Blessings Darcy from sunny but chilly Chicago. I found that starting my chilies in the oven with the light on overnight, that I don't have a issue with fumes when I put them in the dehydrator. I'm in a high-rise apartment without a hoodfan. I open the windows slightly.
OMG, This is great! I grew up in New Mexico and have lived in Virginia for 35 years. We are just now able to get Hatch Chile at Wegman's in fall! I am a very happy NM girl!!!
Hey. I just wanted to say thank you for giving all this dehydrating information away. Your website has been something I check up on many times a week. Also, the conditioning instruction is something no one else talks about, but it makes perfect sense. Since I started, I've dehydrated any number of vegetables and even made up my own dried meals. Never had any of my dried ingredients mold, aside from a mistake I made with cilantro. If ever there was ANY sticking on the jar, back in the dehydrator or lowest temperature in the oven it goes. People like you deserve all the thanks! First preserving method I ever learned, and it will not be the last!
Try pouring your dried product into a plastic shoe box. It help to prevent little bits from flying onto the counter. Then pour the shoe box into your permanent storage. I use a canning funnel when storing in glass jars which I vacuum seal.
Hi Darcy, just wanted to send a thank you from South Yorkshire, in the UK. I've been watching your channel for all the dehydrating tips on powders, specifically Tomatoes, because I'm not a raw Tomato fan, and wanted a different way to preserve them. Currently have a batch finishing off in the oven before jarring up, so cheers!
Great video Darcy. I haven’t purchased a dehydrator yet. I keep looking and trying to take the leap! I have always been a canner and blanched and freeze some veggies. You have such wonderful information!
My first one was a wedding present; a Ronco that used a low-wattage bulb as the heat source. The trays became brittle and broke apart after around 10 years. The second one was another Ronco that had a heating element, but no heat adjustments. It is still in use. The third one is a Harvest Maid from a Salvation Army store; it's trays are breaking apart, but it's still in use because of the adjustable temperature. My newest one is a Nesco digital, and I got it for free through my bank's rewards program. Check your local thrift shops; I see dehydrators and other canning equipment every couple of months. See if your credit cards of bank has a rewards program, where you can trade points for merchandise.
I have a Chef Emeril's Power AirFryer 360 that has a dehydrator selection. I am going to try it. I haven't used the dehydrator at all yet so I might try it with something else (onions maybe) first. It isn't something I can easily move outside. Especially in November in Michigan. I guess I'll just prepare myself for the aroma. Maybe wait til after Thanksgiving though :)
That’s wonderful! I just got a dehydrator last week because you gave me so many ideas w your videos. I’m dealing w bone tumors and have been buying VERY expensive mushroom powders and different green powders so I am excited also to do my own powders. Thank you!💐🙏🏼🌺💐🙏🏼
I dehydrated some Roasted Hatch Chiles a few weeks ago. I now have another 15lbs to do, maybe tomorrow. They are so, so yummy. I buy mild for my husband, medium and hot for me. I haven't tried the X-Hot, XX-hot or the XXX-hot yet. 😅 .
Thank you for this video very well explained step by step. I don't eat chili peppers but have used flakes in recipes from store bought and sometimes are tasteless. This video makes me want to try this method.
The ABSOLUTE BEST CHILE"S in the entire world! If you ever get the chance to visit Hatch, NM during harvest season, take it! It is a smell unlike anything I can describe. A lot of the farms that grow these peppers roast them over open fires and the air is permeated with the smell. I used to live in Las Cruces, NM, which is right next to Hatch and it was my favorite time of the year. I took my hubby a couple years ago and we were able to buy a bunch of roasted and frozen Hatch peppers and also a lot of dried. I now grow my own "Hatch" peppers.
