recipes for chillies

Blacksheep1979

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Pink

In that case, get some campden tablets (used in brewing) and sterilise the chillis with them first.

redsquirrel80

I usually hang them up to dry if I've got more than I can use at one time - works better with smaller ones though - just string them up on a bit of thread (using a needle through the top of them), and keep them somewhere warm and dry till they dry out, can then crumble into dishes as needed.

Claire70_2

Tesco are doing 3 bags of Chillies for £1-00 instead of 41p per bag.


Anybody got recipes for chillies... now that I have 3 bags consisting of about 12 chillies lol

Thanks

Bongedone

Make a red hot chilli.

You can freeze them and use them from frozen. I buy them in bulk from the market and do this.

misskool

Make your own chilli sauce

Chop up the chillies, add some lime or lemon juice, salt, garlic and ginger.
If you want sweet chilli sauce, make a syrup from sugar and add to taste.

You can pickle them (or add them to already made pickles for a bit of zing). Just slice them up, cider vinegar (with about 25% sugar) and they keep for 1-2 months. Use them as homemade jalapenos (instead of 79p a jar)

Add them to stir fries (sliced up very thinly), or anything with a sauce (if you like spicy food).

Claire70_2

So is it okay to slice them up and freeze them. .... ?

Thanks

Bongedone

I leave them whole. Wash them and dry them 1st. Cannot see any reason why you cannot chop them 1st. Just make sure they don't stick together.

Bongedone

misskool wrote: »

Make your own chilli sauce

Chop up the chillies, add some lime or lemon juice, salt, garlic and ginger.
If you want sweet chilli sauce, make a syrup from sugar and add to taste.

You can pickle them (or add them to already made pickles for a bit of zing). Just slice them up, cider vinegar (with about 25% sugar) and they keep for 1-2 months. Use them as homemade jalapenos (instead of 79p a jar)

Add them to stir fries (sliced up very thinly), or anything with a sauce (if you like spicy food).

I made homemade pickled onions in the Autumn. Got carried away with the chilli. I cannot even eat them now. The OH manages though.

Gingernutmeg

I just wash them and freeze them whole - if you take them out of the freezer about five minutes before you need them then they've generally defrosted enough to chop. The don't seem to go as squishy as the big bell peppers when they've defrosted either.

richyg

Put some in a bottle of vinegar. After a few days/weeks you have chilli vinegar. Great of fish,seafood chips etc