I grew these peppers, cayenne and Serrano, there are a lot more on the plants, and right now they just sit in a jar in my kitchen. Any recipes or suggestions on food they pair well with. I’ve cooked with jalapeños in the past but never Serrano peppers and cayenne pretty much only as a powder.
by jpcrow
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I haven’t figured that part out yet. Lol
roast them with tomatoes and other veggies and then blend into a salsa.
dry them and then grind into a powder for seasoning.
cook on the stovetop with vinegar and other spices to make a hot sauce.
dice em up with rice and proteins and veggies to make a spicy stir fry.
the possibilities really are endless
freeze them and use them when cooking to add spice. Another option is to pickle them.
Happy cake day! And I didn’t even consider freezing them! Thanks for teaching me something new 😀
Things I’ve done recently: grilled my jalapeños with peaches for a side with grilled chicken. Sliced some Serranos and sautéed with ham for ham and eggs, added what I had (jalapeños, Serranos and Cubanelles) to a baking sheet with onion and garlic then blended for a delicious salsa. Also grow any pepper in to fried potato’s for flavor.
My mom has always made a coarsely-blended hot pepper “sauce” with any and all peppers we have, especially at the end of the season. She just blends all the de-seeded peppers with raw garlic, a little olive oil, and a little salt (ratio is pretty random but approximately 6 large peppers to one head of garlic), puts the mix in a jar or ziploc bag and keep it in the freezer. When she makes chili, omelettes and fried eggs, collards, nachos, pasta sauce, or anything she wants to add spice and depth of flavor to, her first step is to scrape some out of the jar or break off a chunk from the freezer bags and sauté it in the simmer pot before adding all the other ingredients.
I like to freeze them until I have a bigger batch available, at which point I continue freezing them and stockpiling until my freezer is overflowing and I still haven’t figured out the best use.
Time to eat!
Since you cooked with Jalapenos before, you can use serranos the same way you used jalapenos.
For the cayennes you can wash them, dry them thoroughly and freeze them whole. Then use them in a recipe later on.
Salsa, sauce, and hot sauce. Its the right thing to do, imo. I also like to dry a lot of mine for dry rubs.
Cut in half, smoke a few hours low and slow, finish dehydrating in electric smoker. Vacuum seal and store. Great for cooking. I usually grind up a bunch and put in a shaker bottle like BBQ rub comes in. Use it anywhere you use crushed red pepper, pizza, anywhere you want to add some smoky heat. Fantastic.
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I made salsa today
Those are your snacking peppers now 😈
I have so many cayennes that I freeze them. Every time I cook I chop one up and throw it into the pot. You can do that with any meal and it’ll bring in that kick.