Haha... I sure wish all my food prep was that speedy. I have some roasted chiles (now thawed) that were gifted to me but they were roasted, then frozen, but not peeled yet. You've inspired me to dehydrate them... I feel like that will mitigate any issues of peel I don't get out of the batches. QUESTION: have you found it helpful or necessary to dedicate any of your plastic sheets as "pepper sheets"? Love my Nescos. Thanks for a fun video! 😀❤🔥
As I mentioned, for some people, the oils released into the air are too hard to handle, they can be very strong. You don't HAVE to do it outside, but be mindful of those issues when you do.
I’m still trying to figure pepper varieties out. I have one called Big Jim that looks like the ones shown. What do hatch chilies taste like-green pepper or do they have kick? I know it takes a long time to dry peppers of any kind. I used coffee grinder for hot reds tonight-wow, don’t open right after grinding until the dust settles.😅 Just heard and read comments that they can be spicy☺️ Caution: don’t reuse your gloves after peppers as it will seep through.
I can't tell you what they taste like - they taste like Hatch chiles lol. All peppers can have milder varieties and hotter ones, and as I mentioned, these are milder/sweeter when they are red than green. This variety was fairly mild
QUESTION: I bought a large quantity of Hatch Green Chilies on sale. My daughter took my dehydrator and said she would dry them up for both of us. After a few weeks asked her where they were. Well things had come up so she had put them in baggies and tossed them in the freezer. My question… Can we pull them out of the freezer and still safely dehydrate them?
I havent had time to dug through your past videos but is it possible to dehydrate Pumpkin/cantaloupe/squash??? I like the idea of powdered pumpkin to make pumpkin breads etc.
I have peppers that are older and starting to wrinkle. Will they be okay to dehydrate? Also, is there a trick to keep peppers from turning brown when drying?
Questions...Those "sheets" you put on the dehydrator trays - what are they called & can they be cut to fit? I'm just getting started dehydrating & the holes in my trays are too large for many things I want to dry.
They are either mesh or fruit leather sheets (I was using mesh), I have them all listed here: www.amazon.com/shop/thepurposefulpantry/list/3Q3VGB73HUTJ2 And you can get a size that fits your machine, or a larger size and cut them down
Darcy, did you try to roast these first? We always roast them to freeze, then peel the skin. Do you think after roasting and peeling, you could still dehydrate them? I'm hoping this would work for my NM green Chile stew ingredients?
Darcy, Thanks so much for all your help. I'm stuck. I have dehydrated so many different thing all stored in canning jars from the conditioning stage. I want to compress the contents into more tightly compressed canning jars with desiccants. I've done so much reading but I can't seem to clearly figure out how to do it. Do I just open the conditioned jars and merge contents more tightly into a new clean jar or Food Saver Bag? Can I compact the contents and add the desiccant? Do I need to reheat the newly opened jars after conditioning? I'm sure it's shown in one of your videos but I'm just not clear and afraid to move ahead. Thank you very much for giving us so much peace about the food shortage coming in the near future.
Never reheat anything unless it needs to be dried more. And yes, it's fine to move things from conditioning into your permanent storage - 2 or 3 jars of onions conditioning can go into 1 jar for storage. www.thepurposefulpantry.com/how-to-store-dehydrated-foods/
Question: when our harvest season starts it is the most humid time of the year where I live. I would prefere to put a desificant (?)/moist abstorber in my jars but there is nowhere to buy it in Sweden. We do have a swedish Amazon but unfortunately is it not managed very well and have a lot of negative reviews. Sad to say because there is a lot of things that I would love to have that aren´t possiibly to buy here. Should I put an oxygen absorber into the cans instead? (Veggies, herbs, dry canned meals with rice/pasta and veggies, breadmix and mushrooms.)
No, Oxygen absorbers are one time use and done - you have to replace it any time you open the jar to use anything. If you are using proper storage, you should be fine. Remember to rotate containers to smaller sizes as you use product up, close quickly, and you should be just fine.
