What Ancho means
Ancho is a Mexican ingredient name of Spanish origin meaning "wide one". It comes from Spanish ancho (wide, broad). It is pronounced AHN-choh, and it is most associated with Puebla.
The dried poblano, named for the broad flat shape it takes as it dries. Sweet and mild, it is one of the three chiles at the base of mole poblano.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The words that appear inside dish names: the chiles (ancho, guajillo, pasilla, chipotle), the corn words (nixtamal, masa, tortilla, elote), and the tools (comal, molcajete, metate). Learn these and most menu items decode themselves.
