Green Chili Powder

[Gary350]

In the fall the day before the big killer freeze I picked all of my chili peppers. They were still green. I cut off the stem, cut them in half and scrapped out the seeds then let the peppers air dry for 3 months. Today I put the dry green chili peppers in the kitchen blender and turned it all into green chili powder. Wow it is strong stuff. I have a pint jar full this will be good in green Enchiladas.


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[GardenGnome]

Sounds great I did that with jalapenos. But dried mine over night.

[webmaster]

Another way to use them to get less heat but more flavor is to save them whole. When you're cooking drop a whole pod into the stew, sauce or whatever and let it remain for fifteen to thirty minutes or more. Then take remove the pods after the sauce reaches the desired amount of heat and flavor. This works particularly well with smoked chilies. I have done this with dried green chilies from New Mexico as well as with Red Chilies.

[GardenGnome]

Do you smoke your own peppers? And if so do they store well?