Ever since I bought my dehydrator I have been looking forward to drying chile peppers. I wanted to make my own red pepper flake on the Nesco Snackmaster Pro. I use a ton of red pepper flake in the many dishes I cook, and I thought it’d be awesome to grown my own peppers and dry them. So, that’s what I did. My pepper harvest wasn’t very bountiful, but fortunately it doesn’t take a lot of peppers to make a good-sized batch of red pepper flake.
Packed with heat and great flavor, I couldn’t have been happier with the end result.
I hand-crushed the dried peppers with a mortar and pestle. You could use a blade coffee grinder or even blender, but I think you’ll end up with chile powder (my next project) instead of coarse flake. You get much better control over the end product using the mortar and pestle.
Also try my smoked habanero flake.
Red Pepper Flake on the Nesco Snackmaster Pro
Ingredients
- 32 chile peppers ripe
Instructions
- Cut the stems off of the peppers. Do not remove the seeds.
- Place peppers on the dehydrator trays. Set the dehydrator temperature to 165 F.
- Dry for 8 hours or until the peppers are crispy and brittle.
- Working in batches, place the peppers into a mortar and grind with the pestle until the desired consistency is achieved.
- Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.