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Toast
dry pan, medium
ancho chilies, pressing flat, until they puff and smell of raisins — 30 seconds too long and the whole pot turns bitter, which no amount of sugar later will fix; then tear and grind
Step 1 / 8
dry pan, medium
ancho chilies, pressing flat, until they puff and smell of raisins — 30 seconds too long and the whole pot turns bitter, which no amount of sugar later will fix; then tear and grind