Many perceive hot chili only as a spicy seasoning, and not as an independent snack, but from this burning vegetable you can also prepare many different canned preparations. In the article, we consider the useful and harmful qualities of hot chili, simple and tasty recipes for its preservation, and the rules for eating.
Hot Pepper Properties
Despite the burning pungent taste, chili pods are of great benefit to the human body. However, you need to eat it in moderation in order not to harm the digestive organs and stomach.
- Hot pepper has the following beneficial properties:
- It is an excellent prophylactic against colds and viral diseases;
- improves digestion and stimulates appetite;
- helps to cleanse blood vessels and prevents blood clots due to its high content of vitamin P;
- helps to lose weight, improves metabolism and burns fat cells;
- cleanses the intestines from toxins and toxins;
- promotes rejuvenation of the body, improves hair growth;
- prevents the formation of cancer cells;
- Helps prevent bone disease
- It is used as an ointment for the treatment of catarrhal diseases of the respiratory tract;
- promotes the production of endorphin, which improves mood.
Did you know? The birthplace of hot chili peppers is the tropical zone of Africa.
- Despite a long list of benefits, hot chili is contraindicated in some cases, including:
- heart disease
- impaired kidney and liver function;
- stomach ulcer, gastritis.
How to choose and prepare hot peppers for preservation
The taste of canned bitter chilli starters is largely dependent on the correct choice of pods.
Here are some tips for choosing them:
- pods should be tight and elastic to the touch;
- the stalk must be green and not dried;
- the sharpest are the small and thin chili pods;
- the skin of the pods should be free of deformation, damage and brown spots;
- the sharpest is red chili.
To properly prepare the chilli for preservation, it is recommended to carry out the following actions:
- to remove the burning sharpness of the vegetable, you need to remove the seeds and internal white partitions of the pods - they contain the main bitterness;
- if you close the chili pods in their entirety, then remove the excess pungency by soaking in cold water; for the best effect, this procedure needs to be done several times;
- so that the vegetable retains a pungent and pungent taste, but is not too scorching, the skin of whole pods needs to be chopped with a fork in several places, and then filled with hot water;
- if you close the chili in its entirety, then the green stalk is not cut off - it is convenient to take pods for it during the tasting of the snack.
Important! It is necessary to work with hot peppers very carefully, preventing its essential oils from getting into the eyes and on open skin.
Canned Hot Pepper Recipes
There are many different recipes for canning hot peppers for the winter. For harvesting, it is recommended to choose only ripe vegetables with thick or medium-thick walls - they turn out to be the most delicious. The color of the vegetable can be any, cans with different color peppers look very nice on the shelves.
What inventory is needed
One of the best-known recipes for preserving is sliced pickled hot peppers. Even a novice can do this preparation.To do this, you need the following inventory: 4 cans with a capacity of 0.5 liters, 1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon, a kitchen knife, a pan with a capacity of 5 liters, a colander, 4 metal lids and a measuring cup.
Classic recipe
In the classic recipe for canned chili pieces, in addition to the main ingredient, there are various spices that make this appetizer especially tasty. During preparation of the workpiece, it is important to observe the sequence of processes and the indicated proportions of the ingredients.
2 cans per 1 liter
water
1 liter for marinade + 4 liters for brine
salt
1 tbsp. l for marinade + 2 hours for brine
- The washed peppers, cut into 3-4 cm wide rings, and then again cut them lengthwise into two half rings. Remove the seeds of the vegetable and cut the green tail.
- To prepare the brine, mix water and salt in a saucepan, boil the mixture over high heat.
- Put the pieces of chili in a colander, and then gently lower it into boiling brine. At the same time, do not reduce the fire - the brine should be boiling actively.
- Keep a colander with vegetables in a pot with brine for 2 minutes.
- Quickly place the colander in a container of cold water for 5 minutes.
- Arrange spices and garlic in jars. Measure and pour vinegar.
- Arrange chili slices in jars.
- Boil water on the marinade, add sugar and salt to it. Mix the syrup well, waiting for the dissolution of all crystals of bulk ingredients. Remove the hot marinade from the stove.
- Pour the marinade into the jars of ingredients, cover them with lids.
- Sterilize jars in boiling water for 7 minutes.
- Seal the jars tightly with lids, put them down with the neck and put them in a warm place, wrapping them in a blanket.
Did you know? Hot red pepper can be grown at room temperature in an ordinary flower pot.
Additional recipes for canned hot peppers
In addition to the classic canned chili snacks in slices, there are other recipes for hot chilli peppers. They differ from each other in the use of additional ingredients that help add a different flavor to the snack.
Whole
An appetizer of whole pickled hot pepper looks very nice on the table.
4 half liter cans
- Rinse hot peppers thoroughly in water. If the tails of the stalk are too long, you can shorten them a little.
- Tightly place the pods in prepared jars.
- Add salt and vinegar to the pot with water, put it on the stove and boil the marinade. Then give it time to cool.
- Fill jars of hot pepper with cooled syrup and seal them tightly.
- Sterilize jars in a container with boiling water for 5 minutes.
- Close the cans with lids and put in a warm place.
Video recipe
Whole
Important! If you close the chilli with whole pods without clearing them of seeds, then the snack will turn out to be very spicy.
