How do you pronounce "chipotle"?

TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce is pronounced chee-poht-lay. Chipotle is a Spanish contraction derived from the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs and means smoked chile pepper. In the Nahuatl language, chipotle was originally pochilli. In the Spanish version, chili refers to hot pepper and potle means smoked. The most commonly smoked chiles are jalapeños.

As you might imagine, "Chipotle" is commonly misspelled. Some of the more common misspellings include: chipolte, chipote, chipot, chipoteka, chipottle and chapolte.

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