Rehydrating dried chili peppers is simple, and a great way to incorporate chili peppers into your meal. Dried chili peppers offer up HUGE, MASSIVE flavor, and they deliver in a way that fresh chili peppers don’t. The process of drying them changes and intensifies their flavors, deepening them, which all goes into your final dish. Dried peppers can be ground to powders for widely used seasoning blends, but when you rehydrate them, you can incorporate them into sauces, soups, stews and so much more for tastes you will never forget.
How to Rehydrate Dried Chili Peppers - The Method
While you can simple toss them into hot water and let them steep, a better way is as follows: NOTE: The water used to rehydrate the peppers is useful. Nutrients from the peppers will seep into the water, so save the water for your recipe if you’d like.
Why Dry Toast the Peppers Before Rehydrating Them? Is it Necessary?
Toasting the chili peppers before you rehydrate them is not required, but lightly toasting them in a dry pan will help to release the oils from the chili pepper skins, adding another layer of flavor to your finished meal. Give it a try and see if it makes a difference if your recipe.
Try These Popular Recipes That Use Rehydrated Chili Peppers
Homemade Harissa Ancho-Guajillo Chili Paste
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