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Chili vs Pasilla - What's the difference?

chili | pasilla |

As nouns the difference between chili and pasilla

is that chili is the pungent/spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with Mexican, Indian, and Tex-Mex cuisine while pasilla is a variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.

As a proper noun Chili

is alternative form of Chile|lang=en.

chili

English

Alternative forms

* chile (US) * chilli (UK)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The pungent/spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with Mexican, Indian and Tex-Mex cuisine.
    • ''The farmers’ market had a wide variety of chilis from anchos to jalapeños to habaneros.
  • A dish made with this fruit and other ingredients, such as beans and beef; chili con carne.
    • I fancy having some chili for dinner tonight. What about you?
  • (uncountable) Powdered chili peppers, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
    • I want to make this pasta spicy so I’m going to add some chili to it.

    Synonyms

    * (pepper) chili pepper * (dish) chili con carne

    Derived terms

    * chili con carne * chili con queso, chili cheese * chili dog * chili sauce * chili pepper

    pasilla

    English

    (wikipedia pasilla)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 18, author=Florence Fabricant, title=A Serving of Kalderetang, and a Guy to Explain It, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Is it worth $9.99 to have someone buy and cook short ribs, shred them, season them with chipotle, arbol and pasilla chilies, mix them with slices of nopales (cactus paddles), fill two soft tortillas with the mixture and slather them with a rich sauce so you can have beef short rib enchiladas with salsa mestiza and cactus for dinner? }}