Editing Chili pepper (section)

=== Preparation ===

Harvested chilies may be used fresh, or dried, typically on the ground in hot countries, to make a variety of products. Drying enables chilies grown in temperate regions to be used in winter. For home use, chilies can be dried by threading them with cotton and hanging them up in a warm dry place to dry.<ref name="BBC Gardeners' World">{{cite web |title=How to dry chillies |url=https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-store-chillies/ |website=[[BBC]] Gardeners' World Magazine |access-date=12 October 2024 |date=4 September 2019}}</ref>

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File:Chillies drying in Kathmandu.jpg|Chili peppers drying in Kathmandu, Nepal
File:Andhra Chillies.jpg|[[Guntur chilli]] drying in the sun, [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
File:Red chili peppers Mesilla NM.jpg|[[New Mexico chile]]s dried on the plant in [[Mesilla, New Mexico]]
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File:Sundried chilli.jpg|Sundried chili at [[Imogiri]], Yogyakarta, Indonesia
File:Ristras Drying.jpg|alt=Chili peppers drying in hanging ristras|[[Ristra]]s of chili peppers drying in [[Arizona]]
File:Mujer chiles 3.JPG|Removing seeds and pith from dried chilies in [[San Pedro Atocpan]], Mexico
File:Chipotlestipicos.jpg|Smoke-dried chipotle
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Products include whole dried chilies, chili flakes, and [[chili powder]],<ref name="Farrell 1998">{{cite book |vauthors=Farrell KT |title=Spices, Condiments and Seasonings |publisher=[[Chapman & Hall]] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-8342-1337-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehAFUhWV4QMC&pg=PA215 |pages=215–217}}</ref> Fresh or dried chilies are used to make [[hot sauce]], a liquid [[condiment]]—usually bottled for commercial use—that adds spice to other dishes.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Thompson JT |title=Hot Sauce! |publisher=Storey Publishers |location=North Adams, Massachusetts |isbn=978-1-60342-813-2 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wtp8EDOKaEC&q=%22hot%20sauce%22%201807&pg=PA15 |date=2012-04-24}}</ref> Dried chilies are used to make [[chili oil]], cooking oil infused with chili.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is chili crisp? This spicy condiment belongs on everything — even dessert |url=https://www.today.com/food/what-chili-crisp-spicy-condiment-belongs-everything-t220671 |access-date=28 April 2022 |website=Today.com |date=3 June 2021}}</ref>

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File:Inle Lake, Dried red chili (chilli) pepper, Capsicum annuum, Myanmar.jpg|Dried chili pepper flakes, Myanmar
File:India - Kolkata 2 - 24 - New Market spice shops (3504585620).jpg|Chili powder, India
Hot Sauce Selection At La Whole Food Store (84224397).jpeg|Brands of hot sauce, California
File:Homemade Chili Oil (28909017356).jpg|Chili oil
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