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Follow this guide to find out exactly how to dry peppers- either in a dehydrator, low and slow in the oven, or air drying on a string.

Savor a Southwestern tradition by making a chili ristra—colorful strings of dried chili peppers. Learn how to dry chili peppers using these easy tips.

How to string and hang dry jalapeno peppers Are you wondering how to use extra jalapeno peppers or how to make your own crushed red pepp...

Drying is an excellent way to preserve peppers for food storage. Learn 3 ways to dry peppers including air drying, dehydrating, and in the oven.

I leave some of my Anaheim Peppers on the plant to ripen. These lovely red peppers are then strung on quilting thread or embroidery floss and hung to dry. Like my drying rake/rack? Once completely dry I will remove the stem and seeds and give them a few turns in the blender, then store in a jar. This will make my pepper flakes to use through out the year. To string them, I use a regular needle, piercing them through the stem. If I have a short strand, I leave the needle on the string…

As the pepper season winds down, many wonder how best to preserve their harvest. Dry peppers can last from several months to a few years if stored properly.

When winter arrived, we harvested our chillies before the frost could get to them and found ourselves facing Mt Chillington. Since we use dried chilli in pretty much all of our Indian dishes, drying and saving them was the most obvious answer for us, and there was a certain appeal in hanging bundles of homegrown produce from the ceiling too. Here is my entirely unsanctioned, over complicated, make-it-up-as-you-go-along guide to stringing, hanging and drying chillies.

Learn how to string red chili peppers to dry with this easy sewing trick! Sew through the tops with needle and thread and hang until dry! Also included are special tips and ways to use the dried chillies!

Drying is an excellent way of preserving chillies. The thin walls of the fruits make them quick and easy to dehydrate, ensuring a ready supply of crinkle-dry chillies to enjoy right up until next year's harvest...

Or, more accurately, how I made a hot pepper ristra*. Because, of course I can't do it the normal way ;) I grew 4 cayenne peppers plants t...