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Rancho Gordo

Stardust Dipping Powder

Rancho Gordo's Stardust is a chile-lime powder built on medium-heat dried New Mexican chiles with crystallized lime, brown sugar, sea salt and Mexican oregano. The maker suggests it for dipping fruit and raw vegetables, rimming glasses and finishing beans, soups and popcorn. It contains no anti-caking agent, so clumping is expected.

Spec sheet

Maker
Rancho Gordo
Style
Chile-lime dipping powder
Chile
dried New Mexican chiles (medium heat)

No published heat figure we could source, so we don’t print one.

Ingredients

As listed by the source, in order.

  1. dried chiles
  2. crystallized lime (citric acid, lime oil, lime juice, ascorbic acid, vitamin C)
  3. brown sugar
  4. sea salt
  5. Mexican oregano

Put it on

  • fresh fruit
  • raw vegetables
  • popcorn
  • cocktail glass rims
  • beans
  • soups
  • stews

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