How to avoid burns on the hands while cook with hot chili pepper?!
How to avoid burns on the hands while cook with hot chili pepper?
Recently cooked with red hot chili peppers afterward my hands start to feel hot and it burns. Even after i wash my hands with soaps many times, it doesn't work. It's there a way to cook with hot peppers and avoid hands being burns afterward???
Answers:
I know everyone says gloves, and yes that works fine. But who has rubber gloves always on hand or wants to put them on just to chop up a quick hot pepper to put in the dish.
I have worked out a way to do the pepper without coming in contact with the bad parts.
The heat is in the seeds and the white membrane parts inside.
So if you don't touch those parts you're OK.
Cut the pepper in half lengthwise. Hold it on the outside only. Use a small spoon and scoop out the insides (seeds and membranes). Or for a small pepper, hold with tongs. Place it on your board and chop without touching it.
Wash off the board and knife without touching them. Use lots of soap.
Works every time.
If the vapors in the air bother you (or family), take it outside to perform the same procedure. Then put it in a glass of water when you take it back into the house.