinks.
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Rosa's La Villa Taqueria is also one of the few shops in town to offer tacos with birria—goat slow-cooked in a guajillo chile sauce.
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To make mole sauce, you need to blend soaked dried guajillo chiles with other ingredients for flavor.
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Etymology
The word guajillo comes from Spanish and is a small form of guaje, a native plant name from Nahuatl, with the Spanish ending -illo meaning 'little'. So guajillo literally means 'little guaje' and came to name the small, dried Mexican chili known for its mild heat, rich flavor, and red color.