How it's used
Used in sauces, stews, marinades, and spice blends.
Herbs & Spices
chilli
Hot spice from ground dried peppers.
- Usual recipe measure
- Usually measured in g
- Recipes using this ingredient
- 6 recipes shown
Your kitchen
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In the kitchen
Substitutes
cayennesmoked paprika
Pairs well with
The vitamin C in fresh chilli aids iron absorption from other ingredients in the same meal.
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Recipes that use chilli
MealLatin American
Cocoa-Chilli Toasted Oats
Warm toasted oats in a silky cocoa, cinnamon and chilli base, with caramelised banana, orange, peanut ripple and cacao crunch.
Open recipeMealEast Asian
Edamame Nori Breakfast Onigiri Box
A savoury breakfast bento with two cross-wrapped edamame brown-rice onigiri, a salty miso-sesame centre, layered tofu tamagoyaki and chilli cucumber pickle.
Open recipeMealGlobal
Umami Bean Toast
A post-exercise breakfast โ warm umami-forward bean mash on wholemeal toast, topped with blistered spiced tomato, crispy chickpeas, pumpkin seeds and sumac.
Open recipeMealMediterranean
Tuscan Toast Stack
A fuller Mediterranean beans-on-toast breakfast: white beans simmered with tomato, mushrooms, kale, garlic and smoked paprika, finished with nutritional yeast, pumpkin seeds and hemp.
Open recipeMealAmerican
Ultimate Mac Attack
Creamy white-bean mac and cheese with wholegrain pasta, just-tender broccoli, edamame and a deeply crisp breadcrumb finish.
Open recipeMealAfrican
Moi Moi Magic
A traditional Nigerian steamed pudding of blended black-eyed peas, peppers and onion, set in ramekins over a slow steam - savoury, dense and deeply peppery.
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What 100 g contributes
Nutrition summary
At a glance
Higher inVitamin AVitamin EFibre
Calories
321kcal
15% cal
Protein
12.0g
37% cal
Carbs
29.4g
48% cal
Fat
17.3g
Small numbers, big impact
Everyday essentials
Fibre27.20g
Vitamin B120.00ฮผg
Vitamin D0.00ฮผg
Iodine0.00ฮผg
Iron7.80mg
Zinc2.48mg
Calcium148.00mg
Nutrition values are estimates and can vary with variety, brand, cooking method and water content.