Dawn wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
>
>
>>Soak in boiling water for about 20 minutes. Remove the stem and
>
> seeds (gloves?)
>
>>put into a blender with some of the liquid and blend.
>>
>>That's all there is to it.
>
>
> Thanks, the boiling water made all the difference. Last time I soaked
> it at room temp and it wouldn't soften.
>

Soaking in hot water works fine for softening chipotle chiles
for making chipotles en adobo...

http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/salsas.html

If you want to grind the chiles or coarsely crushed them for
dry use, toast them on a hot comal.

Rich