I personally like Habaneros or Scotch Bonnets for their flavor and aroma when dried, although you'll get good use from milder peppers as well. What I like to do most is make my own blends. My favorite this year is a blend of Chocolate Habanero peppers, garlic powder, a bit of salt and some dried herbs. It's a nice all-purpose spicy seasoning.

We want to see the chili garden!!

My favorite ‘super hot’ pepper is the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion! It is good to make anything. It has a very nice flavor. It’s HOT, but one can tone it down. It’s good in and with anything!

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for taking the time.

I bought 20 lbs. of Hatch, NM green chile from my local Whole Foods store and after roasting / peeling / dehydrating / crushing them, the powder fits nicely into a single Ball canning jar. No need for freezer space, and nothing to spoil. (=,"

GREAT UPLOAD! Very easy to understand

Yes great video, i love peppers and grow them both indoor and outdoor but iv'e always wanted to make a powder to send to friends across the USA and this was some great info. I normaly will just pickle extra peppers but the powder looks fun and tasty.

will be trying this for sure. thanks for the video man

thank you for the video man. this really helped me out

Hello Mike. Thank you so much for the information. I can relate. I planted jalapenos and habanieros, and even though I can eat/snack "pico de gallo" with tostitos forever, I have to discipline myself. The pepper plants as you know are so generous. I thank God. I also planted one tomato plant, "early girl". Love the early girls. At any rate, this is the first time I'm trying the dry process. I have a Nesco dryer. Not a fancy one. It doesn't have the temperature control like yours, but I'm hoping it will work. I bought it new 5 years ago and I had it in the shed until now. In fact, I have habanieros and jalapenos drying right now. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. I sliced my peppers in half, but I didn't place them slice side up. I don't know if that will affect the drying quality. I also have a few bags of habanieros and jalapenos in the freezer. If this dry batch turns out good, I'm thinking of taking some out of the freezer and drying them as well and turning them into chili powder. By the way, I live in the Rockford, IL area. Thank you very much again for the educational video. Jose

Dryed some chillies on top of the grow light hood, worked good for me, grow light is on for hours, so the hood has two uses now :)

Great video and great idea. I'm jealous lol. Those are beautiful peppers

This is literally EXACTLY what I was trying to figure out how to do. Thanks for the great video instructions and recipes!

Thanks for the great and informative video. Now off to dehydrate and powder some peppers! :)

Good info, thanks!

wow i need to start doing this

Hey man, thanks for your videos... I loooooooooooove chilli peppers too :)

Great video! Thank you for that! I use a Nesco as well, very easy to clean, just spray out the trays in the sink after use and let them air dry. Typically use 135 degrees for about a day or so. Because everything becomes unrecognizable and I'm getting to be an old fart, I draw a set of boxes or circles on paper and list what peppers are in what tray. You can optionally take a Sharpie and draw a straight line down the side of your stacked dehydrator trays and line it all up so you can keep track of where multiple types of peppers are within the same trays. Seeds and stuff that fall to the bottom can be stored separately as a "hot mix" of mystery heat, all good! Dedicated coffee bean grinder and re-purposed store bought containers (hamburger seasoning, etc.) washed and fully dried out. Sometimes I put un-ground dried peppers into ziplock sandwich bags, which work great for soups, chilies, casseroles, you name it! If a container gets old and the powder clumps up, just use a fork to twist it back smooth. Dried peppers can be stored for years, whether ground or dried pieces, although they may lose a bit of heat over time but the taste is still there. Thanks again for the great video, and best wishes to you! Pepper on, my friend...

I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you.

Yes, you can dry them open air or use an oven. There are few ways, though I've found the dehydrator works best. I have some of this information on the Chili Pepper Madness web site, under Preserving/Drying.

Michael, WHAT A GREAT VIDEO! Thanks for sharing!! I wish I could send you a stamped envelope so I could get some of those chocolate habanero seeds from you! My father loves peppers and now I know what I'm making him this summer!

Loved this video Mike .. quite late comer on your channel to watched this cooking show .. I jot down all your recipes on my cooking book ... have a blessed day .. cheers

Thanks for the information . I have grown about ten different types of chili and its looks like a bumper harvest . Every thing from mild through to Carolina Reaper which I believe is the hottest . Very informative video ,again thanks. James In Shropshire UK

Pretty cool channel. Il like it :-)

Great video Sir. I will have to check out your website, I live a few hours away and I'm trying to grow some peppers from Guam here in IL and I'm not having the best of luck.

Thank you!

tnx!!!! grate video ! :)

Why did I just discover this video? Goldmine

Which dried chili have the best flavor, aroma, and freshness after drying? Very nice vid and love those colorful chili. I do have a lot of Thai Chili plants and chili, and now I am growing habanero and ghost peppers. I like to start drying my Thai Hot Chili and maybe sell them online.