No vinegar
In many recipes for canned hot pepper preparations, vinegar, which acts as a preservative, is one of the main ingredients. But if necessary, you can do without it. Let's take a closer look at how to close chili peppers for the winter without vinegar.
salt
24 tablespoons (for 3 fillings)
- Washed and peeled pods should be folded into a pan.
- Boil 1 liter of water in a separate container with the addition of 8 tablespoons of salt.
- Add the resulting salted boiling water to a bowl with chili.
- Put the blank under oppression for 3 days, wrapping it with a towel.
- Drain the solution from the container with chili. Cook a new brine according to the same recipe and pour hot pepper into it again.
- Leave the blank to infuse for another 5 days.
- Drain the marinade from the pan with hot pepper. Prepare a new syrup according to the same recipe.
- Arrange the pods in sterilized jars and pour freshly prepared hot marinade.
- Seal the jars with appetizer tightly and put them in a warm place.
To improve the taste of the workpiece, you can add garlic, herbs and various spices to the listed products.
Did you know? In Mexico, about 140 different varieties of hot pepper are grown.
With celery
Another tasty and healthy version of canned snacks for the winter is pickled chili with celery.
1 can per 0.5 liter
celery
4 small stems
vegetable oil
1 tbsp. l
dill, clove or coriander
taste
- Rinse the pods well and cut off the tops of the stalks.
- Put the vegetables in a pan and pour hot water for 5 minutes. Then drain the water.
- Rinse the celery stalks and cut into identical small pieces.
- Put a layer of celery on the bottom of the jar, then in a circle - a layer of chili.
- Add salt, spices, chopped garlic, vinegar and vegetable oil to the jar.
- Put the second layer of celery on the spices.
- Boil a portion of boiling water on the stove and pour into a jar with all the ingredients. Cover it with a metal sealed lid, turn it upside down and put it in a warm place for 1-2 days.
Important! To remove too sharp aftertaste from chili in the mouth, it is recommended to drink some milk or eat a slice of white bread.
With bell pepper
A particularly tasty and mouth-watering preparation for the winter is obtained from a combination of sweet bell pepper, hot chili and tomato juice.
about 2–2.5 liters
vegetable oil
100 ml
- Washed hot and bell peppers to clear of stalks, internal partitions and bitter seeds.
- Put vegetables on a baking sheet and bake them in the oven at 180 ° for 15 minutes.
- Remove the hot vegetables from the oven and put them in jars.
- Bring tomato juice to a boil in a separate container, add vegetable oil, sugar and salt to it. Boil the resulting marinade for 15 minutes over low heat, then add vinegar. Remove the container from the stove.
- Pour jars of ingredients with hot syrup and roll them up.
With honey
Honey can be used to prepare a tasty and piquant spicy appetizer of hot chili peppers: it perfectly complements the sharpness of the vegetable and adds interesting flavoring notes to the workpiece.
2 cans per 1 liter
- Wash the hot pepper pods and gently peel them from seeds and green tails. Finely chop the garlic.
- Put vegetables in jars, add garlic and spices to them.
- Pour boiling water over the ingredients and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.
- Drain the water from the cans into a separate container. Add honey and salt, boil and keep on fire for 2 minutes. Then add vinegar to the marinade and remove the pan from the heat.
- Pour cans with hot marinade.
- Roll them up with lids, turn them down with the neck and wrap them well.
Video recipe
With honey
Did you know? The ancient Mayan Indians used chili pods to relieve toothache by rubbing their gums.
In oil
Chili can be preserved in garlic-rich vegetable oil. The taste of vegetables will be spicy, and garlic oil will absorb the piquant taste of pepper.
1 can per 0.5 liter
vegetable oil
400 ml
- Use a knife to chop each pod in several places.
- Lightly scorch pods in a skillet or over an open burner until dark spots appear on the skin.
- Flatten the garlic cloves with a knife.
- To prepare the garlic dressing, pour the vegetable oil into the pan and heat slightly, add the garlic. When the mixture boils - remove it from the stove.
- Cut the fried pods into two halves along the stem. Remove peel, burning seeds and partitions, peduncle.
- Pour salt into a heated jar, put halves of vegetables and cloves of garlic.
- Pour hot garlic oil into a jar and close the container with a lid.
- Turn the jar over and wrap it until the workpiece cools completely.
Important! An appetizer of chili in garlic oil should be allowed to infuse for at least 1 month.
How and how much to store canned peppers
To preserve the storage longer, you need to use sterilized jars. It is recommended to store canned snacks made of chili at an air temperature of no higher than + 15 ° C. The storage room should be dry. Do not store canned food near the battery or any other heat sources - the cans may explode. Hermetically sealed cans with blanks can be stored for no more than one year. After opening the cans, the snack should only be stored in the refrigerator.
Eating tips
The burning taste of spicy canned chili snacks will make it a spicy addition to any menu.
But at the same time, you should adhere to some tips for eating:
- eating pickled chilli is recommended in small quantities;
- the appetizer goes well with meat and fish dishes;
- canned chili can be served as an independent dish or use it for cooking spicy salads;
- canned marinade with canned hot peppers can be used to season other dishes, such as salads or spaghetti.
Combining hot peppers with other simple and affordable ingredients, you can get a lot of savory preparations for the winter. They will surely please spicy lovers with their rich taste and benefit the body, and the bright colors of these snacks will decorate any table and evoke pleasant memories of the summer.