The USA loves its Chillies
America is a country that loves its Chillies. Go to a farmers market, and you are sure to find someone selling Chillies, from the very hottest to mild varieties like Jalapenos. Most supermarkets have a great selection of hot sauces, BBQ rubs and, pickled Chillies Indeed, some supermarkets dedicate whole isles to hot sauces alone.
They are that popular. And that's not even taking the fresh Chillies in their fruit and vegetable sections into account.
So where besides at the ever-popular barbeques do Chillies get used in American cooking ? In an article by CCN Travel – American food – the 50 greatest dishes now fewer than thirteen dishes with Chillies feature. At the top of the list of spicy food foods on the list is Nachos. Nachos are followed in order of ranking by Pizza, Green Chile Stew, Po Boys, Frito pie, barbeque ribs, Buffalo wings, Enchiladas, Jambalaya, Fajitas and, Jerky. he top of CNN of America's favourite food list was Thanksgiving. Even Thanksgiving can have spicy dishes with Chillies like Spicy scalloped sweet potato , Mango-Habanero Glazed Ham and spicy green bean casserole.
Other foods that appear on the list that do not traditionally have Chillies in them. These dishes may have spicy variations . These dishes are fried chicken, hot dogs, meatloaf, spicy grits, Mac and Cheese and cheeseburgers.
A final note
That's not even counting the other favourite foods in the USA that don't appear on the list. Dishes like Chili, Chili con carne, Burritos, Quesadillas tacos , devilled eggs and Jalapeno poppers, ( to name but a few ) all are made with Chillies. There are many more recipes from the USA for dishes made with Chillies.
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