how do i dry my habaneros?

sittinherebored

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i have tabasco peppers and habanero peppers that i want to dry and ground up but im not sure how to dry them. anyone do this before?
 

kevin

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i leave mine out in the hot texas sun for a day or 2. have you been harvesting yet? i've got plenty of japs and bells but none of the hot cooking peppers so far.
 

sittinherebored

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i leave mine out in the hot texas sun for a day or 2. have you been harvesting yet? i've got plenty of japs and bells but none of the hot cooking peppers so far.
yes ive harvested about 6 so far and they are just starting. theres about a hundred tabasco peppers already though
 

fried at 420

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habenero peppers are fuckin lava
mmm i love makin extra spicy nachos
i make the chesse for velveeta mixed with about 1/4 cup water
and 1 tble spoon of milk melt it i the pot
then get dry habeneros and grate them into the chesse i use about 1 1/12
mix and serve!!!
 

angelsbandit

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I dry mine over a smoker on the cool side - gives the powered pepper a nice smokey taste.

You can use a grill to do it also - just soak your wood in water, then throw the wood on the coals.
 

Prod1gy132

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Whenever I make hot sauce I always take some fresh peppers, cut them up (habaneros are really hot wear gloves) and put them on a pan on the stove and cook them a little bit with some butter, it weakens the hot-ness but brings out a real nice flavour for hot sauce.
 

Tamzi

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have some cayenne peppers coming into harvest.

im somewhat in experimental mode.

i put two on the windowsill in the sun and have just left them.

another two i sliced open along its length and left on windowsill.

all picked and harvested at same time and place on same windowsill. its been three days now and the sliced ones have started turning a yellow color and have expelled alot of the water in them.
 

chalkie

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I got about 2 lbs of habaneros in the freezer, when i want some for sauce or saute i just pull um out and cook em up
 

Feroce

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Be sure to grind those dried habaneros outside...getting a snootful of super fine ground habanero pepper is an experience you never, ever, want to repeat.

Yes, I'm speaking from wretched experience. I decided to grind up a couple of dried habs in an old coffee grinder. When I popped open the top, I got a face full.

All I can say is that it lasted for about 20 minutes by the clock, but seemed more like around a thousand years or so. With extra pain, thank you very much.

Now I buy my hab powder pre-ground. One lesson was enough me for me.:fire:
 

kevin

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i was cutting some japanoes peppers for tonights dinner and these things had a hot smell to them, so like a dummy i licked the knife. made me sweat and turned me red.
 
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