Oven dried peppers

5 from 3 votes

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.

Course Appetizer, Dessert, Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian, Mexican

Keyword dried chili pepper

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 3

Total Time 3 10

Servings Jar

Calories 1458kcal

Cost per serving £1

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

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.