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Chili Powder Recipe

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Posted:9/5/15
Updated:10/15/19
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EASY STEP BY STEP Chili Powder Recipe made from  from Jalapeno Peppers!  This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning.  It’s a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers!  I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

This year we planted a few more jalapeno pepper plants than usual.  Actually we didn’t plan on this but some of our jalapeno seeds got mixed up with green pepper seeds and then suddenly as the seeds started to come up and turned into seedlings, we realized we were going to have a ton of jalapeno peppers.  This was fine with me because you know I love candied peppers and eat about half a cup a day (amazing for a afternoon snack with crackers and cheese).  

But a girl can only have so many jars of candied jalapenos stored up for Winter. With a few pounds of jalapeno peppers just picked (and more to pick tomorrow) I got to thinking about what else could I do with them?

Ground Chili Powder Recipe

I love preserving vegetables for Winter (here is my guide)  to give a little garden memory when it’s snowing here in the Northeast.  If you look at our mini freezer right now it’s stocked up with tomato sauces, salsa verde and pumpkin puree ready for Winter. My goal is not to buy any tomato sauce  ever again and keep it in rotation with all the Summer tomatoes we’ll grow again next year.   Hopefully this dream comes true.

What to do with a whole lot of peppers when you want to preserve? Make ground chili powder of course!  
Lens cap for size comparison, lots of peppers!
EASY STEP BY STEP directions on How to Make Ground Chili Powder from Jalapeno Peppers! This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning. It's a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers! I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

Chili Powder Recipe!

We use chili powder in a ton of recipes, especially in the Winter when we hibernate in cozy sweaters and blankets.  Chili powder is great to use in soups, stews, casseroles, taco meat, on sandwiches and more!   
EASY STEP BY STEP directions on How to Make Ground Chili Powder from Jalapeno Peppers!  This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning.  It's a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers!  I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

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EASY STEP BY STEP directions on How to Make Ground Chili Powder from Jalapeno Peppers!  This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning.  It's a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers!  I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

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EASY STEP BY STEP directions on How to Make Ground Chili Powder from Jalapeno Peppers!  This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning.  It's a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers!  I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

Enjoy everyone! Hope this helps you out during garden season!  Enjoy this chili powder recipe!
EASY STEP BY STEP directions on How to Make Ground Chili Powder from Jalapeno Peppers!  This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning.  It's a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers!  I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

Need a suggestion for a food dehydrator? I use this one and love it! I use it so often during the Summer! 

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EASY STEP BY STEP directions on How to Make Ground Chili Powder from Jalapeno Peppers! This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning. It's a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers! I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

 

 

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EASY STEP BY STEP Chili Powder Recipe made from  from Jalapeno Peppers!  This homemade recipe shows how to dry jalapeno peppers and then crush into ground seasoning.  It's a super easy DIY project, perfect if you have extra jalapeno peppers!  I do this every Summer with our garden peppers!

Ingredients

  • Jalapeno peppers - cut in half (amount of peppers is up to you)
  • *Make sure your peppers are dry. If moist pat them with towel as the peppers will dry faster*
  • *I take the seeds out because I find that they are too spicy with seeds. If you can handle the heat then leave the seeds in*

Instructions

  • Cut each jalapeno pepper into half, place on food dehydrator sheet.
  • Dehydrate at 125 degrees for 4-8 hours until brittle and will crumble upon a squeeze of the fingers. Check every 30 minutes as depending on the size of your pepper and dehydrator, time varies.
  • For powder: Put dried jalapeno peppers in coffee grinder and grind until powder. Store in jar.
  • For flakes: Put dried jalapeno pepper in food processor and pulse a few times until flakes. Store in jar. Be careful when opening up the food processor when you're done or you'll be coughing a cloud of jalapeno powder up! 🙂
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  1. Deana Hill says

    October 21, 2020 at 2:58 pm

    How do you dry the peppers without a dehydrator

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  2. Paul Tischhauser says

    October 15, 2020 at 8:35 pm

    I put mine in my smoker while I’m cooking meats or other things. It gives some extra depth. I also will put a small pan of corse sea salt in the smoker as well. The salt will turn grey after awhile. Smoking as long as necessary to get the flavor I want. Then I put them in the dehydrator. After dried out grind to powder. Add salt to powder to your flavor. Add garlic and onion powder for a general seasoning. Maybe a touch of cumin for a little earthy touch.

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  3. Dianna says

    July 27, 2020 at 10:56 pm

    I assume this will work with Hatch chilies? I love Hatch chilies in green chili pork, salsas, hot sauce, etc. The nice thing is that you can buy them in mild, hot, and extra hot categories. They have such a great flavor and I’d love to make some powder out of them since my freezer is pretty filled up.

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    • Pamela says

      July 28, 2020 at 10:30 am

      Hey Dianna, it will absolutely work with Hatch chiles! I’ve made this chili powder with them and it’s delicious (I love adding it to stews and chili!).

      Reply
  4. Dan says

    July 25, 2020 at 7:27 pm

    I am confused your photo looks like you have granulated garlic or onion or something on the peppers before drying. Nothing is listed on the recipe? Am I missing something?

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    • Amy D says

      August 6, 2020 at 8:37 pm

      I wondered the same thing. I want to make this recipe, but wondered if I should add garlic or other seasoning as shown in the picture.

      Reply
  5. Debbi Acuna says

    December 13, 2019 at 10:28 pm

    What if you don’t have a good dehydrator?

    Reply
  6. Stacy Koss says

    September 13, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    Hi 🙂

    Love your article but have a question. You show yours on a baking sheet, how long and at what temp?

    Thanks!!

    Reply
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