It’s usually what you call a dried Poblano pepper. I have three plants growing in my yard this year. They just started blooming, but so far nothing produced (crossing fingers hoping for some Poblanos).
They have a very dark rich green coloring. They are often stuffed or dried, or used in recipes. When they are dried, they are sometimes called ancho peppers and they look like this:
So why the two names? The Poblano is usually reserved for the green variety and the ancho for the ripened. Though the origin of the two names has been forgotten in the USA, this still holds true in Mexico. Negli Stati Uniti la gente fa seccare il Poblano e lo chiama Ancho, che in realtà è improprio, ma solo un appassionato di peperoni o qualcuno con radici in Messico saprebbe la differenza.
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It’s usually what you call a dried Poblano pepper. I have three plants growing in my yard this year. They just started blooming, but so far nothing produced (crossing fingers hoping for some Poblanos).
So a Poblano pepper looks like this:
By PureJadeKid at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, File:PasillaKnife.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
They have a very dark rich green coloring. They are often stuffed or dried, or used in recipes. When they are dried, they are sometimes called ancho peppers and they look like this:
By User:Carstor - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, File:Capsicum annuum ancho dried.jpg
When green, or if they are allowed to ripen before drying, they look like this:
What Is an Ancho Chile Pepper?
So why the two names? The Poblano is usually reserved for the green variety and the ancho for the ripened. Though the origin of the two names has been forgotten in the USA, this still holds true in Mexico. Negli Stati Uniti la gente fa seccare il Poblano e lo chiama Ancho, che in realtà è improprio, ma solo un appassionato di peperoni o qualcuno con radici in Messico saprebbe la differenza.