Paprika

[Zak]

I love fresh paprika in BBQ/grilling marinades. But within a few weeks, the paprika in the jar turns to sawdust and ashes. I'm often throwing out half a jar.

Does anyone have a hack for keeping paprika bright and fresh? Or a source for small vacuum sealed packets of paprika that I could open and use one at a time?

 

[Evan B]

Vacuum pack, seal and freeze. Paprika oxidizes super quick. I'd keep a small jar of it on-hand, and have the rest in the freezer.

 

[Zak]

Vacuum pack, seal and freeze. Paprika oxidizes super quick. I'd keep a small jar of it on-hand, and have the rest in the freezer.

I don't have a vacuum packer. Do you think freezing it in a ziplock with most of the air pressed out and spooning some out when I need it would work well?

 

[Evan B]

I don't have a vacuum packer. Do you think freezing it in a ziplock with most of the air pressed out and spooning some out when I need it would work well?

You're asking a guy with a nearly commercial-grade chamber vac sitting on his kitchen counter in the spot normal people have a microwave

I think that technique is certainly worth a shot. Better than having it NOT in the freezer and open to the air.

 

[Porter2]

Roasted smoked paprika cauliflower is so !

Smoked

 

[Mossback]

Cumin is the same...fades fast when powdered.

 

[Pink Nighty]

In the world of spice containment,
metal >glass>plastic>baggies. Light degradation is a real and often overlooked source of lost potency.

I buy my nice paprika chunky (also helps it retain potency) and it lives in a plastic ziploc in a metal container. Don't notice much loss in the 3ish months a tub lasts

 

[Zak]

In the world of spice containment,
metal >glass>plastic>baggies. Light degradation is a real and often overlooked source of lost potency.

I buy my nice paprika chunky (also helps it retain potency) and it lives in a plastic ziploc in a metal container. Don't notice much loss in the 3ish months a tub lasts

What do you mean chunky, chunks of whole dried pepper?