I cannot stress the importance of wearing gloves. Back in 1981 I was seven months pregnant with my daughter, and was given two large brown shopping bags of Scotch Bonnet peppers. I thought: let's get them all washed well, chopped up, on the dehydrator, and set the excess out on muslin in the sun for the next day or two. About two hours in, my fingers started tingling. An hour later, they started hurting a bit. Stubborn Mick that I am, I forged on until all those peppers were chopped and on the trays. It was really hot outside, and I was sweating, so I rubbed my face.... Did I mention that I wasn't using gloves? All y'all can stop laughing now; I can hear y'all over the internet.....
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Luckily here in NM, grocery stores have roasters outside in the fall so you can get all your chile roasted after you buy it
Congratulations to him. Both ours have moved out and I pack food every time I see them lol. Just did it this morning
A large portion of my dehydrating cabinet just disappeared, too . I'm gonna go have to see what he snuck in the box lol
@@ThePurposefulPantry 🤣 sounds like our daughter. Our son is in the military so his space is limited. He does get twice annual jerky shipments though
Blessings Darcy from sunny but chilly Chicago. I found that starting my chilies in the oven with the light on overnight, that I don't have a issue with fumes when I put them in the dehydrator. I'm in a high-rise apartment without a hoodfan. I open the windows slightly.
OMG, This is great! I grew up in New Mexico and have lived in Virginia for 35 years. We are just now able to get Hatch Chile at Wegman's in fall! I am a very happy NM girl!!!
Hey. I just wanted to say thank you for giving all this dehydrating information away. Your website has been something I check up on many times a week. Also, the conditioning instruction is something no one else talks about, but it makes perfect sense. Since I started, I've dehydrated any number of vegetables and even made up my own dried meals. Never had any of my dried ingredients mold, aside from a mistake I made with cilantro. If ever there was ANY sticking on the jar, back in the dehydrator or lowest temperature in the oven it goes. People like you deserve all the thanks! First preserving method I ever learned, and it will not be the last!
Glad I watched this I have some peppers to do tomorrow. Thank You
Try pouring your dried product into a plastic shoe box. It help to prevent little bits from flying onto the counter. Then pour the shoe box into your permanent storage. I use a canning funnel when storing in glass jars which I vacuum seal.
You have taught me so much about dehydrating! THANK YOU! You are a true blessing.
Enjoying your videos so much!
Thank you Darcy 😊 i am dehydrating them whole this time❤
Lol…yes, I wish food prep went that fast. But, I kinda enjoy the process and try to be sure I’m rested for big jobs. Great video Darcy!
Thanks Darcy! It's nice to see you.
Yummy - Hatch chiles!
Love your idea of using these hatch chilies in enchilada sauce. Thank you!
Hi Darcy, just wanted to send a thank you from South Yorkshire, in the UK. I've been watching your channel for all the dehydrating tips on powders, specifically Tomatoes, because I'm not a raw Tomato fan, and wanted a different way to preserve them. Currently have a batch finishing off in the oven before jarring up, so cheers!
I'm glad I can be of help! Also, check out this resource: www.thepurposefulpantry.com/ways-to-use-tomato-powder
Thanks! I’ve been saving my Anaheim peppers in the freezer so I can do them all at one time. This is timely 😊
I have lots of these peppers and the same dehydrator. Thank you for the info.
Great video Darcy. I haven’t purchased a dehydrator yet. I keep looking and trying to take the leap! I have always been a canner and blanched and freeze some veggies. You have such wonderful information!
My first one was a wedding present; a Ronco that used a low-wattage bulb as the heat source. The trays became brittle and broke apart after around 10 years. The second one was another Ronco that had a heating element, but no heat adjustments. It is still in use. The third one is a Harvest Maid from a Salvation Army store; it's trays are breaking apart, but it's still in use because of the adjustable temperature. My newest one is a Nesco digital, and I got it for free through my bank's rewards program.
Check your local thrift shops; I see dehydrators and other canning equipment every couple of months. See if your credit cards of bank has a rewards program, where you can trade points for merchandise.
