Simple Pickled Jalapeño Slices

Name: Simple Pickled Jalapeño Slices
Yield: Makes about 4 pint jars
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: Pickle Crisp (optional; ⅛ teaspoon per pint); 4 cloves garlic; 1½ tablespoons pure kosher salt; 2 tablespoons sugar or honey; 2 tablespoons sugar or honey; 4 cups cider vinegar (5% acidity); 2½ pounds jalapeño chiles

Preparation info

Makes about
4
pint jars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2010

About

When you want chile heat and vinegar tang and not much else to compete with those two most important flavors. This is a pickle that really benefits from using calcium chloride to keep the slices firm.

Ingredients

2½ pounds jalapeño chiles
4 cups cider vinegar (5% acidity)
2

Asia
Georgia
Preserve
Summer
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Prepare for water-bath canning: Wash the jars and keep them hot in the canning pot, and put the flat lids in a bowl. (details.)

Cut the chiles into ⅛-inch-thick rounds and rinse them in a colander under cold running water, shaking them to remove loose seeds. Pick out and discard any very dark-colored seeds. Drain well.

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