Jalapeno String
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INGREDIENTS
- Preparation Time: 5 min
- Jalapeno peppers
- String or dental floss
- Needle
DIRECTIONS
- Thread the needle with a 20-inch-long length of string or dental floss. Tie a knot in the end of the string.
- Insert the needle through a hot pepper (near the stem). Pass the hot pepper all the way along the string until it stops at the knot at the end of the string.
- Tie a knot in the string approximately ½-inch above the hot pepper. This will space the peppers along the string and ensure that air circulates adequately around each pepper.
- Repeat steps above to string all of the hot peppers onto the string.
- Remove the needle from the string and tie a loop on the end of the string.
- Hang the hot peppers in a sunny window.
- Leave to dry for a couple weeks until they dry and turn red.
- Then, remove from string, store (in an airtight container for up to 6 months), use or give them as gifts or grind them up in a spice grinder or similar device as chilli powder to use or give as gifts. Just be careful of the chili dust when you are grinding.