Pepper potpourri

[Roper]

I got a bunch of peppers from a good friend of mine couple of days ago. The long, thin green ones have already turned red. I don’t cook that much with peppers just a little. But I want to preserve as many of these as I can. What’s the best way? I’m going to pickle some of the jalapeños. I’ve never done any canning so I’m uncertain of that process. Help me I don’t want these to go to waste.
Roper

 

[Matt B]

You could make (and freeze) some chili verde.

NFR Post in thread '2025 Gardening Growing Thread'

Aug 30, 2025

We got a pair of tomatillos, man do they grow and the bees love them so win win there and I see a salsa verde pic in the ‘whatchya eating?’ thread to come

DaveView attachment 164990

Nice, I love that stuff this time of year. I can also recommend @troutpocket ’s Chili verde recipe. Labor intensive but worth it IMHO.

Chile verde

Ingredients
Olive oil
5 cups diced onion (3 large onions, coarse chopped)
1/2 cup chopped garlic (1 head, coarse chopped)
1/3 cup chopped serrano peppers (2 peppers)
1/3 cup chopped jalapeno peppers (2 peppers)
5 pounds cubed pork shoulder
1 quart chicken...

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[Zak]

I would blister them black on a hot grill or flame, sweat the blackened peppers in a ziplock bag wrapped in a towel until they cool, then strip the blackened skin off over a sink and at the same time strip out the seeds, then freeze the cleaned and prepped peppers in serving sizes in quart ziplock freezer bags. That's what I do with Hatch green chilis, anyway.

 

[Roper]

Can I just clean and freeze them?

 

[SteelHeadDave]

Wash, dry, freeze. Frozen peppers come back to life great. You can roast after they’ve been frozen too.

 

[Pink Nighty]

I would blister them black on a hot grill or flame, sweat the blackened peppers in a ziplock bag wrapped in a towel until they cool, then strip the blackened skin off over a sink and at the same time strip out the seeds, then freeze the cleaned and prepped peppers in serving sizes in quart ziplock freezer bags. That's what I do with Hatch green chilis, anyway.

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[Roper]

Here’s my half-assed way I did them. Halved, stripped seeds and ribs. Ziplocked and in the freezer…