I have a Chef Emeril's Power AirFryer 360 that has a dehydrator selection. I am going to try it. I haven't used the dehydrator at all yet so I might try it with something else (onions maybe) first. It isn't something I can easily move outside. Especially in November in Michigan. I guess I'll just prepare myself for the aroma. Maybe wait til after Thanksgiving though :)
Awesomeness
That’s wonderful! I just got a dehydrator last week because you gave me so many ideas w your videos. I’m dealing w bone tumors and have been buying VERY expensive mushroom powders and different green powders so I am excited also to do my own powders. Thank you!💐🙏🏼🌺💐🙏🏼
This will definitely help curb the bill for those assuming you can get the mushrooms fresh.
Hatch chili is the best. We grew up on this ❤️. Ty for the video
I dehydrated some Roasted Hatch Chiles a few weeks ago. I now have another 15lbs to do, maybe tomorrow. They are so, so yummy. I buy mild for my husband, medium and hot for me. I haven't tried the X-Hot, XX-hot or the XXX-hot yet. 😅 .
Thank you for this video very well explained step by step. I don't eat chili peppers but have used flakes in recipes from store bought and sometimes are tasteless. This video makes me want to try this method.
The ABSOLUTE BEST CHILE"S in the entire world! If you ever get the chance to visit Hatch, NM during harvest season, take it! It is a smell unlike anything I can describe. A lot of the farms that grow these peppers roast them over open fires and the air is permeated with the smell. I used to live in Las Cruces, NM, which is right next to Hatch and it was my favorite time of the year. I took my hubby a couple years ago and we were able to buy a bunch of roasted and frozen Hatch peppers and also a lot of dried. I now grow my own "Hatch" peppers.
you can also have chile shipped anywhere from the shops in hatch. Pretty reasonable prices!
I cant wait to get my dehydrator and make some powder
Haha... I sure wish all my food prep was that speedy. I have some roasted chiles (now thawed) that were gifted to me but they were roasted, then frozen, but not peeled yet. You've inspired me to dehydrate them... I feel like that will mitigate any issues of peel I don't get out of the batches. QUESTION: have you found it helpful or necessary to dedicate any of your plastic sheets as "pepper sheets"? Love my Nescos. Thanks for a fun video! 😀❤🔥
No - but the sheets can stain - and stained sheets are a sign of a well-loved dehydrator and full pantry ;) But they don't retain smell.
Why do these have to be dried outside?
As I mentioned, for some people, the oils released into the air are too hard to handle, they can be very strong. You don't HAVE to do it outside, but be mindful of those issues when you do.
I’m still trying to figure pepper varieties out. I have one called Big Jim that looks like the ones shown. What do hatch chilies taste like-green pepper or do they have kick? I know it takes a long time to dry peppers of any kind. I used coffee grinder for hot reds tonight-wow, don’t open right after grinding until the dust settles.😅
Just heard and read comments that they can be spicy☺️
Caution: don’t reuse your gloves after peppers as it will seep through.
I can't tell you what they taste like - they taste like Hatch chiles lol. All peppers can have milder varieties and hotter ones, and as I mentioned, these are milder/sweeter when they are red than green. This variety was fairly mild
QUESTION: I bought a large quantity of Hatch Green Chilies on sale. My daughter took my dehydrator and said she would dry them up for both of us. After a few weeks asked her where they were. Well things had come up so she had put them in baggies and tossed them in the freezer. My question… Can we pull them out of the freezer and still safely dehydrate them?
Of course!
Do you have a conversion chart for measurements (cheat sheet)?
You don't need one. 1 C fresh = 1/4-1/3C dried =1TB powdered.
Did someone drop the dehydrator?
The first go-round, yes, I dropped my whole dehydrator and lost it all. That was a few weeks ago.
@@ThePurposefulPantry wow, sorry to hear that
I havent had time to dug through your past videos but is it possible to dehydrate Pumpkin/cantaloupe/squash??? I like the idea of powdered pumpkin to make pumpkin breads etc.
Yes you can!
