Pepper Preservation

Get some clean bottles. Boil apple cider vinegar. Destem your peppers, put them in the bottle. Fill with the hot vinegar. Pour a touch of olive oil on top.

I had some potted jalapeños, Chiles, habaneros, reapers, and ghost peppers I gave my neighbor when I knew I was moving. He gave me some of the pepper vinegar he made, it’s very good.

I have habanero, cayenne and jalapeno peppers growing in my garden.

I use them several ways. Some for making my own hot sauce and pepper jelly and will dehydrate some then crush them for use in dishes where pepper flakes are called for.

I'll also cut some up like already mentioned, drop them in a shaker bottle and add vinegar with salt and let that sit for a bit before using so the peppers permeate the vinegar.

I also pickle okra and green beans and will slice up some fresh peppers to put in the jars with them to kick them up a few notches.

Of course, you can also make some pickled peppers in Mason jars to use as you like.


Forgot to mention: If you decide to use a dehydrator to dry some, you may want to do that outside. I did some Ghost and Habanero peppers a while back and the aroma had everyone but me in the house tearing up when they walked into the kitchen.

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How long will they store for if dehydrated then bagged in a ziplock or jar?

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Pretty much indefinitely.

I love the smell of habaneros drying in the dehydrator. Roast some garlic in the oven at the same time and the aroma is intoxicating.

OK. Yall got a dehydrator to recommend?

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OK. Yall got a dehydrator to recommend?

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I'm on my second one and neither of them were commercial grade but did the job. The first, believe it or not, was a Mr. Coffee with 5 racks and I used it for many years to dry fruit, vegetables, jerky and other meats with good success.

It finally gave up the ghost after about 5 years and I got a Nesco, also 5 tray style and it is by far a better product then the old Mr. Coffee. I no longer do jerky on it and prefer to slow smoke it for much better end results, but it is great for drying fruit, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, etc.