Can I Freeze Peppers???

jaxx46

Hi,
I do this all the time, just slice & freeze. The peppers will be good for cooked dishes but not for eating raw. HTH

foxgloves

Yes, they'll be fine. I grew some peppers in my greenhouse last summer & had lots all ready at once. I chopped them and just froze them in yoghurt pots for pizza toppings & bigger portions for other recipes. They seemed to do fine cooked straight from frozen as well. You can do the same with chillies too.

mummyjane

I was about to ask about chillies. Bought some from A**A this afternoon and we never seem to use them all up in time. Good to know, thanks

jenova_2

I freeze peppers all the time, like everyone else has said - chop/slice and open freeze then bung them into a bag.

So as not to create a whole new thread for a very similar question, hopefully someone who comes to answer about freezing peppers can help: do you think it's necessary to blanch/pre-cook parsnips before freezing, or can I slice them up and open freeze them in a similar way to peppers/onions etc? I have a bag that I bought when it was reduced, intending to use them for roasting or making veggie mash, but if freezing is going to ruin them I won't try it and I'll just have a lot of parsnips over the next two days!

I searched the Freezing Questions thread but nothing came up for "parsnip"

Aarons_mummy

jenova wrote: »

I freeze peppers all the time, like everyone else has said - chop/slice and open freeze then bung them into a bag.

So as not to create a whole new thread for a very similar question, hopefully someone who comes to answer about freezing peppers can help: do you think it's necessary to blanch/pre-cook parsnips before freezing, or can I slice them up and open freeze them in a similar way to peppers/onions etc? I have a bag that I bought when it was reduced, intending to use them for roasting or making veggie mash, but if freezing is going to ruin them I won't try it and I'll just have a lot of parsnips over the next two days!

I searched the Freezing Questions thread but nothing came up for "parsnip"

I have frozen parsnips before and had them added to soup and also as part of a mixed veg I boiled in the slow cooker. They go a little mushy so soup/casserole etc they are good for but I wouldn't use them for serving as a veg. However mine were just put in raw and then added frozen, maybe pre-cooking does something that doesn't make them mushy

maman

mummyjane wrote: »

I was about to ask about chillies. Bought some from A**A this afternoon and we never seem to use them all up in time. Good to know, thanks

Definitely works for chillis too. I keep a bag of frozen chopped up chillis for adding to stir-fries.

LJM

i freeze them if i have too many cut into strips and then freeze then i can add them straight from freezer to any meals i am cooking

irishwexford

we grow parsnips on allotment and I freeze them all the time. I parboil them for about five mins, open freeze and bag them up. Sometimes if I have oven on I bake them and then freeze, when I need to use them they do not take long to bake. They are never mushy. I always have a supply in freezer to save me trips to the allotment.

Penelope_Penguin

BADPENNY wrote: »

I have 6 mixed coulour peppers that i won't have time to use, can i freeze them in their raw state?? would hate to throw them away, any ideas?

I chop and freeze, chillis too

As this has fallen from the front apge of OS, I'll add this to the existing thread to keep ideas together.

p00

I buy peppers when they are on offer, chop and freeze them with no problems at all.

xxp00