[wojtowicza]

my father came over yesterday and brought a ton of peppers from his garden. cayenne and others. i need to freeze most of them because i cant eat them all now. i was looking up on internet about freezing them. anyone have any tips or how they do it?

thanks

 

[sandals]

I just cut them up and freeze them in zip lock bags. Now they will not be as crunchy as a fresh pepper, but they work just fine for things like chili, or sausage peppers onions, etc.

 

[red65]

I leave them whole and put them in a Zip-lock...

 

[Jakesbeard]

I just cut them up and freeze them in zip lock bags. Now they will not be as crunchy as a fresh pepper, but they work just fine for things like chili, or sausage peppers onions, etc.

OK here is how I do it mostly with Bell peppers for cooking later when they are expencive.

Punch out the core and cut into 1/4's or smaller as you can always cut em smaller later on.

Let them dry off a bit or do it your self with a clean towel than spread them out on cookis sheets freeze and when frozen put in a gallon zip lock.
By freezing on a try first they won't all freeze together and that way you can pull out what you want even if it is just 1 or 2 pcs. @ a time. I will freeze a bushel of pepers cut up like that and put into several gal. size zip locks and it will last all year weather chopping of 1 or 2 pcs with eggs or doing a batch for Sausage and peppers.

For Chili's cut em up and dry them for soups and stews down the road. (We are drying Tomatoes in the oven right now just like we do oven jerky!

 

[elusive]

Kielbasa/ Pepper King.......you have a pm!


I've always just stuck them in ziplock bags and frozen them.

 

[lady bird]

I cut them up, stir fry them in olive oil for just a little bit, then freeze them ina zip lock.

 

[Scrubby rack buck]

Vaccumm seal and freeze

 

[Michael_Walther]

Slice them up vacuum seal and freeze. The air in the pepper could give it freezer burn.

 

[bowhunter444]

Remove the seeds, slice them up and freeze in freezerbag. You can also dry out the seeds and use an old coffee grinder the grind them up. Just remember not to touch your eyes when doing any of this with hot peppers

 

[ducati]

Slice them up vacuum seal and freeze.

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I just got a vacuum seal and use it for everything.

 

[wojtowicza]

cool. i think i'm going to do the coffee grinder thing too with the seeds.[up]

 

[Scrubby rack buck]

i think i'm going to do the coffee grinder thing too with the seeds

dry some of the peppers and grind those too..

 

[nightstalker911]

When vacuum sealing veggies, I always freeze them first in the vacuum bag(one end open) , then vacuum seal them . That way the soft veggies are not squished by the vacuum sealing.
And like JB, I freeze them separatly, not in a clump.
Except for corn off the cob

 

[beef]

cut them up and vacum pack[up]

 

[wojtowicza]

dry some of the peppers and grind those too..

you grind the peppers and seeds together?

 

[jerseyhunter]

When vacuum sealing veggies, I always freeze them first in the vacuum bag(one end open) , then vacuum seal them . That way the soft veggies are not squished by the vacuum sealing.

I freeze them first on a Teflon coated cookie sheet then transfer to a zip-lok freezer bag left opened, Then I vacuum seal that bag in a vac bag. This way when I open the vacuum sealed bag I can take out the bag of veggies,use what I need and reseal the zip-lock and place back back in the freezer. Just froze a bunch of Tomatoes,zucchini, stringbeans and corn.

 

[Scrubby rack buck]

you grind the peppers and seeds together?

Yep[up]

 

[BestNJBirdDogs]

pickle some I have a ton of pickled peppers and they're awesome on sandwiches [up]

 

[Jakesbeard]

I have a ton of pickled peppers

Wow do you by any chance know Peter Piper?