Help! Where do I find chipotles in adobo sauce?

[Lauren]

Recently I've noticed several CL recipes that call for chipotle chilies in adobo sauce. I have looked high and low, but can't find them in my large market. I live between Boston and Providence and never before had a problem finding an ingredient.

Any suggestions on where to find them? I have purchased the dried chipotles in the produce section of the market. Anyone else in New England able to find these babies?

Thanks in advance!

[Laura B]

If you cannot find them in the ethnic section of your grocery store and/or if you do not have an ethnic market near you, a great source for the chipotles in adobo and many other ingredients is www.ethnicgrocer.com (http://www.ethnicgrocer.com) . I have used that site many times and have always been pleased with it.

[Melman]

I haven't had a problem finding them at any of the stores in this not-so-big town in SC. They're usually crammed between the refried beans, enchilada sauce, chilies, and other cans in the Mexican food section of the store. It's a smaller can (7-ounces) than the refried beans, etc. Good luck!

[Lynn B]

I live in Podunk http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif and our local Walmart (Supercenter) has them right where Melman describes. 77 cents a can! Woo Hoo!!!!

Lynn

[BosunsWife]

It also helps if the area in which you live has a larger hispanic population. The commisary where I shop in Hawaii doesn't carry them, but I have found a local market that does. But the price is dear, about $2.00 a 4 oz. can! Thank goodness when I posted my very first thread here asking how to store them, someone suggested freezing them. Helps me justify that $2.00 price tag. On the flip side, my mom lives in a farming community in Washington State which has a large hispanic population and she can get them very inexpensively and said she will bring me a few cans when she comes to visit.

[SusanL]

La Morena is the brand I get, same place Melman mentioned. Two dollars a can, Oh My!! La Morena is 7 oz., we also have a Goya brand, smaller can. Don't you just love them??

[maccmedia]

Hi Lauren -
I looked again yesterday at Stop & Shop. They have the La Costena brand with a bunch of other products - jalepenos, beans etc. but no chipoltes in adobo sauce. They are currently out of stock at ethinic grocer.com (probably all the Cooking Light people buying them up!) On mexgrocer.com they offer 4 brands of them but they will be coming from CA. I will look for them when I am in AL - they have a super walmart there and I bet they will have them there!

[Lauren]

Thanks for all the tips! Lisa, we'll have to check out Bread and Circus. Thanks JB!

[goldilocks]

You can also get them at Smart & Final. It's like Costco, but much smaller and no membership required. Not sure if there is one in your area as I am in California.

[lbag]

Hi Lauren,

I've been looking for the same thing for a long time. However, in the last year or so they've popped up everywhere! I've also found them at a Walmart Supercenter, Winn Dixie, Tom Thumb (Safeway) and Whole Foods Market as well as online as other have mentioned. I live in Dallas so finding Mexican ingredients shouldn't be hard. I never went to Fiesta but I'm quite sure they have them too.

If you still can't find them anywhere, I suggest you order the hard paperback book by Mark Miller, chef/owner of Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe and Red Sage in DC called "the Great Chili Book". In the back of this small book you will find a recipe for homemade Chilis in Adodo Sauce.

Hope this helps.

[funnybone]

Originally posted by Lynn B:
I live in Podunk http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif and our local Walmart (Supercenter) has them right where Melman describes. 77 cents a can! Woo Hoo!!!!

Lynn



WOW - great price! I paid 1.79 and bought 3 cans thinking it was a bargain - lol!