The Spicy Dehydrator Book
(Out of Print)
The perfect cookbook for spicy food lovers! Learn how to make your own spice blends from dehydrated chilies, hot sauce leathers, extra flavorful jerky, and fresh, new ways to use your dehydrator for delicious soups, hot sauces, meals in a jar, and more.
Why You'll Love This Cookbook
Turn Your Dehydrator into a Flavor Machine
Not just for apple chips - create leathers, jerky, hot sauces, rubs, and full dehydrated meals.
Bold, Spicy Recipes for Chiliheads
Designed by a spice expert, every chapter is packed with flavor-forward heat.
Pantry-Friendly Ingredients
No need to run to the store every time. Many recipes start with your own dried goods.
Easy Techniques with Big Results
Perfect for beginners and pros alike. No complicated methods, just bold food.
Ideal for Camping, Prepping & Gifting
Make lightweight, space-saving meals and flavor blends that keep for months.
All Heat Levels Welcome!
You control the spice. You can make every recipe as mild or as wild as you want. Treat your tastebuds!
Who's Behind the Heat?
Mike Hultquist is the chilihead-in-chief behind Chili Pepper Madness, where he’s been sharing bold, spicy recipes and hot sauce inspiration with a global community of heat seekers for over a decade. From growing his own chili peppers to exploring fiery cuisines from around the world, Mike brings big flavor and a love of heat to every dish.
He’s the author of multiple spicy cookbooks and a go-to expert for anyone looking to bring more fire to their food, whether you’re whipping up spicy weeknight meals, experimenting with hot sauces, or diving into the delicious world of global chilies.
Check out these recipes from the book, Shrimp in Fiery Chipotle-Tequila Sauce and All the Way Arrabbiata! Delish!
What's Inside the Book?
You'll learn to use your dehydrator in the following ways with this book:
- Homemade Seasoning Blends & Powders – Chili powders, bacon salts, citrus rubs & more.
- Fruit, Vegetable & Sauce Leathers – Like fruit rollups, but better, and spicy.
- Hot Sauces from Dehydrated Ingredients – Make bold sauces from pantry-stable ingredients.
- Jerky Recipes & Marinades – Fire up your favorite proteins.
- Dehydrated Meals for Camping & Hiking – Lightweight, long-lasting meals with heat.
- Savory Snacks & Munchies – From spicy shrimp powder to herbed breadcrumbs.
What Others Are Saying
See what others have to say about my book, "The Spicy Dehydrator Cookbook".
Mike Hultquist’s new book about spicy dehydrating is my kind of book. To the point. Simple. Helpful. And beautiful. How can you not make something as easy and pretty as spicy fruit leathers? As a chilehead, I give this book three thumbs up!
– Dave DeWitt, coauthor of The Complete Chile Pepper Book
This new book by Mike Hultquist is another do it yourself culinary treasure. Mike tempted me with hot sauce but set the hook with the Homemade Soup and Stews section. Unbelievable range with cuisines from around the globe. Great job Mike! Now that dehydrator will work year-round instead of just chile harvest!
– John Hard, Founder of CaJohn's Fiery Foods and Hot Sauce Hall of Famer
“This is absolutely the greatest dehydrator book that I have. LOVE IT. Now it’s time to grow more pepper plants!”
Steve Seabury, author of “Mosh Potatoes” and Founder of “High River Sauces”
The Spicy Dehydrator Cookbook offers a hot new way of turning the process of dehydration into an art. In this book, Hultquist offers tips for getting max flavor from the foods you dehydrate. His unique recipes appeal to any spice or dehydrator enthusiast”
Rick Carey, President of the Nesco Brand
I was never inspired by my dehydrator because all it ever produced was boring beef jerky. With Michael's new book in hand I'm now making my own chili powders, fruit leathers and some truly inspired beef jerky! This is a game changer.
– Ray Lampe, Dr. BBQ, Member of the BBQ Hall of Fame
Mike combines a lifetime of culinary knowledge with visually stunning images. I could almost smell the spices on the pages themselves. This is a masterpiece that should be in every chilihead's kitchen,
– Sir McMillen, Publisher - Chile Pepper magazine
Jumpstart your flavor experience by devouring this one of a kind cookbook. It’s just not a cookbook on how to make the best jerky in the world, but it’s a thorough explanation of how reductions through dehydration can stimulate flavors to their greatest potential. As an award winning barbecue pitmaster and restaurant owner, I found this book amazingly tasty and now it will be front and center in my kitchen. Buy it. Devour it. It will flavor spank your taste buds awake!
“Famous Dave” Anderson, America’s Rib King and Founder of Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. and Jimmie’s Old Southern BBQ Smokehouse
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Put that dehydrator to good use! Let's spice things up!