How To Dehydrate Chilli

  Chilli is one of the people's favorite foods. Chilli contains a lot of vitamin C. They also contain B vitamins, beta-carotene, and minerals such as calcium and iron. Contains capsaicin, can not only promote digestion, spleen, and stomach, prevent and treat gastric ulcer disease, but also anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation, promote blood circulation. Chillis are very popular as a condiment. and they can be cooked in many ways. It is a very common seasoning in daily life, and it is produced and used all over the world. Fresh chilli has a relatively short storage time, many chilli growers or buyers choose to dehydrate fresh chilli into dried chilli.

1. Why dehydrate chilli ?

　Fresh chilli contains a lot of water. So it is very easy to become moldy and deteriorate, and should not be stored for a long time. Dehydrating chilli will not only retain their nutrients and flavor, but will also make them last longer. If you want to take some chilli with you when you travel or go camping. It is very convenient to have some dehydrated chilli. For example, you can put them in jars. In addition, dried chillies are also very versatile. As we all know, hot pot is a very famous dish in China. Dried chilli is an essential condiment in hot pot.

2. How to dehydrate chilli?

 There are two ways to dehydrate chillies.One way is to dry the chillies in the sun. Another way is to use a dehydrator, which dehydrates the peppers. I'm going to show you the two ways to dehydrate chilli.
  The first method is to dry the chillies naturally. First of all, choose some fresh, plump peppers. And wash them in cold water. Then prepare a larger shelf. Put the chillies on the rack, one by one. Find a place with plenty of sunlight, such as a balcony or open space in the yard. If the weather is clear, the ginger chilli is completely dehydrated, which takes about three days. In the meantime, you need to flip them over. And check them for mildew. If you do these things well, you'll get some delicious dried chillies.

  Another way is to dry the peppers in a dehydrator. Wash the selected chillies and boil them in boiling water. Keep turning it so that it is heated evenly. Then remove the hot pepper and put it into cold water to cool off. Adjust the temperature of the dehydrator to between 34 to 40 degrees. Place the peppers in a dehydrator for about 11 to 15 hours. And turn it every half an hour. When the peppers are fully dried, remove and store in an airtight container. Those are the two ways to dry chillies. Have you learned how to do that? 

How to dry chilli in large quantities/dehydrate chilli in a dehydrator:

  As is known to all, chillies are produced in large quantities worldwide. If you want to dry a large amount of chilli, use of ordinary dehydrator can not be done. You may need a large dryer to do it.
  Due to the different quality and maturity of chilli, individual chilli that cannot be dried in the first drying operation should be selected and re-dried. The moisture content of pepper raw materials is very high, generally 75% to 85%. Drying with hot air at 40-60°C, the relative temperature is lower than 70% at first, and the relative humidity drops below 52% after 5 hours. After 12 hours, the relative humidity is lower than 40%.
Our factory use mesh belt dryer machine to meet different capacity chilli dryer requirement, also provide customized services. 

Recommendation of chilli dehydrator/drying machine

1:Large amount of dehydration 200-5000kg/h chilli drying machine continuous automatic work easy operation
  Chilli Dryer Machine is a kind of continuous production drying equipment, the main heating way has electric heating, steam heating, hot air heating. Its main working principle is to spread the material evenly in the network. The material is moved in the dryer by the operation of the machine, and the hot air draws out the water vapor of the material. so as to achieve the purpose of drying.
The operation temperature is 40-120 degree centigrade. And the dry cycle is 1-5 hours.


2:Household Commercial 100-3000kg/h All-in-one drying equipment without installation for any material
  Drying essence is take moisture away, but takes away the moisture temperature is not the most critical factor. The key for drying is depending on relative humidity within certain space, Baixin Company took advantage of the dry essence, originality developed a "Closed Cycle" dryer, changed the traditional heat pump dryer "bake" to "dehumidifier”. Its several advantages were unmatched by the traditional heat pump dryer.
   Baixin Food Dehydrator has a compact structure, great energy-saving, wide application, high drying quality, easy operation, simple installation and removable. it is the best drying equipment for small firms, drying experiment and scientific research. The users only connect the power to use, is the easiest operation heat pump dryer.

The heat pump drying machine is Commercial All-in-one universal drying equipment without installation,suitable for 85% of food vegetable fruit mature material.This kind of dryer has the advantages of easy operation low cost clean and sanitary small area occupy.
1:Applicable：Vegetable,fruit,meat,seafood,agricultural ,noodle,wooden
2:Output：100-3000kg/h
3:Heat pump model:1P/2P/3P/6P/8P/10P/15P/20P/30P/40P/60P
4:Drying time:Depends on different drying materials
5:Core advantages:Energy saving and environmental protection, simple or without installation, easy operation operation, wide application for food vegetable fruit dryer，small area occupy

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