"john reeves" > wrote in message
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> Have just acquired a small bag of green hot chillies. Enough of them to
> last us a year or so.
>
> What's the best way to try and store them? We are in London, U.K. so no
> chance of just letting them dry in the sun.
>
> Is freezing the way to go? Are they best washed beforehand, so they
> become ready to just drop in the cooking or would washing interfere with
> their ability to be stored for a long time? Thanks for any advice.
>
Get a double Ziplock 1 quart bag. Pop chillies in to to fill the bag about
half full. Then suck the air out of the bag and seal it. Then into a
freezer. Best is a non-frost free freezer. That doesn't dry out what is
being frozen.

Don't do anything to the chillies. Rinse them only if they are dirty. You're
going to do that when you harvest them out of the freezer anyway.

I've successfully done this a number of times, as long as 6-8 months without
any degregation of any kind.

Kent