Crushed Urfa Chiles

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1/2 Cup Bag (Net: 1.7 oz)

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A darker, spicier chile flake that carries more bite than your typical crushed red peppers or Aleppo chiles. If you're looking for a spicier chile flake with your pizza, pilaf, pasta, or salad, these Urfa biber chiles are the way to go. Crushed Urfa chile flakes rate around a 3-4 in overall heat level. Also known as Isot pepper flakes, these crushed chile flakes from the Turkish town of Urfa. Though Urfa chiles are called “red," they actually are purplish-black in color.

Flavor Profile

Also known as Isot pepper, this Turkish chile pepper is rich, earthy, and smoky with medium low heat (3-4 on a scale of 1-10).

How to Use

Sprinkle Urfa chiles on salad, pasta, pilaf, and pizza. Try Urfa flakes with sauces and marinades, or other condiments. Refrigerate Urfa pepper flakes to extend their flavor.

About The Spice

These premium peppers are picked and cut, dried in the sun by day, then wrapped and sweated at night for more than a week. This sweating process gives the Urfa chiles a rich, earthy flavor and smoky aroma. They rate about a 3-4 on a heat scale of 1-10.

More Information

Pizza: Combine 1 tsp. Urfa chiles with 1 Tbsp. olive oil and brush onto pizza dough before baking.

Urfa Chile Chocolate Truffles Recipe: Whisk 1 tsp. Urfa flakes with 1/4 cup cocoa powder and use as a coating for homemade truffles.

Roast Beef: Sprinkle on 1 tsp. chile flakes per pound beef pot roast with salt & pepper to taste before slow cooking.

Urfa Chile Flakes Q&A

What is an Urfa chile flake?

Urfa chile flakes are made of up crushed and dried purplish, dark red chile peppers from the Turkish town of Urfa.

How do you use Urfa chile flakes?

Use Urfa chile flakes as a spicier & more flavorful substitute on foods where you'd typically apply crushed red pepper flakes.

What is the other name for Urfa chile flakes?

Urfa chile flakes are also known as Isot pepper flakes. Today, Urfa is called Sanliurfa.

Are Urfa chile peppers hot?

Urfa chile peppers are a medium heat that slowly develops over time, around a 3-4 on a scale of 1-10 in spiciness.

Dietary Information

Salt-Free

MSG-Free

Nut-Free

Dairy-Free

Gluten-Free

Onion-Free

Garlic-Free

Black Pepper-Free

Corn-Free

Sweetener-Free

Sugar-Free

Sesame-Free

Vegetarian

Vegan

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