Oven dried peppers are a great way of 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.
Step by step recipe & advice below
Your peppers will have a much nice flavour
If you go to the supermarket you usually have quite a choice of peppers to buy – although very often the type you will really need are not available in a fresh form. (Or very expensive)
However, if you grow your peppers at home then the one thing you will really notice is just how much more intense the flavour will be.
And in addition a key advantage is also that you will be able to grow peppers for your favourite recipes. Chili pepper varieties often not available in supermarkets. (Whether fresh or in the spice racks)
Peppers are great to grow at home
Currently I have started growing fresh peppers at home, using an hydroponic system. However this might be a little while before they are ready to harvest.
The beauty of growing your own peppers is that they will be fresh, with a much more intense flavour.
It’s not difficult to grow them from seed but a key element is to provide them with enough light – ideally using a specialised grow light which ‘imitates’ their natural environment. For more details have a look at the growing pepper plan.
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Oven dried peppers
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
- 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
Nutrition
How to use oven dried peppers
Drying peppers is a very simple way to turn fresh peppers into an ingredient. The oven dried peppers can then be used in recipes ranging from
- Hot Mexican recipes,
- to east European recipes (like goulash),
- to Thai stir-fry meals, etc.
In addition oven dried chili peppers are ideal for grinding to a powder – so you can keep using them.
If you grow peppers then especially hot ones like habanero or cayenne peppers are ideally suited for grinding.
Have you made the recipe?
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