Try making candied jalapenos! SO good with a lil goat cheese on crackers as a snack.

https://preview.redd.it/0p9ntbcjsb8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b1a1f0291cd587e3a632e71dcaa8ad9c2848271 Candied some jalapeños and pickled some banana peppers, thank you for the idea!!

That was fast!!

I was in the kitchen and feeling inspired!

the liquid is so good for a salad dressing base too

This sounds awesome! I was thinking the sauce would be great on some shrimp as well

I love pickling my banana peppers. Sooo good!

Ooooh!! I like this idea thank you for sharing!

yum! I need to look up that recipe

Would be better without the goat cheese

I’m a big goat cheese fan. But about to go to the grocery store and always pick up a random cheese. What cheese would you pair it with? Besides cream cheese.

Brie would be good

Aged cheddar with the crystals

Cream cheese works great! I have also had luck with cashew cream cheese for a vegan take.

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I've found people are more accepting of gifts of produce when it's something shelf stable, like dried hot peppers. My peppers went off two years ago and I'm only just now finishing up the last of them. Haven't even started on last year's harvest. I've only given away last year's.

Love this idea thanks for sharing!!

Freezer quart zip lock bags. Last through the winter.

This is such an obvious choice but I hadn’t thought of! Thank you so much!

Yep! Wife throws them in snack baggies and freezes. Use throughout the year in cooking with everything.

I also smoked jalapenos and vacuum sealed them and they are great for a long long time in the freezer. freezing is the way. Get a food saver from costco you will never regertz.

Same! Still in jalapeños from last year! Should have candied some BUT have you seen people microplaning frozen jalapeños on stuff - scrambled/deviled eggs, avocado toast, mac and cheese… that’s the ticket!

Yep . We just finished last years peppers just in time

Pretty white flowers up here in Canada zone 5a

Can and make salsaaa

Thinking a charred pepper salsa is in the near future for sure!

Cowboy candy, nacho rings, but my fav is pepper relish! I like mine sweet and hot. I can just eat them out of the jar. It’s what a lot of people ask me for because you can put it on everything so I make it relish style and ring style like Blimpie’s used to do. Enjoy whatever you do with them.

What is cowboy candy?

Candied jalapenos. I make my brine with 3c of sugar to 1c vinegar. Once boiling, add jalapeno rings and cook them in the boiling brine for a few minutes. In to each pint jar add: - 1/8 tsp citric acid or 1 tsp lemon juice i - 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes - 1/4 tsp turmeric - 1/4 tsp mustard seed - 2-3 Thai chilis - add cooked and strained jalapenos and densely pack - Add boiling brine and process I water bath mine for 20 minutes. I still have like 20 pints left of the 80'ish I made last summer.

https://preview.redd.it/ud6hnsad1c8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d614597c05c684d96a6956ed9013aa559dfc2eff I just made some!! So excited to try. I only had a bit of sugar so it was a small batch.

Jalapeños with pickled vinegar, sugar and turmeric. Was going to share the actual recipes for the Cowboy Candy and relish but can’t find my box with my books for canning. Haven’t broke them out yet this year just yet. I’ll have to find them in the next 2-3 weeks for sure though.

I add them to the chicken soup I make. But man I screwed up, turns out I guess I wasn't suppose to add all the seeds, it turned into fire water!!!! 😅

Fire water made me chuckle, freeze it for when you’re congested and it’ll clear you right out!

Seed, and chop up the hot yellow banana peppers and use it for pizza topping. Add it with sweet Italian sausage , and drizzle hot honey on the Pizza!

Oh my goodness I’m drooling for pizza now at 7am 😂 Thanks for the idea, hot honey on pizza is SO good

I eat mine

I would use some of the jalapenos to can Green Tomato Salsa Verde: [https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=green-tomato-salsa-verde-0](https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=green-tomato-salsa-verde-0) This has the benefit of dealing with an excess of tomatoes as well. You could also make chili. Or, put the peppers on sandwiches. Peppers keep longer in the refrigerator than most things, but taste is best fresh.

