make your own chilli flakes or powder! chilli oil! hot honey! the options are endless
Notthatguy6250
Chilli infused olive oil? Or spirits? Make a bunch of chilli paste or curry paste and freeze it in portions? Or freeze a bunch straight off the plant for later use? Dry them, then mortar and pestle into chilli flakes or further, into chilli powder?
Apart_Watercress_976
Dry them in the oven?
AussieKoala-2795
Give them away. My local buy nothing group on Facebook is used to share produce all the time. Just put up an ad, say where they will be and let people come and collect some of your bounty.
TaSMaNiaC
If you really apply yourself you could get through all of those in an afternoon.
MetalModelAddict
Give them away to neighbours. Make chilli sauce or chilli jam. Dry them and use the whole dry chillies for cooking or pulverize to chilli flakes
Bastaro22
Harvest and try your hand at making a sauce/ relish/ jam. Or dry em out for chilli powder 🤷🏼♂️
Ok-Witness-1333
Dehydrate them and you’ll have some seriously potent chilli flakes
Swank10
You got sunny brick or concrete path somewhere? Chuck in a wicker basket or tray and put them there, they will sun dry amazing well in a few days just give it a shake each day.
Impossible-Craft3951
I feeze mine
SoulMiner1974
Hot sauce
Nuurps
Make your own sriracha
untrustworthy_goat
I have never had any luck with chilli oil.
Dehydrating them and storing whole is great, as is blending them to a powder…they last forever.
My favourite is making this simple sauce recipe – https://www.food.com/recipe/simple-hot-chilli-sauce-502569. It is easy and can be spicy, depending on the variety. Sometimes I make extra and freeze it in an old yoghurt tub. My habeneros are coming along now and I will definitely be making some soon.
zeenybeans
Pop them whole in the freezer. They freeze well!
Green_Philosopher_96
Pickled chilli🌶️
revoltnb
Make some delicious Chilli Sauce. Boil them for a long time in Vinegar (combo of red and white), boil it down and top up several times. You can add Garlic or carrot or celery for extra flavour. Do this outside if your family does not like Chilli fumes. Last for about a year.
Anuksukamon
Send them to meeeeeee!
Realistically; Here’s a few things,
1. pick them, wash them
2. Get a a needle and thread. Then sew through the stalk and hang to dry out. About a week depending on the weather, if they rattle inside you know they’re dry, you can store them dry to use later, or grind them up.
There are loads of recipes for “red chilli pickle” which is an Indian dish. Google it, because there’s heaps of variations.
Likewise for Thai chilli jam, which is a bit different to the way Aussies make chilli jam.
4. You can make chilli spray to deter aphids.
Cooking might not be up your alley, but if you have family and friends who love cooking and making preserves, chutneys and jams they’d love a load like that.
Physical_Maximum_786
It’s really easy to make pickled chillis, chilli jam, or fermented chillis which you can then blend into a delicious hot sauce
Datatello
I put out a box in front of my house with a sign encourging neighbours to take what they need. Have done the same with excess seedlings as well.
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Chilli oil or chilli flakes
Give some to the neighbours and friends.
Pickle them and use them in sauces instead of pepper.
You make chilii oil, chilli jam, dried chilli powder, or give them to anyone that likes flavour
[Chilli jam](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/chilli-jam-3/22577f5a-f909-44bc-b8be-4be722af067f)
Delicious and stores well
I use a dehydrator, but you can dry them without.
make your own chilli flakes or powder! chilli oil! hot honey! the options are endless
Chilli infused olive oil? Or spirits? Make a bunch of chilli paste or curry paste and freeze it in portions? Or freeze a bunch straight off the plant for later use? Dry them, then mortar and pestle into chilli flakes or further, into chilli powder?
Dry them in the oven?
Give them away. My local buy nothing group on Facebook is used to share produce all the time. Just put up an ad, say where they will be and let people come and collect some of your bounty.
If you really apply yourself you could get through all of those in an afternoon.
Give them away to neighbours. Make chilli sauce or chilli jam. Dry them and use the whole dry chillies for cooking or pulverize to chilli flakes
Harvest and try your hand at making a sauce/ relish/ jam. Or dry em out for chilli powder 🤷🏼♂️
Dehydrate them and you’ll have some seriously potent chilli flakes
You got sunny brick or concrete path somewhere? Chuck in a wicker basket or tray and put them there, they will sun dry amazing well in a few days just give it a shake each day.
I feeze mine
Hot sauce
Make your own sriracha
I have never had any luck with chilli oil.
Dehydrating them and storing whole is great, as is blending them to a powder…they last forever.
My favourite is making this simple sauce recipe – https://www.food.com/recipe/simple-hot-chilli-sauce-502569. It is easy and can be spicy, depending on the variety. Sometimes I make extra and freeze it in an old yoghurt tub. My habeneros are coming along now and I will definitely be making some soon.
Pop them whole in the freezer. They freeze well!
Pickled chilli🌶️
Make some delicious Chilli Sauce. Boil them for a long time in Vinegar (combo of red and white), boil it down and top up several times. You can add Garlic or carrot or celery for extra flavour. Do this outside if your family does not like Chilli fumes. Last for about a year.
Send them to meeeeeee!
Realistically; Here’s a few things,
1. pick them, wash them
2. Get a a needle and thread. Then sew through the stalk and hang to dry out. About a week depending on the weather, if they rattle inside you know they’re dry, you can store them dry to use later, or grind them up.
3. Depending on your love of cooking
You can make chilli crisp with them https://www.marionskitchen.com/homemade-chilli-crisp/ haven’t tried this recipe but it’s almost identical to one I paid $9 bucks for, mine just added a lot more sliced ginger.
You can make [chilli jam](https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/chilli-jam-3/22577f5a-f909-44bc-b8be-4be722af067f?nk=2e359d22257052ba5f7a704ecdb934e3-1774165486) this is a good recipe.
There are loads of recipes for “red chilli pickle” which is an Indian dish. Google it, because there’s heaps of variations.
Likewise for Thai chilli jam, which is a bit different to the way Aussies make chilli jam.
4. You can make chilli spray to deter aphids.
Cooking might not be up your alley, but if you have family and friends who love cooking and making preserves, chutneys and jams they’d love a load like that.
It’s really easy to make pickled chillis, chilli jam, or fermented chillis which you can then blend into a delicious hot sauce
I put out a box in front of my house with a sign encourging neighbours to take what they need. Have done the same with excess seedlings as well.
Put them in the freezee
Chilli sauces. The fermented kind.