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I've done that before when I first started cooking years ago! For future reference, chili powder is a mix of various spices. Only a small amount of it is actually cayenne, so you really can't do a 1:1 ratio with it. But good news is you can find recipes to make your own chili powder in the future if you don't have it! It usually calls for paprika, oregano, cumin, cayenne, garlic powder, and onion powder! Super simple! Sorry you singed your nose hairs! 😅

Lol thank you! Next time I'll make the chili powder since it's that easy. Well live and learn haha, I'm pretty new to cooking so I'm still learning but I definitely won't do that again.

There's actually some ambiguity about "chili powder" unfortunately, and I actually do wonder if this recipe is meant to use plain powdered chiles after all, just milder than cayenne, or if they are adulterating the chili (soup) powder/spice blend (which often contains salt) with additional garlic and cumin. I once made something (from a Western cookbook) that turned out to be very vaguely akin to Thai curry and the characteristic cumin just did not work in the context when I tried to use the spice blend. When I revisited the recipe with New Mexico chile powder it was much better. Definitely a milder NM or ancho, maybe even hot paprika would work better in quantity than cayenne. (chipotle brings smoke but also jalapeño heat so you may not want to use it with abandon)

(if the link in the recipe can be trusted and isn't just unvetted automatic linking, they do mean the spice blend here. But I think the milder plain powdered chiles would still work better here than cayenne)

I confirm it is the spice blend called chili powder blend that is intended. And yes, it only has a small amount if cayenne in it. Sorry you had to learn that the hard way, Horizon_up Km!