I have peppers that are older and starting to wrinkle. Will they be okay to dehydrate? Also, is there a trick to keep peppers from turning brown when drying?
Would you eat them? Then dry them. If you won't eat them, don't. Mine don't turn brown - if yours are, dehydrating them too hot.
Questions...Those "sheets" you put on the dehydrator trays - what are they called & can they be cut to fit? I'm just getting started dehydrating & the holes in my trays are too large for many things I want to dry.
They are either mesh or fruit leather sheets (I was using mesh), I have them all listed here: www.amazon.com/shop/thepurposefulpantry/list/3Q3VGB73HUTJ2
And you can get a size that fits your machine, or a larger size and cut them down
Darcy, did you try to roast these first? We always roast them to freeze, then peel the skin. Do you think after roasting and peeling, you could still dehydrate them? I'm hoping this would work for my NM green Chile stew ingredients?
Yes - as long as you don't use any fats.
@@ThePurposefulPantry no fat at all I usually roast in oven the way my grandmother did lol.
Darcy, Thanks so much for all your help. I'm stuck. I have dehydrated so many different thing all stored in canning jars from the conditioning stage. I want to compress the contents into more tightly compressed canning jars with desiccants. I've done so much reading but I can't seem to clearly figure out how to do it. Do I just open the conditioned jars and merge contents more tightly into a new clean jar or Food Saver Bag? Can I compact the contents and add the desiccant? Do I need to reheat the newly opened jars after conditioning? I'm sure it's shown in one of your videos but I'm just not clear and afraid to move ahead. Thank you very much for giving us so much peace about the food shortage coming in the near future.
Never reheat anything unless it needs to be dried more. And yes, it's fine to move things from conditioning into your permanent storage - 2 or 3 jars of onions conditioning can go into 1 jar for storage. www.thepurposefulpantry.com/how-to-store-dehydrated-foods/
@@ThePurposefulPantry Perfect! Thank you for helping me help my family and my neighbors with your clear and concise instructions.
Roasted chili peppers have a different texture. How would you dehydrate those?
The same. They are just softer going in.
Question: when our harvest season starts it is the most humid time of the year where I live. I would prefere to put a desificant (?)/moist abstorber in my jars but there is nowhere to buy it in Sweden. We do have a swedish Amazon but unfortunately is it not managed very well and have a lot of negative reviews. Sad to say because there is a lot of things that I would love to have that aren´t possiibly to buy here.
Should I put an oxygen absorber into the cans instead? (Veggies, herbs, dry canned meals with rice/pasta and veggies, breadmix and mushrooms.)
No, Oxygen absorbers are one time use and done - you have to replace it any time you open the jar to use anything. If you are using proper storage, you should be fine. Remember to rotate containers to smaller sizes as you use product up, close quickly, and you should be just fine.
@@ThePurposefulPantry Thank you! ❤
Can I dehydrate in my kitchen? Will some food products be too pungent?
Yes and yes ;) Many people opt to do peppers onions and garlic outside or in another location.
What brand of dehydrator are you using here?
In this video, a Nesco
I cannot stress the importance of wearing gloves. Back in 1981 I was seven months pregnant with my daughter, and was given two large brown shopping bags of Scotch Bonnet peppers. I thought: let's get them all washed well, chopped up, on the dehydrator, and set the excess out on muslin in the sun for the next day or two. About two hours in, my fingers started tingling. An hour later, they started hurting a bit. Stubborn Mick that I am, I forged on until all those peppers were chopped and on the trays. It was really hot outside, and I was sweating, so I rubbed my face....
Did I mention that I wasn't using gloves?
All y'all can stop laughing now; I can hear y'all over the internet.....
You can’t use them all up? Never heard of such a thing
I bought a 25 lbs box of Hatch Chilies. The medium and they have no heat! None. I am so disappointed! 😢😢😢
But they are flavorful!
gotta go for the Hot to get medium heat... X-hot and XX-hot are where the REAL heat lives.
I need a fast forward button for everyday use. Lol.
lolol