Recipes

The first time you put aji amarillo in a pasta sauce, it feels like a risk. By the time you're eating it, it feels obvious. Aji amarillo has a natural sweetness, a fruity brightness, and a moderate heat that integrates...

The grain bowl has become shorthand for healthy, put-together eating. Most of them are fine. This one is the reason to make grain bowls. Aji amarillo and sweet potato share a color and a natural sweetness that makes them ideal...

Cauliflower has a problem: left to its own devices, it's bland. It needs fat, heat, and something with actual flavor to become what it's capable of. Aji verde is all three of those things in one jar. Roasted at high...

There's a category of dish that makes your whole house smell like somewhere you want to be. Braised short ribs is at the top of that list. Add aji rojo and it's somewhere in Peru. Rocoto pepper — the base...