How to Dry Chili/Hot Pepper/Red Pepper:

  After the fresh pepper is picked, it will rot soon after being stored. To be eaten for a long time, we can make it into a dry product and store it. Then how can fresh pepper be made into dried pepper?
  There are many ways to dry peppers. According to different pepper yields, the two most commonly used methods are air-drying peppers and drying peppers with a dryer. The air-dried pepper method is suitable for drying peppers in small batches at home, and the dryer is suitable for drying peppers in large quantities. It can not only dry peppers quickly, but also adjust the speed of the mesh belt according to the moisture content and heat sensitivity of the peppers Without changing the quality requirements of color, aroma, and taste, the original quality is still maintained. Next, I will share with you the specific steps of two hot pepper drying methods.

Air-dried chili/pepper method?

  Thread the pepper with a needle and string and put them in the air to dry, do not dry them in the sun. Because the peppers contain water when they are picked. So it's better to air-dry the peppers.
1. Choose dry, anhydrous, intact peppers with pepper stems
2. Do not cut or clean
3. Use a needle and thread to pass through the stalk (note: the peppers should be sparsely stringed so that they are easy to dry, do not string too dense peppers on a string, it will not be easy to dry, and it is easy to deteriorate)
4. Hang it in a place where it won't be rained, is well ventilated, and can be exposed to the sun every day
5. After being completely dried, store it in the fresh-keeping box and close the lid tightly.
hint:
1.Peppers can be freeze-dried.
2.The food eliminator can also be used to dry peppers, just follow the instructions.
3.If you put the plate containing the pepper on the roof of the car or the truck compartment, the drying speed will be faster. These places can not only get the sun but also the heat from the surrounding light can accelerate the drying.
4.You need to wear gloves or protective glasses when handling peppers because the pepper oil in pepper peppers and pepper seeds is easy to burn eyes, ears, mouth, and skin. These protective facilities can reduce damage.

 

How to dry chili/pepper in large quantities?

  Due to the different quality and maturity of peppers, unsuitable peppers should be picked out before drying. When loading, the peppers should be evenly laid, with a thickness of about 5 cm. The fresh peppers enter from the upper layer of the dryer and turn layer by layer until the lower layer is discharged. The moisture content of the pepper raw materials is very high, generally 75%-85%. The pepper should be dried until the moisture content is 50% and the pile is sweated, and then the second drying is carried out. The pepper drying temperature can be adjusted at 60℃—80℃. The segmented drying method is adopted, which is currently the superior method of pepper drying. The use of segmented drying has a great influence on the quality of the pepper, the drying time, and the drying volume. Peppers have obvious softening and swelling during the drying process. The dried peppers are uniform in color, rosy and smooth, and have a balanced moisture content.

The operation points of mass drying pepper:
1.Choose fresh peppers that are fully ripe, normal in color, and intact fruit.
2.A large number of fresh peppers are required to be well ventilated during transportation and stacking, especially the height of the stack should not be higher than 1m, and the stacking time should not exceed 36h.
3. Removal of pepper stems, leaves, dust, and other debris through pretreatment
4.During the drying process, the thickness of the material and the drying temperature should be selected according to the requirements of the processing technology so that the moisture content of the dried peppers can meet the storage requirements.
5. The selection and inspection must be carried out after the dried pepper has naturally regained moisture for some time, otherwise, the dried pepper is easy to break.
6. When packing and warehousing, pay attention to the dry, ventilated, and stacking height of the warehouse to avoid the regain, mildew, and breakage of dried pepper peppers.

  If you need to dry a lot of peppers, Baixin Machinery’s drying equipment is a good choice. Baixin Machinery is a manufacturer specializing in the production of dryers. It has 20 years of rich experience. For pepper drying, it has professional drying equipment and mature drying technology to ensure the perfect drying effect.
  The most popular pepper dryers of Baixin Machinery are heat pump dryers and continuous mesh belt dryers. I would be happy to introduce these two dryers in detail for you:

1:The first method:chili/pepper heat pump dryer

Commercial 100-3000kg/h large amount of dehydration wide application and easy operation
  Heat pump drying machine use the principle of inverse Carnot cycle. It absorbs low-temperature heat energy in the air, which becomes high-temperature heat energy after efficient heat collection and integration by the heat pump system, and is transported to the drying room for cyclic heating and drying of materials.It refers to exhausting the hot and humid air in the drying room directly to the outside of the drying room through dehumidification device, and then replenishing natural fresh air.

  Hot air circle drying machine belongs to high temperature heat pump unit. Its working principle is: the working fluid of the heat pump is compressed by the compressor, becomes high temperature and high pressure gas, enters the condenser, condenses and liquefies the heat, and is used for air heating in the drying room. The moisture in the material is vaporized and evaporated by the form of hot air, and the evaporated water vapor is discharged by the moisture discharge system, thereby achieving the purpose of drying the drying material.

2:The second method:chili/pepper continuous mesh belt drying machine

Large amount of dehydration 200-5000kg/h chilli/pepper drying machine continuous automatic work easy operation
Chili/pepper 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.

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