The Ultimate Hot Pepper Guide: Grow, Harvest, Cook & Preserve.

 

The Ultimate Hot Pepper Guide: Grow, Harvest, Cook & Preserve.

 

There are many different types of hot peppers. The most popular type is the Cayenne pepper which has a very spicy, burning taste. The next most popular type of hot pepper is the Jalapeno or "little capsicum,", which has a milder sweet flavor than the Cayenne pepper. Other types of peppers include Anaheim (poblanos), Poblano (Anaheim), Chili de arbol, Habañero (chili-morita) and Thai.

Hot peppers are easy to grow, even in small spaces. Set up your bed for hot pepper planting by adding some chicken manure and compost to the top of the soil. If you would like, use a broken tomato can with holes poked in it to make a place for seedlings when you plant your seedling around 2 inches deep, water regularly until they start growing into small plants at about 8-10 inches tall. Please place them in the sunniest spot possible and keep an eye on them as they grow until they become full-sized plants with fruit or leaves on them, then space them out 1 foot apart from each other along the edges of your bed so that no one is too close to another's plants or fruits. They will

Hot peppers are an excellent addition to any garden and can be harvested at any time. Harvesting hot peppers are easy and can be done by removing the pepper from the plant by pulling it off carefully, making sure not to touch the pepper with your bare hands. Once you have harvested your desired amount of peppers, it is a good idea to rinse them in a bowl of water to remove dirt and debris from them before storing them in a clean container in the refrigerator or freezer.

Recipes with cayenne pepper :

Pita Chips:

 Pita bread is easy to make yourself. Cut two pita bread in half and scoop out the insides with a spoon, leaving a small pocket of dough where the pit comes out.

 

Because Cayenne pepper is the most popular type of hot pepper, we'll start with them. Their taste can vary wildly depending on how much or how little baking soda you use. For one tablespoon of baking soda and 2 cups of water, drop in 50-100 whole peppers and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 5-10 minutes. Then turn off the oven and leave the peppers in there until they're scorched on top. Once they're dried out (they might shrink some), chop up all that's left into small pieces then put it back into a ziploc bag or container to store for later use.

Now for using your chilis