Preserving Jalapeños

Jalapeños grow slowly along all summer, but really shine in the later summer into fall. You may end up with a windfall of fresh jalapeño peppers right as your garden gets its first freeze. Here’s a bunch of my favorite ways of preserving jalapeños.

Canning Jalapeños

There are a few ways of safely canning Jalapeños. Basically you can water bath process jalapeños in an acidified form.

Classic Pickled Jalapeño Slices:

These are the classic pickled pepper slices you may enjoy on nachos or many other ways. (Recipe at the end of post.)

Candied Jalapeños:

Candied jalapeños are a type of sweet and spicy jalapeño relish. You can find the printable recipe here:

Jalapeño Salsa

Homemade salsa is another way to continue enjoying your jalapeño harvest all through the year.

Smoking and Freezing Jalapeños

Smoked Chipotle Peppers:

Chipotle peppers are smoked fully-ripe (red) jalapeño peppers. You can make homemade chipotles by smoking them 3 hours, then dehydrating them until leathery. They will store best long-term in a bag in the freezer.

Jalapeño Poppers

You can make-ahead Jalapeño poppers by coring them and stuffing them with cream cheese. Dunk in milk and dredge with flour. Dunk in milk and dredge with Panko breadcrumbs. Flash freeze on a sheet pan and store in layers with paper towel in between in an air-tight container or freezer bag. Fry at 365* for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown.

Print Recipe

Pickled Jalapeños

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These are the classic pickled pepper slices you may enjoy on nachos or many other ways.

Ingredients

• Fresh jalapeños
• mustard seeds
• celery seeds
• Brine
• 1/2 C water
• 1 1/2 C vinegar
• 1 Tbls canning salt
• 1 Tbl sugar

Instructions

1

Slice Jalapeños into 1/4 inch rounds.

2

Place brine ingredients in a small pot and bring to a boil.

3

Pack jalapeño slices into pint jars. Each pint of slices can be seasoned with 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, and 1/8th tsp celery seed. Cover slices with the hot brine. Leave 1/2 inch headspace

4

Store in refrigerator or process in a water bath canner for 15 minutes.