Ten-Pepper Brine

Name: Ten-Pepper Brine
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Makes about 2¼ cups
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 tablespoons kosher salt; 1 cup water; 1 teaspoon Chinese chili paste with garlic; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper; 1 tablespoon cracked Szechwan pepper; 1 canned chipotle pepper en adobo; 1 fresh serrano chile, stem and seeds removed; 1 fresh or dried Scotch bonnet or habanero chile, stem and seeds removed; 1 fresh or dried Scotch bonnet or habanero chile, stem and seeds removed; 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped; 1 fresh or dried Scotch bonnet or habanero chile, stem and seeds removed; 1 dried ancho chile pepper; 1 green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped

Preparation info

Makes about
2¼ cups

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Mastering the Grill

By Andrew Schloss and David Joachim

Published 2007

About

The aroma of peppers is often overshadowed by their heat, but that’s not so here. Capturing the range of peppers, from hot to sweet, dried to fresh, peppercorns to pepper fruits, balances the sharp edges of one pepper with the floral fragrance of another and rounds the whole to a radiating glow. Unlike in a peppery rub, the fragrance of pepper in a brine permeates every bite.

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Garnish
Gluten-free
Vegan

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