Trader Joe'sCrushed Red Chili Pepper

Sara Tercero
Crushed red pepper flakes are a cook's best friend. If you like heat, but the rest of your family doesn't, then sprinkling some chili pepper is an easy and quick way to bring up the spice level in your dish. That way, you can make mild-flavored dishes for everyone else, but heat up your own plate of food.
It makes a great topping on pizza, pasta, curries, noodles, and even salads! In hot foods, the pepper flavor intensifies with cooking and, when added to oil for sauteeing, they can smoke up a kitchen pretty fast - so you'll want to be careful when cooking with them as those noxious fumes will get everyone coughing!
It makes a great topping on pizza, pasta, curries, noodles, and even salads! In hot foods, the pepper flavor intensifies with cooking and, when added to oil for sauteeing, they can smoke up a kitchen pretty fast - so you'll want to be careful when cooking with them as those noxious fumes will get everyone coughing!