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oven dried chili pepper
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How to dry peppers

Oven drying fresh peppers is ideal for turning fresh peppers into a recipe ingredient.
Which can then be used in hot mexican recipes (like chilli), east European recipes like goulash, Thai stir-fry meals, etc.
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Course Appetizer, Dessert, Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian, Mexican
Keyword dried chili pepper
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Servings 1 Jar
Calories 5kcal
Author Minze Vries
Cost £1

Equipment

  • Chef Knife
  • Aluminum foil
  • Baking tray
  • Either Oven, Food Dehydrator or Air Fryer

Ingredients

  • 450 gram Chili Peppers (or more)
  • 1 litre Water Tap water is ok

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 80C
  • Rinse the chili peppers under cold water and dry
  • Cut of the stem
  • Cut the chili peppers in half or quarter
  • Optionally remove the seeds - seeds can sometimes be bitter but if dried can easily be removed afterwards
  • Cover the baking tray with aluminium foil
  • Place chili peppers on foil, skin down and 'flesh' up. Leaving space between them
  • Put in oven and check

Video

Notes

Please note that if you use
  • An air fryer ignore the baking tray instructions and put in basket at the lowest setting for 20 to 30 minutes
  • Or a food dehydrator follow the manufactures instructions - but if can take a couple of days for the peppers to be done
Very important !!!
The above instructions will work for all the different types of chilli peppers.
However it is very important that you wear gloves when handling the peppers.

Nutrition

Calories: 5kcal

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