A friend gave me the last of his chile peppers from his garden, and I usually burn the skins off of them over a stove flame. I have an electric kitchen now, the only feature from my criteria for buying this house that I didn't get. I don't trust the electric broiler, but I might have to. Any suggestions from you southwest chefs?
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Need to process chile peppers in an electric kitchen
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michael-in-phoenix
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Grill over hot coals on a bbq, or on high flame on a gas grill. We used to have...
...chile roasting parties where we'd roast bushel after bushel that way.
A torch you'd use to caramelize sugar on creme brulee works well too.
Michael
...chile roasting parties where we'd roast bushel after bushel that way.
A torch you'd use to caramelize sugar on creme brulee works well too.
Michael
steve2-in-la
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I'll'll second "propane torch" but in a pinch, what about sterno burners.
patbastrop
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Turn your hood vent on. I do peppers under the broiler all the time. They don't really smoke all
that much. They don't take very long - you just have to keep the door open and the light on. I freeze them with the burnt skins on. Easy, so easy to rub the skins off the frozen peppers.
that much. They don't take very long - you just have to keep the door open and the light on. I freeze them with the burnt skins on. Easy, so easy to rub the skins off the frozen peppers.
I will never do that again! I do have a really good oven I found, it has an automatic vent.
If one ever needs to burn chile pepper skins off of chile peppers in an electic oven, remove the stems, cut them open, and lay them flat. That would be the way to do this, but I will NEVER do this again.
If one ever needs to burn chile pepper skins off of chile peppers in an electic oven, remove the stems, cut them open, and lay them flat. That would be the way to do this, but I will NEVER do this again.
melissa-dallas
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You can also drop them briefly into hot oil to blister the skins so they peel easily.
This eliminates inside smoke problem. I agree the grill outside is the easiest to do a bunch.
This eliminates inside smoke problem. I agree the grill outside is the easiest to do a bunch.
heather_in_sf
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I use the oven. My electric range, supplied by the landlord, is pretty puny.
But cut the chiles in half on a baking tray, oven at 450 and bake for 30 min or until the skins are blackened. Then pop everything into a bowl, cover with foil or plastic wrap to steam for 30 min and they peel quite well.
I also have a blow torch now which works great but the oven is just as easy.
Hope you try it! Works great for peppers too...
But cut the chiles in half on a baking tray, oven at 450 and bake for 30 min or until the skins are blackened. Then pop everything into a bowl, cover with foil or plastic wrap to steam for 30 min and they peel quite well.
I also have a blow torch now which works great but the oven is just as easy.
Hope you try it! Works great for peppers too...