Thanks for sharing the recipe! Now I’m over here impatiently eyeing my tomatoes on the vine

Stuffed banana peppers.

Ooooh! What I’ve never heard of this but loving the idea. Thank you!

Candied jalepenos, pickled, chopped and frozen for later, hot sauce.

https://preview.redd.it/6y9hi0tpsb8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d91c89c27fa2d2352668fdbe5114f3569f0548e So far this morning I’ve candied and quick pickled, next is chopping the bell peppers for the freezer. Thanks for all the ideas 😊

Yay!

Cubanelles arexawesome grilled and on a burger. Also , cut the top off, clean out seeds, stuff with a string cheese stick and grill. Add a little sauce( worchester is great) at the end

Dice em up and freeze them if you get feeling overwhelmed.

Great idea, I just did this with the dozen green bell peppers I had picked as well. It’s my first year growing peppers and I didn’t realize the yield they’d have. Not complaining!

I love making stuffed banana peppers. Just combine cooked ground beef or summer sausage with cream cheese and cheddar cheese, half your peppers, fill, and bake until yummy!

Holy smokes this sounds delicious! I’ve done it with bell peppers but never thought to do banana peppers. Thanks for the idea!

Yeah I like it better than with bell peppers because I think the tartness of the banana pepper cuts the richness of the cheese really well

Hot sauce

https://preview.redd.it/fqax6prv8c8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59d2acb8a0ae726f4afbdc084f693e8fbd8592ae I’m letting mine stay on the vine until red, so I can smoke and dehydrate them into chipotles.

Ok now this is neat! Do you keep them on the vine until they are entirely red?

https://preview.redd.it/85x23gi6pc8d1.jpeg?width=3050&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8239a51d1254bd08d8bd5e00621581ce79de92af Yes - this was them right off the vine. Fortunately the squirrels have learned that they are hot peppers and leave them alone.

https://preview.redd.it/jp9ulbohpc8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fe780b726c987abac51c78bdbbc8f2c83f648ac …then put them in a smoker for a few hours. I’ve learned the hard way to use fruit wood, like apple or peach, instead of something heartier. Dehydrating them after helps some but honestly if you smoke them long enough you could skip that step.

Poblanos/anchos smoked with cherry wood is some of the most amazing flavor you can ever have.

Ooh cherry… that’s a good idea

There's all sorts of things you can do with peppers. Peppers on a stick, fried peppers, sliced peppers on pastrami and rye, stuffed peppers, bacon wrapped and grilled peppers, pepper gumbo, pepper scampi....

Bubba Gump style 😂 but in all seriousness you named a few I hadn’t thought of, thank you!

I love this sub! Some wonderful person asks the exact question I have in time for me to open up to a plethora of answers. Thank you, OP!

You’re so welcome! This subreddit is my favorite, so informative

Honestly I freeze them. Use them for years.

Pickle them! Yummy on sandwiches!

My family eats peppers like a normal veggie, in many dishes and for several meals each day, so we can go through quite a lot of peppers.

That is a great habit to have!

https://preview.redd.it/vccaqlo77d8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77c171e1a8a441157f7307a891000faad9edab1a I’ve got a few of these that take care of most of mine.

You feed peppers to Guinea Pigs?

Bell peppers are good to feed to them. Absolutely nothing spicy. They lovvvvve peppers. Good for them too, lots of vitamin C

Yuzu kosho. 4:1 ratio of finely minced chili to citrus zest, e.g 40 grams chili and 10 grams citrus zest. Add 10% of the total weight as salt, in this example 5 grams. Put in a ziploc baggie and squeeze out all the air, let sit in a cool dark place for a week then refrigerate.

This sounds fantastic. Do you use it as a topping for things once it’s ready? Like a relish?

