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Homemade Diced Chili Peppers (Anaheim Peppers)

 Yes, you can buy cans of chili peppers for about $.70 and up, but there is nothing better than homemade diced chili peppers.  A small 4 oz. can of organic diced chili peppers are costing about $2.19 a can in our area now.

I have had this on my "try it" list since last garden season, and had intentions of canning them.  I am "on the fence" with canning them for now.  I'll explain.



How I made our chili peppers - picked larger fresh Anaheim peppers from the garden.  Washed them, dried them, cut off stems, sliced them in half lengthwise, and cleaned out the ribs and seeds.


I placed them all cut side down on a parchment paper lined baking dish, and roasted them in a pre-heated oven at 450°F.  I, however, decided to reduce the heat to 400 before placing the baking sheet in the oven.  I roasted my peppers for about 20 minutes, until the skins were bubbly (watch them so they do not burn).  These smelled fantastic right out of the oven!



I removed them from the parchment paper, and put them into a bowl, covering them with a towel. I let them cool for about 20-30 minutes.  I then removed the skins from the roasted peppers.



I simply diced those peppers and added salt to taste.  This particular batch made enough chili peppers for homemade chicken quesadillas, but you could put them in the fridge and use later.  I have yet to experiment with freezing them, but this batch was about equivalent to a 7 oz. can you buy in the store.  It takes a lot of peppers, so if I want to can them, it would take way more Anaheim peppers than we planted this year.  

Overall, it was a new garden-to-table accomplishment, that was a new one for this year.  I will be planting more Anaheim peppers next year.  They are high in vitamin C (from my research), and many other nutrients.

What's new in your garden this year?

Homemade Diced Chili Peppers (Anaheim Peppers)  ©  July 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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Anne in the kitchen said…
I have frozen chopped chilies with a decent amount if success. I put them in mounds to equal a small can of chilies on a parchment covered baking sheet, freeze them, then put all the mounds in the same freezer bag. When I need them I just take out one of the frozen mounds to use
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Anne in the kitchen, thank you for this information, as that is pretty much want I want to do this summer. I'm hoping for enough harvest to do that. I think I planted maybe 6 Anaheim plants, so it's not a grand amount. I'm thrilled with the flavor, and I used canned chili peppers quite often.
July 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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