
How to Transplant Pepper Plants
How to Transplant Pepper Plants Whether you started your own pepper seeds, or if you're transplanting peppers from the garden center, here are our top tips for best success. Transplanting...
The great thing about peppers is that they store very well. You can let them dry out for using in recipes all winter long. If you grow any of our Hatch chiles, you'll find making a Ristra is a great way to dry & store them beautifully.
There are a variety of ways you can dry peppers. You can dry them on your counter, or string them into decorative Ristras, or even dehydrate them for faster use or making hot pepper flakes. Here are some of our tips:
If you have time, Ristras are a simple and easy way to not only dry your peppers, but add some beauty to your home decor as well! Ristras are not just for decoration, they're used to dry your chiles and store for the winter to use in the kitchen. You can also dry bundles of herbs and have a kitchen display that is beautiful functional. Ristras also make great gifts!
This is a great method for drying out your chile pepper harvest, using mother nature to dehydrate and preserve your chiles for year round use or for gifts.
What You'll Need for Ristras:
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Use a Hot Grill in the Sun:
If you want dried peppers quickly, here's a free way to dry them out fast without a dehydrator: If your grill's temperature reads 100-120˚ in the sun (no gas needed), then you have a perfect hot spot for quickly drying out peppers. To speed up the drying process, chop them into think slices and spread onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. (use gloves and good ventilation if cutting hot peppers!) Let them sit in the hot grill, stirring occasionally, for 4-6+ hours until crispy.
Dry Peppers in a Dehydrator:
Slice them, put them in single layers and dry for 8-24+ hours until crispy.
Dry Chiles on your Counter:
If well ventilated and spaced, chile peppers can also be dried right on your counter!
What's great about drying peppers is that you can grow a huge variety and abundance of peppers, and then dry them at the end of the harvest to preserve them for year-round use.
Not Much Storage Room?
One of our favorite ways is to make hot pepper flakes, as they can be stored in glass jars in the pantry, and really pack a lot of flavor into a small space, you can fit a whole counter full of peppers into one quart jar if you grind them into flakes.