Homemade Cayenne Pepper Recipe

Make your own cayenne pepper powder at home from fresh garden-grown or store-bought cayenne peppers with a dehydrator. It is super easy to make and you won't get any fresher. Here is the recipe.

Prep time: PT5M

Cook time: PT5M

Total time: PT10M

Rating

4.67 stars (3 reviews)

Keywords

cayenne, chili powder, seasonings

Ingredients

4 ounces cayenne peppers

Cuisine

American

Steps

Clean and dry the cayenne peppers. Wearing gloves, remove the stems and slice in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds if you wish.
Set the sliced cayenne peppers onto dehydrator sheets and dehydrate at 135 degrees F (or at your dehydrator's recommended temperature) for 8 hours, or until they are completely dried through.
Crush the dried cayenne peppers in a mortar and pestle, or add them to a spice grinder and grind them to a powder.
Sift the powder and process the remaining chunks until only a fine powder remains.
Store in airtight containers.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 15 kcal
Carbohydrates: 3 g
Sodium: 3 mg
Sugar: 2 g

Reviews

John Robinson on 2023-10-23 (5 stars):
I cook with cayenne pepper powder with almost everything that I cook.
Damien C. on 2019-09-18 (5 stars):
This came out just right. It's even spicier than the stuff you buy in the stores. So much better.
Jeffrey Palmer - From Wisconsin on 2018-10-12 (4 stars):
Another way to de pepps is the micro wave... Slice them and put the slices on low for a lot of time.. Jeff