Now that peppers are in season I have an abundance of hot peppers that are more that I can eat or give out. The solution is obviously to preserve them.
A new method I am trialling this year is to dehydrate them in my food dehydrator. I used a combination of peppers namely Chili, Birds Eye & Carolina Reapers and dehydrated them over 48hrs at 125F.
The end product was very successful but a partially expected consequence was that upon initial startup I effectively tear gassed the house as by heating the peppers at 125F I released some of their capsaicin oil. This is a bit of an exaggeration as it was completely bearable but there was a noticeable “spiciness” in the air. For next year I will attempt sun drying them or dehydrating in my sunroom.