Thank you!! ✌🏽

Dehydrating doesn't reduce the heat much. In fact, it can often intensify the heat, though you'll use more of the pepper. I like to take the dehydrated hot peppers and add them to a spice or pepper grinder, then grind them onto foods. I did this recently with a mixture of Ghost Peppers and 7 Pot Douglahs and the results was nice and hot! Over time the powders will lose some heat. Still, you'll get much of the heat from the original peppers.

nice video, the chilli man.

Yes I prefer to to dehydrate my peppers than to pickle or jar them, so easier and keeps the taste

im getting ready to buy either the nesco gardenmaster digital pro 20 tray or the nesco gardenmaster 1010 / 1018 30 tray thanks for the video on how to dry peppers i have nearly 2 icecream pails full of habaneros plus other peppers. what i was wondering is is it possible to dehydrate frozen peppers? or do they need to be thawed first? i plan on making chili powders

10:45 ghost in the mirror :-) Nice video. I'm planning to do this same thing this summer with the peppers i'm planning to grow.

Absolutely love the video! I can tell you right now this has become my inspiration to get into this! I would just go crazy! Again, great video and thanks!

Good info, thanks

Good vid

I use a coffee grinder to grind them up. However, I had to get one that was only for pepper use. Didn't want any remnants of heat in the next cup of coffee!

EXCELLENT and very comprehensive and all encompassing video Mike! I also grow several varieties of chili peppers in my backyard gardens and I give a lot of them away and throw away some that spoil because I have not gone down the dehydration road as yet - until NOW that is. I do not have a dehydrator so I was wondering if it might be possible to use a toaster oven for the drying out process as a temporary substitute until I can purchase a dehydrator of my own. Thanks for sharing your video. I am truly inspired.

Hey Mike! Can you do a video of fermenting peppers from dehydrated peppers? Or have you already made such a video ?

Nice machine dry chilli powder

That's a nice job! Do you have a recipe for a generic "Chili/Chile" powder. Thanks

My Habs take forever to produce. By the time they start putting out good it’s getting cold in Northern Arkansas.

Can you dehydrate capcicums or are they too moist to do it...also can air fry work in anyways to dyhydrate ,

10:45 ghost in the mirror :-) Nice video. I'm planning to do

Sir Michael, Just came across your Pepper site and LOVE all the information you share and have subscribed! Two simple questions . . . this is in no way meant to challenge, but you use the word "chili pepper" rather loosely in describing the many varieties you are drying, am I understanding you correctly that you are simply referring to ANY pepper?Also I do not have a dehydrator and use my stove - oven at the very lowest heat setting which usually takes about 10 - 15 hrs. for whole peppers such as ghost, jalapeno, habanero etc. Other then the high energy cost of the oven is there any other negatives in using an oven as opposed to using a dehydrator? Thanks!! Phil South Carolina

Hi! Did You noticed that the grounded chili powder is losing it's hot more quickly than the simple dried pods? I think the best way to use them is let them in plastic bags in that form how you collect them from the dehydrator and only grind into a fine powder when you use it for a meal, or about that much only what is fill up a pepper cellar.

Can you dehydrate them Whole? Also, I am currently dehydrating some ghost peppers from my garden and it has been about about A-day and a 1/2 and the outside of the peppers seem like they're getting dry, but the pepper itself is now soft. Is that normal?

Are they as good when you thaw them back out? I thought about doing that if I grew a lot because sometimes I'd like just slices of raw pepper to eat or making sauces later onbut I didn't know how compromised the pepper becomes as far as structure etc

After dehydrating the chilis can you use the seeds to plant again?

Where is a good place to get the pepper seeds? And, how do you know when the peppers are dry when using the dehydrator? Is there any risk of over drying?

Michael, I just found your video and am wondering: can you dehidrate the chilis whole, without cutting them? Thanks!

Can you please sell some of those powder and seeds all of them and tell me the name of the dehydrator / jerky maker brand name that you are using in this video thanks so much for sharing this with me

Does anyone have website recommendations for purchasing fresh chilis online?

I was told that deseeding will take some of the heat out without taking out the taste. Do you have an opinion on this?

please what is the difference between cayenne powder and chili powder?

what would be your growing season in the Chicago area....June to August ?

Thanks for the informative video! Are you Swedish? (referring to your last name)/Sonja in Sweden

a cafe grinder works good

Like Scarface, but with a mountain of chilli peppers instead of cocaine :p

jalapenos man..

mask next time nose burning now lol

Why bother with a dehydrator? Just put in a very low oven (about 60 degrees) and check them every couple of hours. When they are brittle, they are done.

Rub your nose. I am sure it was itching.

Chili with no heat...You have got to be kidding! Waste of my time!!