3. CRUSHED RED PEPPER FLAKES
With a fierce and spicy flavor, red pepper flakes are made from dried and crushed hot chile peppers. (You may be most familiar with red pepper flakes in association with the little packets that come with restaurant/take-out pizza.)
Essential to Southwestern, Mexican and Indian cuisines, red pepper flakes add spice and heat to any dish. When cooking with red pepper flakes, add small amounts (to taste) in marinades, stir fry, soups, sauces, pasta, pizza—anything that needs a bit of a kick.
4. DEHYDRATED ONION FLAKES
Onion flakes are made from fresh onions that have been finely minced and then dehydrated. Used to replace fresh onion in cooked foods, onion flakes are a definite help when we are pushed for time but want that onion flavor in our dish.
A medium onion produces about 2/3 cup of diced onion. As a substitute, use one tablespoon of dehydrated onion flakes. I sometimes add a little bit of granulated onion powder to the onion flakes just to bump up the onion flavor even more. Dehydrated onion flakes are used in everyday cooking any time you’d like that flavor as part of the profile.