I was lurking the hot sauce making sub-forum this last Friday and noticed a thread about fermenting dried chili's. I'm pretty new to the fermenting game and figured it would make for a fun weekend to experiment around and see if I could try my hand at it and document the experience.
So on my way home from work Friday I picked up 1,073 grams of jalapenos (the 5 gram plastic grocery bag was not tared out in the photo).
I gave the peppers a rinse in a colander and got to chopping. I had 978 grams of jalapenos after trimming (the 108 gram plastic bowl was not tared out in the photo).
At 10:55 pm Friday night the peppers went in the dehydrator at 110 degrees for approx 12 hours.
At 11:00 am Saturday morning I pulled them out of the dehydrator. I had a little seed loss which doesn't bother me, I didn't include these seeds in my powder. Only the peppers that held on tight got kept. There was more seeds in the the bottom of the dehydrator but i didn't take a photo of them. It was pretty negligible compared to the seeds in the photo. I ended up with 73 grams of dried jalapenos (the plastic bowl weighs 40 grams but it was tared out in the photo).
So on my way home from work Friday I picked up 1,073 grams of jalapenos (the 5 gram plastic grocery bag was not tared out in the photo).
![post-15657-0-60046600-1575947549_thumb.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fthehotpepper.com%2Fuploads%2Fmonthly_12_2019%2Fpost-15657-0-60046600-1575947549_thumb.jpg&hash=a8724324486d3ee90a5e3e10940a1d34)
I gave the peppers a rinse in a colander and got to chopping. I had 978 grams of jalapenos after trimming (the 108 gram plastic bowl was not tared out in the photo).
![post-15657-0-35804700-1575947603_thumb.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fthehotpepper.com%2Fuploads%2Fmonthly_12_2019%2Fpost-15657-0-35804700-1575947603_thumb.jpg&hash=3438f5913a0075d8aea8c01fab26eab5)
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At 10:55 pm Friday night the peppers went in the dehydrator at 110 degrees for approx 12 hours.
![post-15657-0-97048700-1575947768_thumb.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fthehotpepper.com%2Fuploads%2Fmonthly_12_2019%2Fpost-15657-0-97048700-1575947768_thumb.jpg&hash=0a0a762d560babe33ba1d04ea36644eb)
At 11:00 am Saturday morning I pulled them out of the dehydrator. I had a little seed loss which doesn't bother me, I didn't include these seeds in my powder. Only the peppers that held on tight got kept. There was more seeds in the the bottom of the dehydrator but i didn't take a photo of them. It was pretty negligible compared to the seeds in the photo. I ended up with 73 grams of dried jalapenos (the plastic bowl weighs 40 grams but it was tared out in the photo).
![post-15657-0-26411600-1575947905.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fthehotpepper.com%2Fuploads%2Fmonthly_12_2019%2Fpost-15657-0-26411600-1575947905.jpg&hash=7691667cf974b06253e4c69a02b0ef7b)
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