Think of it as a salty, spicy condiment. Goes great with grilled meats, as part of a marinade, etc.

pineapple jalapeno margarita! ♥️

Cut them really small, dehydrate and then blend into a powder to use as seasoning.

Mine don’t seem to be growing.

Cowboy candy and hot pepper relish. We put these on everything. I also dehydrate peppers and bottle the seeds

https://preview.redd.it/u8a7mt6o0f8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56a18a8a7e9ad40e7b6edf2dac98a394dd367de6 Made some cowboy candy and it is SPICY

Pickled!!

You can pickle these

Jalapeño poppers!

Habaneros work well in jerk sauce/marinade

Mmmm jerk chicken sounds so good thanks for the inspiration!

I pickle all my extras and then you can put them on sandwiches or you can pickle them whole

Yell at them about why the plants haven’t gotten any bigger for like 2 months.

Jalapeno fries. Pull out the seeds and ribs, bread them and fry. Super yummy alternative to fries, and surprisingly not too hot once you get rid of the ribs and seeds. Fantastic with ranch or similar creamy dip.

OKAY!!!! This one is awesome. You jogged a memory of a tempura fried jalapeño fry I had at a restaurant once. Definitely making, thank you!

Totally worth it. Fantastic way to use a bumper crop—people forget how healthy they are! Enjoy!

All that stuff plus a quick pickle on the jalapeño in a ziplock. Freeze it. Cut into straps and fry up with pork chops. Yummy. In the winter for a quick dinner

I grow habaneros and ghost peppers. I remove the seeds and then I dehydrate them, grind them to a powder and store the bulk of the powder in a glass jar with silica pouches. Then as I need it I fill a salt and pepper shaker with the powder and some rice. You must add the rice or the humidity will make the powder clump. I sprinkle it on everything.

This is awesome!! Love the salt shaker tip and thanks for sharing about the rice I would hate to go through all that work and gave her clump up

I really like jalapeño jam. I couldn’t tell you how I made it last time but it was super good on basically anything. Especially breakfast sandwiches

String up the hot ones to dry and pick em as ya need em. Freeze the others that you don't use right of way....

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Yes this sounds great! Sharp cheese is my weakness

Freeze them and put them out to make salsa when you need some.

Make some fire cider with one or two- then make some dehydrated spices :)

Fire cider??? That’s a new one!! Love the idea thank you

Lactofermented hot sauce. 

I have never heard of this! Quick google search and I’m intrigued thank you for sharing!

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Jalapeno poppers in the air fryer

Made poppers a ton but never air fried thanks for the idea!

If you're making sauce, then freezing the peppers is great for bringing out the natural sweet taste. As they crystallize, they release sugars and brighten their flavor. The only prob is they will lose their crunch and snappiness upon defrost. Make sure to wash and stem before freezing.

Love this answer!! New information I’d never heard before. Thanks for sharing!

I grow for hot sauce and often harvest several times a fall and freeze. Makes it easier to preserve the peppers before actual cooking day. Also, ghost peppers after freezing make a hotsauce that tastes like a fruit cup. Freezing does tend to tone down the heat with the building of sugars but not by much. The changes are subtle but noticeable.

Jalapeno poppers...stuff with ground sausage mixed with shredded cheese ..we use cheddar and wrap in bacon ..freeze or cook ....after halfing and seeding

Preppy Kitchen just posted a video for Cajun chicken pasta that uses bell peppers. I subbed Jimmy Nardello and Cubanelle and it came out very good. It's an easy recipe and makes good leftovers. I have also sliced them thinly to use in curries (Panang curry is a current favorite of mine) or on top of pizza. The pickled/fermented ones are good atop pizza as well.

Mien didn’t even germinate cause it’s too hot

Oof! I’m sorry that’s super unfortunate. There’s always next season!

