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Choricero Pepper

Choricero pepper is a mild, dried red pepper used especially in Spanish sauces, stews, and seafood dishes.

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About Choricero Pepper

Choricero pepper is a mild Spanish red pepper, most often encountered as a mature pepper dried for culinary use. Cooks commonly use it in sauces, stews, braises, seafood dishes, and regional preparations, where it contributes colour, body, and a rounded sweet-pepper note.

The dried pepper has a concentrated sweet-pepper flavour and limited heat. Its flesh becomes pliable after soaking and can be scraped from the skin; seeds and skin may be removed depending on the preparation. Prepared pulp has a softer, more integrated texture than the dried pod.

It is usually sold whole and dried, though jars or containers of extracted choricero pulp are also common. Whole pods are typically narrow to moderately broad, wrinkled, and deep red. Products can differ in size, sweetness, and heat.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Choricero Pepper

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Choricero Pepper nutrition & diet

Choricero Pepper nutritional value

Reference: Pepper, ancho, dried

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
281kcal
Protein
11.9g
Carbs
51.4g
Fat
8.2g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Use the edible dried choricero pepper flesh after removing stem and seeds as appropriate, or identify a rehydrated preparation separately. Drying, soaking, frying, and blending change the reference form. Record whether the product is whole, flaked, puréed, or incorporated into a sauce, and note added oil or salt.

Compare the right form: Match the Spanish choricero pepper variety in its dried whole, rehydrated, flaked, or paste form. Establish edible flesh, seeds, and any commercial additives before comparison.

Diet considerations

Choricero pepper is plant-derived. Compatibility changes when it is prepared with lard, meat stock, seafood, dairy, or cereal-containing sauces, rather than used as a dried pepper alone. A pepper paste or finished stew is not equivalent to the dried ingredient. Portion size and accompanying oil or starch affect the dish’s carbohydrate pattern.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically compatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically compatible
The plain form fits the conventional paleo food groups. Added ingredients and individual interpretations can differ.
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Canadian Nutrient File, 2015 — 4859 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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