I know I might get a bit of hate for this, but I don’t use a food dehydrator. I technically have an air fryer that can double as a dehydrator, but I’ve never used it. Here’s the thing. I’ve been doing this method ever since I was a young lad with my mom, who taught me how to grow and to gut and to store and to cook with hot peppers. Every few years I grow a batch and make some pepper shake in her honor and for fun, and I do it the same way we used to. Sure, could I have all these peppers bone dry by the time the morning comes? Sure, but I’m in no rush, and truth is, it tastes all that much better after waiting all that time for them to dry. My dad always said “no reason fixing something that isn’t broken” and my method still definitely works so yeah, try it out sometime, I know some of you will scoff when I say that but do it, seriously, there is something meditative about it, also another plus is every time you walk through the first floor to your house, you’ll get a whiff of spicy goodness
by ItzYaBoy56
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I do this!
Whats DAE?
If it works, it works.
You can dry them as you want, and I’ve absolutely seen people drying them on a string before.
I get fishing line and a needle and string up a whole bunch of peppers and let them dry hanging in my kitchen.
I just thread them on a string and hang them in the kitchen. It doesn’t require a lot of space or clothespins. And they double as a decoration.
If you’ve got the climate for it, why not?
In my humid climate, my dried peppers sometimes start to re-hydrate in their jars! Only small, super thin fleshed peppers can dry on a string here without danger of rot.