What to do with Cayenne Peppers
 

I have lots of them and I really don't know what to do with them. Ideas welcome [U]Please[/U] ? I planted four plants and have a lot of them.

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[QUOTE=hardwaterbob;308171]I have lots of them and I really don't know what to do with them. Ideas welcome [U]Please[/U] ? I planted four plants and have around a hundred peppers. Sorry about the double post.

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HWB[/QUOTE]

Make ristra's, hang them up and dry them to use later.

do you have a dehydrator?

Hi there, I chop hot peppers very fine and mix with some good olive oil. freeze in a reclosable container, jar or even ziplock freezer bags. the oil doesn't freeze solid and you can scoop them out with a spoon as little or as much as you need to use in recipes just like fresh chopped hot peppers any time you like.

Nope, Cayenne's dry out pretty good just hanging them in the kitchen.

Agreed! Dry them. Even here in middle Tennessee we string them up and since the skin is so thin they dry out just fine inside. Sewing needle with doubled thread is all you need. If the peppers are freshly picked you can pierce the cap just above the pepper, if they've been picked even a few days the stem will be drying out so put the needle thru just under the stem in the top of the pepper.

Using Dental Floss works really well too, doesn't tangle and is suppppper easy to thread a large eyed needle, which is much easier to handle too.

I like the idea offreezing in oil too.

Do NOT dry in the sun, dry inside or outside in full shade or better yet in a dark place. This will preserve the color of the pepper.
Air circulation is good to have, a small fan works wonders and speeds up drying time dramatically.
If your house is air conditioned like mine it is a dehydrator too.
The humidity is much lower and you could put vents in a closet with a small fan.
Some of the larger computer fans work great they use very little electricity and are quiet.
And they already have mounting holes.
You would then put another vent in it for air to come in or out.
Since moisture laden air is heavier the outtake should be on the bottom and the intake on the top.
The upper intake vent can have a small hepa filter that would filter out much of the mold spores that would be undesirable in the closet.


After they are crispy dry, put them in a mason jar and store in dark cool place.
Or put in a blinder and chop up for flakes.
I buy peppers already dried here and make my own flakes, they are much brighter and redder than the store bought flakes.

But like others have said nothing adds that [U]South West Flair[/U] to the house like a string of peppers for all to see.:yes:

Worth