What is the difference between Cayenne Pepper and Chili Powder?

Question

They both look and smell alike? Does it really matter if you interchange them in a recipe?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Cayenne pepper is the mixture of finely ground powder precedent from dried fruits of hot varieties of tropical red chili. Cayenne chili sizes range from 2 to 5 inches length and about ½ inch diameter. They are green and yellow when unripe, turning bright red when matured. The plant grows to 6 1/2 ft (2 m) and it has thickly branching stems, long pod-like, ovate fruits, and small flat seeds.



The cayenne pepper is a hot, red chili pepper used to flavor dishes and for medicinal purposes.

While Chili powder is a powder consisting purely or mainly of powdered hot chili pepper, most commonly either red peppers or cayenne peppers.

Answer 2

Chili Powder Vs Cayenne Pepper

Answer 3

Good question. Also, is chili spice the same as chili powder or chili pepper?



Cayenne pepper is a specific hot pepper that is dried and ground.



When recipes call for chili powder, It's difficult to know if they mean powdered chili pepper (one plant in the spice) or a a spice combination for chili soup--usually including paprika, oregano,and cayenne pepper.



If your chili powder looks and smells like cayenne, it might be, or it is another hot pepper very similar to cayenne.

Answer 4

Cayenne is one type of chile pepper. It is very spicy when fresh, but it’s heat fades quickly in the spice cabinet. You can get them dried whole, or ground into a powder (more common); made just from grinding the cayenne pepper and is a sharpe hotness, with a course smokey mildness.





Chili powder is a blend of several spices, including some ceyenne. That’s what is used for lots of southwestern cooking and “chili” soup/stew; can be any blend of many different dried chilli peppers so can vary in taste and hotness.

Traditional chilli is always used in Asian cookery to make currys, along with the traditional chilli con carne.

Some European recipes require the cayenne for it’s balance within a certain dish.

Answer 5

Cayenne is made just from grinding the cayenne pepper and is a sharpe hotness, with a course smokey mildness. Chilli powder can be any blend of many different dried chilli peppers so can vary in taste and hotness. Traditional chilli is always used in Asian cookery to make currys, along with the traditional chilli con carne. Some European recipes require the cayenne for it's balance within a certain dish.

Answer 6

You can interchange them but for your information read bellow:



Chili powder, chile powder or chilli powder (British English) is a powder consisting purely or mainly of powdered hot chili pepper, most commonly either red peppers or cayenne peppers, which are both of the species Capsicum annuum.



It can be made from virtually any hot pepper including ancho, Cayenne, Jalapeño, New Mexico, and pasilla chilis.



It is often pure powdered chili, but if made as a spice mix, other ingredients may include cumin, oregano, garlic powder, and salt. Some mixes may even include black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, mace, nutmeg, or turmeric. As a result of the various different potential additives, the spiciness of any given chili powder is variable.

Answer 7

The difference is chili powder is made frm a combination of diff spices whereas a cayenne pepper is a pure natural pepper in its natural state without any additives or chemicals added. It prob wuldnt hurt the recipe buhut for freshness purposes id stick to the cayenne pepper! Good luck!

Answer 8

chili powder usually has cayenne pepper powder or red pepper powder.



So cayenne pepper is a pepper while chili powder is a combination of spices.

Answer 9

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What is the difference between Cayenne Pepper and Chili Powder?

They both look and smell alike? Does it really matter if you interchange them in a recipe?

Thanks!

Answer 10

Chili peppers comes in all different varieties. So it would be fine to use cayenne pepper if you would like in your chili.

Some varieties of peppers used for chili are:

Ancho

Cascabel

Cayenne

Cherry

Habanero or Scotch Bonnet (very hot)

Hungarian

Jalapeno

Poblano

Serrano

I use chili ancho in our house. Then, I add a lot as it is so mild you can not add to much. (smile) I also like to add cumin to my chili.

Answer 11

Generic paprika is mild. Hungarian paprika (the best is from the town of Szeged) is available in sweet and hot powdered versions, although the sweet variety is what we usually associate with paprika, used in dishes such as chicken paprikash and Hungarian goulash. There are also Spanish paprikas on the market, which are smoked.



Generic chili powder is a rather harsh mix of various chili peppers, cumin, oregano, salt and dehydrated garlic. A better alternative to "chili powder" is to purchase chili powders made from one specific type of chili. McCormick's is now marketing, along with their "chili powder", other PURE chili powders. "Ancho Chili Powder" is sweet, slightly smokey, and a bit hot, and is absolutely fabulous for chili con carne. Ancho chilis are dried, smoked poblano chilis. You can also buy chipotle chili powder, as well as others. By buying the pure chili powders, you have more control over the ingredients and flavours (and the amount of salt) that are going into your cooked foods.

Answer 12

I've often wondered this myself, especially as South Asian shops, which I generally use for spices, rarely stock anything called 'cayenne pepper', but always have 'chilli powder'. Last time I asked the shopkeeper, and he said it's pure chilli powder. So while it might not be cayenne, it is chilli, not a mix, and we've been using it as such without any problems.

Answer 13

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Cayenne is vey hot. Chili powder not spicy at all.

Answer 14

chili pepper is more spicy. cayenne pepper is pretty much black pepper.



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