Drying Hot Peppers in a Dehydrator
Drying peppers is easy when you use a dehydrator, and the finished product is a soft leathery texture with a deeply warming and condensed flavor.
Equipment
- 1 Food Dehydrator (see the link in this post for my favorite)
Ingredients
- 1 lb hot peppers of your choice red poblano, cayenne, guajillo, etc.
Instructions
- Gather your hot peppers and give them a rinse and dry. Do not use any blemished peppers and give the stems a trim so they don't get tangled in the dehydrator trays.
- Arrange your peppers on clean dehydrator trays. You can dehydrate peppers whole or cut into slices depending on your personal preference. Whole peppers will take longer than sliced peppers to dehydrate. (I prefer to leave them whole so I can toast them in my recipes. I also enjoy the spice from the seeds).
- Set the dehydrator to 125 degrees and begin checking the peppers after 4 hours. Depending on the size and freshness of the pepper, this can take anywhere from 4-24 hours. Peppers are finished drying when they are leathery or brittle to the touch.