Jalapeno powder recipe homemade from scratch is here! Dried jalapenos baked in the oven and with a grinder you can make this spicy seasoning that is great in all recipes.
Jalapeno powder seasoning is the bomb! If you love adding heat to your recipes this is a great way to do just that. Make it cheap at home and store it for up to a year this way. Have it on hand to use in all your favorite dishes. (affiliate links present)
Jalapeno Powder Recipe
Letโs skip the preservatives and make our own powdered jalapenos shall we? There are always weird ingredients if you look on the back of your spice bottles, this way it is pure and just ONE thing.
Whether youโre trying to eat healthier, or save money you will achieve both of them with these simple instructions. They are just as great in all your recipes but if you donโt have roasted jalapenos on hand this is the next best thing.
Jalapeno Powder Uses
I mean whatever you want to become spicy you can use this in. Just a few suggestions would be to add a pinch into your Instant Pot chili, add a bit into your Mexican cornbread, in salsa, a number of different types of sauces, stew, and taco meat.
You donโt need much either. Depending on how daring you are, usually 1/8-1/4 of a teaspoon is where itโs at. Nice thing about making this yourself is you really can adjust the heat level to your liking.
If you remove them all they will still have the great flavor you love but become quite mild in nature. Leave them all in for a spicier addition, or leave some for medium heat. Take your pick. Very similar to hatch chiles really, except those have a membrane you have to get rid of too.
How to Make Jalapeno Powder
- You start off by drying fresh pieces that have had the membranes removed and sliced into dials in the oven you do this by;
- Preheating oven and lining a baking sheet with parchment paper so they donโt stick.
- Baking for a few hours or until hard and crispy to use as the base to prepare our seasoning.
- Allow these to cool completely and then add into spice grinder. A blender will work but wonโt get as fine so you will have larger chunks that arenโt as pleasant
- Pulse to be as fine as youโd like.
How to store properly
You always want it to completely cool before bagging or maintain the flavor and heat, as well as keep them hard. Any moisture left will start to seep out and make your jalapeรฑo powder damp. The result of this will be mold and youโll have to throw out your entire batch, no good.
If you have ever bought these types of peppers at the store you know they are pretty inexpensive, but donโt last forever. For those who use them quite often it can be a pain going to the store for just this. Following this recipe you can make sliced dehydrated jalapenos peppers and grind them as well into a fine pepper powder. Both are great for cooking.
How Hot is Jalapeno Powder?
If you are familiar with the chili pepper Scoville rating, these fall into the range of 2,500-5,000 heat units, similar to roasted jalapeno. Much hotter than your traditional chili powder in the bottle, or red hot sauce. I would suggest grinding into a very fine powder so there arenโt any chunks that surprise you.
You would use these same steps with any other hot peppers you wanted to make into a powder recipe of sorts. Just use your favorite peppers, adjust how many seeds are left in, slice fine and bake.
They all have a broad range to them though, depending on the type. Ghost is the hottest, to red peppers and all the way down to bell peppers which can be on the sweet side a bit actually.
Jalapeno Powder Recipe
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
Ingredients
- 4 jalapeno
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice peppers into 1/8 inch pieces after removing stem.
- Lay on baking sheet and bake for 2 hours or until hard and crispy. Allow to cool and then add into spice grinder.
- Pulse to grind until they are as fine as you'd like them to be. Store in airtight container.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
You suck!!!
Hello, thanks for this recipe! How long does this keep for?
If kept in a sealed container in a dry environment you should be good for a year.
Frickโn awesomeโฆ I do this with herbs, fruit & vegetable skins & peelsโฆ So so so much flavor
Iโve got coffee grinders for each categoryโฆ
Great idea! Glad you love it too