food Candied Jalapenos

[buddy]

While at the grocery store the other day I came across some red Jalapenos.  Seeing that I opened my last jar of candied Jalapenos last week, I decided to take advantage of this find and fire up a batch.  Here are a few pictures:
 
9 Pounds of mixed green and red Jalapenos:

 
Cooking down batch #1:

 
Finished product:

 
 
Thanks for looking.  They need to age for about a month - I will then be shipping them out to some of you.
 
Take care.
 
TJP
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

[DaQatz]

As a fellow jalapeño candier, brova.

 

[Verivus]

Wow, that looks great. I've never tried a candied pepper before. I didn't even know that was a thing!
 
-searches for recipe -
 
And now I've found DaQatz's 2010 post about how to make them. Fantastic. Will have to try this one of these days if work doesn't kill me first.

 

[Portuge]

Oh those look tasty Terry...

 

[Nigel]

Stunning looking candied treats!!! Nice work, Terry! 

 

[hogleg]

The color contrast is awesome. great looking stuff.

 

[sicman]

 

[tctenten]

Beautiful, they look delicious. I hope to get enough jalapeños to try that.

 

[DaQatz]

yeah I have never tried mixing red, and green jalapeños. I would imagine it tastes a little different. tctenten you don't need that many peppers. Though you do need more then it will look like, since they shrink a lot during the candying process.

 

[LUCKYDOG]

Great! just great! NOW I gotta try this ! ** On "The List"

 

[The Chilli Geeks]

These look awesome! We don't have candied Jalapenos here in the UK, can someone explain what they are? 

 

[wayright]

These look awesome! We don't have candied Jalapenos here in the UK, can someone explain what they are? 

Happy Jalapenos,pickled in a sugary brine
Buddy makes them out of this world good!
 
Soo  delicious!!!
 

Kevin

 

[MeatHead1313]

That looks absolutely killer! I'm definitely going to have to find a recipe and give it a try this year.

 

[DaQatz]

These look awesome! We don't have candied Jalapenos here in the UK, can someone explain what they are? 

 
It's a method of preserving peppers using sugar. You cook the water out of the pepper in a sugar syrup. Much like drying peppers, this helps preserve them. Mind you it does leave them vulnerable to molds, and yeasts. Which is why it's a good idea to can them.

 

[salsalady]

Here's DQ's original post-
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/18572-candied-jalapenos-habaneros/?&p=393769&hl=+candied%20+habanero&fromsearch=1#entry393769
 
It's a good one!

 

[buddy]

Here's DQ's original post-
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/18572-candied-jalapenos-habaneros/?&p=393769&hl=+candied%20+habanero&fromsearch=1#entry393769
 
It's a good one!

Nice!  I'll have to try this recipe sometime.

 

[Chili Monsta]

I made a big batch using green and red jalapenos back in 2010 when DQ posted his recipe, and canned them for Christmas gifts.
 
Then I had to make another batch a few months later, when everyone I gave them to, returned their empty jars and requested refills.
 
I haven't made them in a while, but my friends and family still rave and talk about them..
This is a great recipe DQ...Thanks again for posting !!
CM

 

[The Chilli Geeks]

Thanks for all the info guys! That's not something we do over here. We tend to pickle peppers in vinegar, but we might have to try out this!

 

[LUCKYDOG]

Do the Jalapeno's retain their heat level? I found recipes that also use cayenne powder to the syrup which, got me to thinking about the TSMB powder that I have  for a few jars 

 

[DaQatz]

Luckydog a small amount of heat is lost during cooking. This happens anytime a pepper is cooked. However... they shrink A LOT. So if you don't rehydrate them before use, they seem much hotter.
 
And btw yes. Candied peppers are awesome for hotsauce.
 
Example http://thehotpepper.com/topic/18731-candied-habanero-sauce/