Pickled Chipotle Chiles

In xico, this version of chiles secos curtidos is so popular that you find housewives setting up little tables on the doorsteps and selling pickled chiles to passersby. The chile seco of the title refers to the particularly bright-flavored variety of chipotles more commonly called chile morita. If you can find them, you will find the flavor of these pickled chiles especially fresh and floral.

This recipe is from Odilia Suárez Hernández, the wife of Xico’s