Crunchy Pickled Jalapeno Rings Made With Pickling Lime Food

PICKLED JALAPEñOS

Steps:

• Slice Peppers: Wash peppers and cut off steams. Slice peppers into 1/4-inch thick rings. Wear gloves for this step to avoid burning your hands. And do NOT touch your eyes or any other sensitive body parts.
• Heat Jars: Place a rack into the bottom of a large pot. Fill pot with enough water to cover jars. Submerge jars in water. Bring water to a simmer, 180 degrees. Simmer jars for 10 minutes. (Since the peppers process for 10 minutes, you don't need to boil the jars.)
• Prepare the Brine: While the jars heat, combine vinegar, water, and salt medium saucepan. Boil for five minutes.
• Pack Jars. Remove jars from the water. Pack the peppers into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Add 1/4 teaspoon Pickle Crisp to each jar, if desired.
• Add Brine. Ladle brine into jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Using a wooden chopstick, bubble tool, or soft rubber spatula, remove air bubbles. Measure headspace. Add more brine if needed.
• Clean Rim and Apply Lids. Wipe rim with clean, damp cloth. Place lid on jar. Screw on band to "fingertip tight." You should feel some resistance but you don't want to crank the band on too tight.
• Process Jars. Lower jars into pot. Water should cover jars by 1 to 2-inches after all jars are in the pot. Cover the pot. Return water to a boil. Process for 10 minutes. (Start the timer once the water returns to a boil.) Be sure to maintain a rolling boil during the entire 10 minute processing time.When processing time completes, turn off the burner and remove lid. Wait 5 minutes before removing jars from the pot. Lift the jars out of the water straight. Avoid tipping the jars. Place hot jars on a towel-lined counter or wood cutting board. Allow jars to cool for 24 hours.
• Check Seals. Press the center of the lid. It should not move. Remove outer ring. Gently try to lift the lid off the jar. It should not move. Wipe jars. Label. If any jar didn't seal, place into the refrigerator and enjoy within a week or so.
• Store: Place jars in a cool place out of direct sunlight. For best flavor, wait six weeks before enjoying the peppers.

EASY PICKLED JALAPENOS

Steps:

• Combine the vinegar, 2/3 cup water, onions, salt, peppercorns and coriander in a small pot, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
• Put the jalapenos in a heatproof 1-pint jar and pour the hot pickling mixture over them. Allow them to sit and soak up the flavor for 30 minutes up to overnight-the longer they sit, the more they will soften and absorb flavor. Stored in the refrigerator, they will keep for up to 1 month.

PICKLED JALAPENOS

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and garlic in a pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar and salt dissolve. Remove pickling liquid from heat.
• Stir jalapeno peppers into the pot. Let stand until slightly cooled, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer jalapeno peppers to a large Mason jar; pour in pickling liquid to cover. Let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate.

PICKLED JALAPENO RINGS

Steps:

• 1. Start a large pot of water boiling and add your canning jars. I leave these on a low boil during the entire canning process. Start a second pot of boiling water for lids and follow the same process.
• 2. Mix together in a pot water, vinegar, salt, pickling spice. bring to a boil then turn to a simmer for duration of process.
• 3. When everything is at a boil for at least 10 minutes start packing your jars. I start with some dill. a couple cloves of garlic, peppers, dill, garlic, peppers. (alternating and layering until jar is full)
• 4. Ladle brine into jars, wipe rim to make sure it is clean before adding lid. Cap tightly.
• 5. Put bottles aside to cool, you should hear the canning lids pop or seal in 30 minutes or less.
• 6. Wipe jars down and put away for at least 7 days to finish pickling. Will keep on shelf probable a lot longer that you will actually let them after tasting. I actually found a jar I forgot about in the back of a cabinet that was at least 10 years old (i date my bottles) they were as just good as the first week after canning.

CRUNCHY PICKLED JALAPENO RINGS (MADE WITH PICKLING LIME)

Steps:

