We all crave that special ingredient to make our everyday dishes easier—and McCormick's 2025 flavor of the year is a bold option to add to your pantry: ají amarillo. Its vibrant pepper is sweet and ...

In 2012, we were asked to grow Aji Amarillo peppers for one of our customers. They are used extensively in Peruvian cuisine, but here in the U.S. they are often in short supply, and chefs are limited ...

Make it non-spicy. If spicy food isn’t your thing, you can use a non-spicy aji amarillo paste, which is just as bright and ...

I used to take pride in eating the hottest chiles I could. I went up the ranks of the Scoville scale, dosing myself with Thai bird chiles, Scotch bonnets, habaneros, Trinidad Moruga scorpions and bhut ...

This story was originally published on Food Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Food Dive newsletter. Aji Amarillo features fruity, tropical notes with moderate heat.

Some people get excited about big TV appearances and book releases, but you probably already know that I'm not really one of them. What gets me going are smaller things: four-year-olds who love the ...

Aji amarillo is McCormick’s 2025 flavor of the year. It’s a staple in Peruvian cuisine. The 2025 flavor of the year is here. Spicemaker McCormick has named "aji amarillo" seasoning as its flavor of ...

Gone are the days when cayenne and Tabasco peppers were the predominant source of spice on Southern tables. Now our meals are enlivened with a wide range of peppers, many, like the cayenne, native to ...