Instructions: I just dump the remaining canned chipotle peppers and sauce into a zip lock freezer bag and lay the bag flat in the freezer. When I need some, I just break off a piece. Seems to keep forever this way. I do the same thing with tomato paste when the recipe calls for a tablespoon or so.

Are they canned in vinegar? Ive kept them for a long time by transferring the whole contents of the can to a plastic container and refrigerating it.

I also make "refried" beans by dumping the chipotles and a can of pinto beans into a sauce pan and making a paste out of them with my wand-style hand held blender.

Make a pot of beans with the peppers and a bottle of beer.

Make a paste of them and add to catsup for a spicy catsup.

Or use as a mayo substitute on a chicken breast sandwich.

Dump them into your jar of picante sauce.

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