Definition of "ancho" []

• A dried poblano pepper. (noun)

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• "In addition to the more famous restaurants, Cuernavaca has its share of mom-and-pop eateries like Restaurant Taxco, which features a good variety of enchiladas with various fillings and sauces, and local specialties like rabbit in ancho chile adobo and chicken in peach sauce."
• "However, while perusing their dinner menu I've just found "Sonoran Wild Boar Carnitas" (simmered in ancho chile sauce with roasted chayote squash) that sounds really promising (Meg, can you hear me?)."
• "Among the more traditional dishes of the Chontal, whose towns and villages are spread out along waterways, are grilled armadillo, crawfish in ancho chile sauce and crab in red pipian."