• Day 1:.
• Wash the peppers in cold water and slice into 1/4" rings.
• In a very large plastic or stainless steel container, combine the 1 cup of pickling lime and the gallon of water, stirring well to combine. Add the pepper rings, cover the container, and let it sit on the counter. The pickling lime will settle to the bottom of the container - this is normal. Soak the pepper rings in the lime water solution for 12hours. You can soak them for longer if you like, up to 24 hours, but 12 hours will do the trick.
• Day 2:.
• The next day, drain the peppers, cover again with cold water, and soak for one hour. Do this two more times, draining and covering with fresh cold water each time, until you have soaked the peppers in fresh water a total of three times, for an hour each time. This step is important; it removes all of the lime so the peppers will be acid enough to can safely. DO NOT SKIP ANY OF THE SOAKING STEPS. Drain the peppers and set aside.
• Sterilize 6 pint jars by boiling them for 10 minutes.
• Combine the 7 1/2 cups white wine vinegar, 1 3/4 cups water, 3 tablespoons pickling salt, and 3 tablespoons sugar in a large stockpot. Bring to a boil, stirring so that the salt and sugar dissolves. As soon as the salt and sugar are dissolved, reduce the heat to medium and cover.
• Place 1 tablespoon of chopped shallots, 1 garlic clove, 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, 1 bay leaf, and 3 peppercorns in each sterilized pint jar.
• Pack the peppers on top of the seasonings in the jars, leaving 1 inch headspace.
• Ladle the brine into the jars, covering the peppers and leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
• Using a bubble freer, chopstick, or plastic knife, remove any air bubbles. Add more brine if necessary, headspace should be 1/2 inch.
• Wipe the jar rims and threads with a clean, damp cloth. Cover with hot lids and apply screw rings.
• Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes, then remove and let sit, undisturbed, for at least 12 hours before checking seals. It is important to let them sit undisturbed for 12 hours because the sealing compound on the lids is still cooling and hardening, completing the seal. While the jars cool, you will hear a "plink" type sound from each jar - this is the jars completing the vacuum seal as the final air escapes the jar. After 12 hours have passed, remove the bands and check the lids - press down in the center of the lid. If you cannot push the lid down any further, the jar is sealed. If the lid "gives" a bit, and you can push it down, the jar did not seal. You can either put the band back on the jar, and reprocess it for another 10 minutes, or you can just put it in the fridge and use it within 3 months.

PRESERVED PICKLED HOT JALAPENO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Rinse the jalapeno peppers in cool water.
• Trim the stems to 1/2" and cut 2 small slits in each pepper, OR cut into 1/4" slices.
• Divide the habanero slices, onion slices, garlic, oregano, bay leaves and peppercorns evenly between your 4 sterilized pint jars. Add 1/4 teaspoon Pickle Crisp to each jar.
• Pack the peppers on top of these seasonings in the jars, leaving 1 inch headspace.
• In a 2 to 3 quart stainless steel saucepan, combine the vinegar, water, sugar and salt and bring to a boil. Stir until the sugar and salt are completely dissolved.
• Ladle this brine into the jars, covering the peppers and leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
• Using a bubble freeer or plastic knife, remove any air bubbles.
• Wipe the jar rims and threads with a clean, damp cloth. Cover with hot lids and apply screw rings.
• Process pint jars in a water bath for 10 minutes.

PICKLED JALAPENO RINGS

Steps:

• Pack pepper slices into 2 pint jars. Add 4 carrot slices, a bay leaf and two onions to each jar.
• Combine vinegar, water and salt in large saucepan; bring to a boil. Pour over peppers in jars.
• Seal and cool 1 hour. Refrigerate 1 week before serving.
• Note: These pepper rings make a wonderful topping for nachos.

CRUNCHY & SWEET REFRIGERATOR PICKLED JALAPEñOS

Steps:

• Bring the vinegar, sugar, mustard seed and celery seed to a rolling boil.
• Fill each jar ¾ full of sliced jalapeno slices.
• Pour brine over peppers to within 1/2" of the top.
• Wipe off the rim and put lid and ring on.
• Label jars with the date so you know exactly how long they have been in the refrigerator.
• Store in the fridge. Store in the fridge for at least 24 hours before eating.
• You can also follow proper canning procedures and then process them in a water bath canner if you prefer (will lend a slightly less crunchy pepper). Follow the USDA guidelines for timing.
• Be sure to verify that the lids have completely sealed down if storing on the shelf.
• Leave for 1 week or longer (if you can stand it!)
• Enjoy!

CRISPY PICKLED PEPPERS (USING PICKLING LIME)

Steps:

• Slice peppers in 1/4 inch rings.
• Soak in 1 gallon of water with 1 cup pickling lime 12 - 24 hours ( ideal = 18 hours).
• Drain & rinse peppers well. Soak in fresh water 1 hour. Repeat this twice more.
• Bring vinegar, salt & water to full boil.
• Add 1/2 T celery seed & 1 T mustard seed in sterilized pint jars.
• Pack with peppers and carefully fill jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
• Wipe rims, apply lids & rings. Process 10 minutes (if at 1000 foot elevation or lower) in hot water bath.