7 Ways to Liven Up Dishes With Homemade Chile Paste

What you lose in the convenience of canned paste, you make up for in flavor

Mark Bittman
Heated
Published in
4 min readAug 7, 2020

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Overhead shot of a brown ceramic bowl with chile paste and a spoon in it.
Photo: Aya Brackett

It’s tempting to reach for a can of chile paste when a recipe calls for it, but once you start making it on your own, you’ll realize that whatever you lose in convenience (little), you make up for in flavor.

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Mark Bittman
Heated

Has published 30 books, including How to Cook Everything and VB6: The Case for Part-Time Veganism. Newsletter at markbittman.com.