Pickled Jalapeños
Makes:
4 Liters
Ingredients
• 9 Cups Water
• 3 Cups Vinegar
• 3 TBSP Vegetable or Canola Oil
• 1/4 Cup Salt
• 4 Bay leaves
• 1 tsp whole Black peppercorns
• 1/2 tsp Oregano
• 1/2 tsp whole Coriander seed
• 2 kg Jalapeno peppers; sliced, whole, diced, coined, seed in or seed out - your preference.
• 1 large Onion; sliced
• 2 large Carrots; sliced or diced
Preparation
• Clean and Sanitize jars, set aside.
• Clean Jalapeños and gather all ingredients.
• In a Large Stock pot; add Water, Vinegar and Oil, set to medium high heat. Meanwhile add all your spices to a spice ball or spice net and cut vegetables to your liking. * Jalapeños can be cut in different ways (pictured) can also be seed in or no seed.
• Add salt and spice ball to the hot Water/Vinegar mixture and stir to dissolve salt, next add the Carrots, place a lid on the stock pot and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add Onions and Jalapeños, stir and cover stock pot.
• Cook everything for 10 minutes, stir to rotate Jalapeños and cook for another 10 minutes. Jalapeños will turn to a faded Green. If any Jalapeños haven't faded, stir again cook for another 5 minutes.
• Place Jars on a Kitchen Towel and prepare to fill jars.
• Once cooking is done, turn heat to a simmer to keep liquid Hot.
• Fill jars with Jalapeños first, adding as many as you can with leaving some space on top for the onions and carrots.
• Once all the Jalapeños are in Jars, start adding Onions and Jalapeños to the jars, then add liquid to each jar, leaving 1 inch empty space in the Jar.
• Wipe the rim clean and seal the Jar, *Cautious: it will be HOT
• Ensure Jars are not touching each other, ensure jar is sealed and leave on counter until cooled.
• Once cooled; transfer to refrigerator and enjoy with your favorite dishes.
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