Dried Peppers - 4 easy methods

In a dehydrator

1. Rinse and dry off peppers. Cut out any bad spots or obvious blemishes.
2. Cut peppers in half to speed up drying time. Slice them to dry them even faster. You can remove seeds or leave them in.
3. Place them on the dehydrator racks and load into dehydrator.ppers.
4. Set time. Set temperature to 135°F.Times for drying peppers should be 8-15 hours, depending on the size of the peppers and if you cut or slice them. Whole peppers can take up to 36 hours, depending on the size.
5. Peppers are fully dry when they crack when you try to bend them.
6. Once peppers are fully dried, let them cool and then place them in a quart mason jar.
7. Lastly, see section below to condition the peppers below.

In the oven

1. Rinse and dry off peppers. Cut out any bad spots or obvious blemishes.
2. Cut peppers in half to speed up drying time. Slice them to dry them even faster. You can remove seeds or leave them in.
3. Place peppers on racks that are placed over baking sheets to improve air circulation around them. Leave the oven door cracked (place a wooden spoon in the door to keep it open. This will also increase airflow.
4. Whole peppers can take 8-10 hours, depending on the temperature and size of peppers. Check often.
5. Peppers are fully dry when they crack when you try to bend them.
6. Once peppers are fully dried, let them cool and then place them in a quart mason jar.
7. Lastly, see section below to condition the peppers.

On the grill

1. Rinse and dry off peppers. Cut out any bad spots or obvious blemishes.
2. Start grill on one side only to very low heat. Spread peppers out directly on grill grates on the opposite side of the heat. (Indirect grilling)Prop the grill open the a wooden spoon.
3. Cut peppers in half to speed up drying time. You can remove seeds or leave them in.
4. Dry for 6-10 hours depending on the size of peppers, if the are halved and how high you have the heat set. Check them often.
5. Peppers are fully dry when they crack when you try to bend them.
6. Once peppers are fully dried, let them cool and then place them in a quart mason jar.
7. Lastly, see section below to condition the peppers.

In the air fryer

1. In your air fryer, set heat to the lowest setting, mine is warm, less than 250°F.Place peppers on air fryer basket and air fry in 5-10 minute intervals. below to condition the peppers.
2. Depending on the size of the peppers and the lowest temperature setting of your brand of air fryer they can take 20-40 minutes to fully dehydrate.
3. Check often. If they are not quite dry after 40 minutes, dehydrate for 5 minutes at a time until dry.
4. Peppers are fully dry when they crack when you try to bend them.
5. Once peppers are fully dried, let them cool and then place them in a quart mason jar.
6. Lastly, see section below to condition the peppers.

Air drying

1. Air drying them will work if you live in a very dry climate, think California or Arizona, you can dry them outside, in a sunny location, but protect them from any chance rain, or dew, at night. They can take as little as a week to dry in a dry climate.
2. If you live in a more humid climate, you can dry them in a dry place.
3. Prepare them as in step one above. With a needle and a strong thread, pierce the stem with the needle and pull the thread through. Continue until you’ve used up all of the thread or all of the peppers and hang them. We find a metal hanger is great to hang them on.
4. They should take about 3-6 weeks to fully dehydrate.

To condition dry fruit

1. See notes below.