I have a couple of chilli pepper plants with quite a lot of fruit. I want to make chilli oil but when looking at recipes it says I need to use dried chillis (something about botulism). Does anyone know how I dry the chillis and how long will it take? Thanks
2007-08-31 11:35:06 · 7 answers · asked by Joanne D 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I looked on Delia Smith's website and there is a forum there. A few different people had mentioned that it is quite dangerous to use fresh chillis as they can go mouldy????
2007-08-31 11:48:01 · update #1
You can dry them in the microwave, but I cannot see how you will get oil from something that is dried of all moisture.
It doesn't make sense, I think you must have turned two pages over.
So here is the answer to your prayers........
Hot chilli oil
by Antony Worrall Thompson
Makes one medium jar
Preparation time less than 30 mins
Cooking time 10 to 30 mins
Ingredients
85g/3oz hot red chilli flakes
85g/3oz fermented black beans, found in Chinese Supermarkets
½ tsp onion powder
6 cloves garlic, crushed to a paste
2 tbsp finely chopped ginger
2 tsp sesame seeds
850ml/1½ pints groundnut oil
Method
1. Combine all the ingredients in a heavy-based saucepan. Over a lowish heat, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Pour the oil and "gloop" into sterilised jars. Store in a dark place.
3. This oil will keep for a couple of months.
2007-08-31 12:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by Terry G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Picking fresh chilies and using them is not dangerous as long as they are not overripe. To make chili flavoured oil with raw, fresh chilies could pose a danger of botulism. Instead slit the fresh chili and place it in the bottle of oil and water bathe the bottle to pasteurising temperature and keep it sealed while the chili flavor permeates the oil.
Still safer and less trouble is to slit the chilies and place them on a screen in the sun to air dry or dry them more quickly in a barely warm oven [100 deg F.]. This may take a couple of days depending on size and humidity. When thoroughly dry the chili will break with a snap. When handling keep your fingers away from your eyes and wash thoroughly afterward.
2007-09-01 01:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by Taganan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're in a hurry dry them as it's been said here: in the oven.
If you're not in a hurry, pick the chillies of the plant as they ripen and put in an airing cupboard or any dry place around the house. Once dried I put them in a jar and I cover them with a good oil.
2007-08-31 18:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by fed up woman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use them. Whem was the lsat time you heard of a mass death through chilli poisoning?!
2007-08-31 19:23:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of getting botulism from fresh grown chili peppers..or any chili pepper for that matter. I can't see why you can't use your own chilis without drying them out.
2007-08-31 18:41:56 · answer #5 · answered by Miami Lilly 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
dry chili??it's easy...
just let them under sun light for 2-3 days...or you can use your oven in bake them in low temperature for 1-3 hours..
when they said not to use fresh chili, it's mean you can not use fresh chili if you want to make chili oil, it can easy to spoil..
2007-08-31 18:52:26 · answer #6 · answered by peghe_Pastry 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
put them on a tray in the oven on the lowest heat for atleast 4 hours,
I did this a few years ago,
2007-08-31 18:41:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