Jamaican choked eating Mexican chilli (5)

I believe the answer is:
ancho
'mexican chilli' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'jamaican choked eating' is the wordplay.
'eating' indicates a hidden word.
'ANCHO' is hidden in the letters of 'jamaican choked'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for ancho that I've seen is " Pepper".)
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