Homemade Smoked Paprika
Smoked paprika is simple. Buy peppers, slice thin, cold smoke, dehydrate, then grind into a powder.
Ingredients
- 2-5 Red bell peppers sliced thin
Instructions
- Take 2-5 red bell peppers and slice the tops off. Remove stem, seeds, and pith and then slice into thin rings.
- Setup your smoker to the lowest temperature setting or use a cold smoking device.
- Put sliced pepper rings on trays and then put into your smoker.
- Smoke for 2-3 hours.
- After smoking, set your dehydrator to ~140F.
- Put smoked peppers on dehydrator trays and dehydrate for 16-24 hours.
- The next day, take 1 out and allow to cool for 5 minutes. It should feel brittle and snap. If it's soft and pliable, it needs to keep dehydrating.
- Once dry, put into a spice grinder or pestle and mortar and grind into a fine powder.
- Store in a freezer ziploc bag or glass storage container.