Fresh fruit always tastes better than fruit that has been stored for a long time. This formula does not apply to the chili. As a pickled variant, it offers a very special taste experience. It usually convinces with a sour note or refined with herbs in a good oil.

Chilies can be pickled in vinegar or oil

Fresh chillies like to bathe in vinegar or oil

Lovers of fiery chillies are looking forward to summer. Then plenty of fresh fruit can be harvested. Green, yellow or red. Small, large or fat. Mild, with a hint of spiciness or burning like hell. If you want to save some of this variety for the following months, you can put the chillies in oil or vinegar. A few other enriching flavors can also be added to the glass.

Suitable glasses for long durability

Chillies are placed in jars that can be closed well. Suitable preserving jars are commercially available in a wide variety of sizes. But it is also possible to clean and reuse empty glasses that accumulate in the household.

Of course, the hands should also be cleaned thoroughly before the first step. Also, protect them with food-grade gloves when working with hot chillies.

Which chillies are allowed in the mason jar?

In principle, all types of chili are suitable for pickling. However, it should be of impeccable quality and prepared beforehand.

  • only use crunchy chili peppers
  • without damaged spots and mold
  • Wash the pods thoroughly
  • Cut out stems
  • Break up the chili peppers
  • Remove seeds and white tissue (reduces sharpness)

tips

A combination of different colored chili peppers cut into rings and inserted is particularly decorative.

Recipe for vinegar chili

You can fill a small glass with chillies or several, depending on how much you need or how many chillies you have available. These are the ingredients for vinegar chili:

  • Fresh chillies of your choice, in the desired quantity
  • water
  • optional herbs or spices
  • also onions or garlic

Additionally per 500 ml of water:

  • 150 ml white wine vinegar (6% acidity)
  • 15 grams of salt
  • 35 grams of sugar
  • Bring enough water to a boil in a saucepan. You can calculate the amount based on the glass size or measure it.
  • Add vinegar, sugar and salt. If you are heating more than 500ml of water, calculate the amounts appropriately.
  • Layer the chilies in prepared jars.
  • Fill the glasses with the hot brew.
  • Close the jars tightly with lids.
  • Sterilize the glasses in the oven at 90 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes.

    • Put chillies in oil

    Before chillies are placed in the jar and doused with oil, they have to boil for three to five minutes, depending on their size. This is done in a 5:1 solution of water and vinegar. 10 grams of sugar and 20 grams of salt are added per liter.

    The cooked chillies are removed from the broth to drain and cool. The glasses are then filled with it and supplemented with oil.

    durability

    Chillies in a vinegar solution can be stored in a cool, dark place for a year. Chilies in oil should be consumed within four to six months.

    Conclusion for fast readers:

    • Variants: Chili peppers are pickled in either a vinegar solution or oil
    • Jars: Use commercially available preserving jars or jars that have already been used and cleaned
    • Chilies: Only select chili peppers that are in good condition and free from damage and mold
    • Preparation: wash chili peppers; cut out stems; cut up and remove seeds and white tissue
    • Tip: A combination of different colored chillies is particularly decorative
    • Recipe with vinegar: Fresh chillies of your choice in the desired quantity, water, optional: garlic, onions, etc.
    • Recipe with vinegar: additionally per 500 ml water: 150 ml white wine vinegar (6% acidity), 15 grams salt, 35 grams sugar
    • Step 1: Heat water with vinegar, sugar and salt
    • Step 2: Layer chili peppers and other ingredients in prepared glasses and pour hot liquid over them
    • Step 3: Close jars tightly and sterilize in the oven at 90 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes
    • Chilies in oil: Chilies can also be boiled in a vinegar solution for 3 to 5 minutes and then put in oil
    • Shelf life: chillies in vinegar solution can be kept for one year, chillies in oil four to six months

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