Can you freeze whole chilies

[Containergardener]

Or are they best chopped up ?
Thanks

[smallblueplanet]

Yes. Whatever you prefer. It's easier to deseed them when fresh?

[PyreneesPlot]

I do - just chuck them in a bag. I try and sort them by type but the system usually goes to pot! They're really easy to chop & deseed if you let them just start to defrost - frozen they're too hard and defrosted they go to mush.

[Bren In Pots]

I freeze mine whole on trays then tip them into bags, i don't think it make much difference but you never know.

[Containergardener]

Thank you ...

[Small pumpkin]

Yes You can

[Containergardener]

Good god

[Can the Man]

Yes you can, I often deseed my Scotch bonnets before freezing, but I generally freeze m birds eyes whole and then throw them whole into a chilli or a curry, just have to remember to find the stalk and take them out

[Logunner]

I dried mine in a greenhouse.... needle and thread to make a large bunch, once they had dried I brought them home and stored in a cupboard.

Pull them off the thread leaving stork behind, and easy to deseed.

[Mark Rand]

I freeze them whole, they do seem to loose a bit of heat after a while frozen.

I also keep a supply dried. Use a large kilner jar with a lot of silica gel in it. It can be worth cutting thicker skinned ones, such as jalapeño etc. because they can go mouldy if they take too long to dry out.

Might try pre-drying them in the greenhouse this year!

[Swag]

Saw a video by an Indian chef once which showed to always break the stems off as soon as you buy/harvest. Come away easily. That’s where the bacteria start