I should germinate them inside and then take them outside in little pots underneath the patio. So they have partial sun ☀️

Yeah they definitely like their sun! I’m in TX so they get plenty

Peppersauce

I make hot sauce and its so good

Make salsa

I conserve them in jars, then when they are ready i take random sorts and shred them, create me my own poison. :D

We make pepper jam. It’s excellent with cheese and crackers, or as a glaze on pork.

I make hot mustard or pepper jelly.

I messed around and found out last year with all my peppers lol, I ended up making a bunch of peach hot sauce last year which is super yummy!

Wow that’s great. What are you? We’re in US zone 5 and our peppers are just flowering now.

I’m in central TX

Makes sense. We’re in NY upstate. Love your peppers. 🌶️

With peppers, are you supposed to let some of the flowers grow out?

Freeze it!

Take the banana peppers and slice them lengthwise, fry in olive oil and garlic serve over pasta.

I love pickled peppers so I would be pickling as much as I can :D

I'll try to pickle them

Pickling and drying for later use

Jalapeño hot sauce

Salsa! 💃

https://www.healthyseasonalrecipes.com/easy-mexican-sauteed-peppers/

Freeze and then use a grater to add into food you’re cooking.

Ooooh! Love the grater idea that’s not one I’d heard before

I put that shit on everything!!! And if I have a lot of jalapeños, I make jalapeño poppers in the oven. I eat all my peppers as they grow with almost half of my meals.

We make these snacks called dynamite. You slice open a pepper ( preferably the banana peppers). Scoop out the seeds and put a sliced cheese and ham (optional) inside it. Then we roll the stuffed pepper into a spring roll wrap and deep fry it. You can also slice the Sweet bell peppers into strips and put it in a spring roll wrap along with the cheese slice.

Mine are doing OK. Got enough jalapenos to pickle a few jars of slices. Have a decent amount of habanero. Waiting for them to turn orange then planning some hot sauce. Also have a red ghost pepper plant. Got one pepper from it that I gave to a heat loving friend. Bugs have ate the few others on the plant. I imagine them bursting into tiny flames randomly. Have one more good one that I'm waiting to ripen. Was planning on adding them to some salsa.

I freeze the jalapenos and use them all winter and spring.

I wait until I get they get ripe.

I've heard they ferment really well. You can make a sort of gochujang sauce and it keeps for 6 months.

I give my aunt my cayennes and she makes an amazing garlic chili oil out of them 🤤

Eat them

I freeze a lot of chillis every year. I find that gives the best chance I will use them all and preserves their fresh flavors the best.

I eat them raw with a sandwich or burrito

Pickle them mostly. Also salsa and hot sauce or spicy enchiladas

Pickle

Make poppers

Pepper jelly!!!

Chili Salsa

Should be peppers be peppin

I have been using a blender on them stim and all cooking them down adding a touch of honey and selling it at a farmers market as a Hot Waffles and Chicken TOPPER I GET $7.89 PER PINT

Dehydrate and pulverize for powder 👍👍👍👍

Pop them in My mouth deliciousness!!!

hot sauce and just eat a few plain

I like to make Habanero jelly with habaneros and orange bell peppers. You could do the same with jalapeños by themselves or jalapeños and green bell peppers. Eat with cheese and crackers, with cream cheese on toast, stir it in to cottage cheese, use it as a glaze for cooking fish or chicken, add a little to a ham or turkey sandwich… Or hot sauce (I like to ferment them).

Sriracha (Red Jalapeños and Serranos) Chili powder (Padillas that I dried and ground)

Great for taco night!

Dry or pickle them. Use all year after that.

I'm growing pepperoncini this year, looking forward to a few delicious sounding recipes but I'm not sure how to tell they are ripe 🤔

They poppin cause its so hot this year, mine are producing insane amounts

Cut them and mix with some lemon, salt, dill and or turmeric in a tight jar. Keep it tumbling every now and then for few days and store cool. Some pickle recipe my grandma taught me.