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How to Make Homemade Chili Flakes - Recipe
Use your dehydrator (or oven) to make your own chili flakes at home. They’re perfect for dashing over pizza or any other food for a bit of zing and flavor. A great way to preserve your pepper harvest.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
12 hrs
Total Time
12 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 32
Calories: 22 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 8 ounces chili peppers of choice
Instructions
- Clean and dry your chili peppers.
- Slice each in half lengthwise for smaller peppers, or into rings for thicker walled peppers.
- Set them into your dehydrator tray and dehydrate at 130 degrees F for 12 hours, or overnight. You may need to dehydrate longer, depending on the air conditions.
- When the peppers are completely dried through and brittle, place them in a plastic baggie and seal. Crush them with your hands, or with a towel if your skin is sensitive, as some of the powder may leak through.
- Pour into a shaker and use as needed.
- The crushed chili flakes will last indefinitely, though they will lose color and potency over time. They’re best used within a year.
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Notes
- Makes about a cup or so of crushed chili flakes.
Nutrition Information
Calories
22kcal
(1%)
Carbohydrates
4g
(1%)
Sodium
6mg
(0%)
Potassium
132mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
1875IU
(38%)
Vitamin C
2.2mg
(2%)
Calcium
3mg
(0%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 32Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 22
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 22kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Sodium | 6mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 132mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 1875IU | 38% |
| Vitamin C | 2.2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 3mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.