Betty's Tips on Freezing End-of-Season Peppers
Tips, Tricks
Betty demonstrates how to freeze end-of-season peppers from the herb garden. We cleaned out the herb garden and harvested the tomatoes and peppers. I had more peppers than I could use at the moment, so I decided to freeze them. I had 2 green peppers, 1 ½ red peppers, and 6 jalapeno peppers, but this method of freezing will work for any type of pepper. First, wash the peppers and chop them into the size that you will want to use later on. I chopped my green and red peppers in an average-sized chop, but I made the jalapenos into a fine chop. You may also cut peppers into strips or halves. All fruits and vegetables contain enzymes and bacteria, which will continue to grow after they are picked. You need to stop the growth of the enzymes and bacteria by blanching the fruits and/or vegetables. This involves boiling the fruits and/or vegetables and then quickly cooling them. For the average-chopped red and green peppers, I boiled them each for 1 minute. Then I cooled them each for 1 minute. For my tiny jalapenos I boiled them only ½ minute, and then cooled them ½ minute. For strips, you need to boil them for 2 minutes and cool 2 minutes, and for halves, you need to boil them 3 minutes and cool 3 minutes. Once the peppers are blanched and cooled, place them in tight-sealing plastic freezer bags. Try to get all of the air out of the bag. I inserted a straw at the very end and sucked as much air out as possible. Next, label your freezer bags with the contents and the date. Freeze, until you need all (or part) of the frozen peppers. You may follow this same procedure for onions. Sometimes you have fresh vegetables of various types that will go bad before you can use them. You may follow the guidelines in this video for freezing most vegetables. I hope this video helps you! --Betty Please subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/bettyskitchen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW Cookbook: "Betty's Kitchen Cookbook: 2013 Recipes" (c) 2014 Also available: "The Betty's Kitchen Collection: Second Edition" (c) 2013 *Both can be ordered from http://www.amazon.com or http://www.createspace.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betty's Website: http://www.bettyskitchen.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other places to watch Betty's Kitchen: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/bettyskitchen/166973502092 Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/bettyskitchen/bettyskitchen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Myshine Google+: https://plus.google.com/108882445101872897307/posts ifood.tv: http://www.ifood.tv/bettyskitchen Roku: http://www.rokuguide.com/channels/betty%27s-kitchen
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Great video. I really appreciate the information. I have a lot of jalapeno peppers and didn't want them to go to waste. One question: what if they boil longer than recommended?
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thanks
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They will get soft when they are thawed; I use mine in soups, stews, and chili, where it doesn't matter. You can't use them well in salads, unless you prepare a marinade of sorts. --Betty :)
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I can't use them all right now!
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@MushroomPatch Yes, I only chopped them, based on what I was planning to use them in over the winter. --Betty :)
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one question. I have a LOT of Jalapeno peppers and want to freeze them. Am I able to do this process without cutting them?
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@Annabanana3100 Thanks for your sweet comment! I am delighted that you enjoy the videos where I show something other than making a recipe. Warm wishes from KY, --Betty :)
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I love when you take a break from recipe-making and do videos, like this (or place settings, etc.), on different sorts of "home-making." I am a "twentysomething" who is still fairly new to living on her own, and wasn't taught much about home-making when I was young (mom just let us play! haha). I have learned so much from watching your videos and you always seem to find time to respond to my video comments. Thanks to both of you for your hard work. From Fargo, ND!
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@KissHope Thanks for the great information! --Betty :)
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@Aveenogreen Never store onions and potatos together either. Typically the gases from the onions speeds up rotting of potattos and of course never store either in the fridge. Doing so converts the starches to sugar and will change the texture
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@Kcalorin You may use the onions in fresh salads, but they will be a little watery; it's best to use them in soups and stews. --Betty :)
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Thanks. I need to learn this.
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great
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Great Tip Betty. God Bless, Elba
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i never knew u i need to blanch veggies prior to freezing..thanks for that tip betty
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This is a great tip!
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Betty, you need to ask "Santa" for a FoodSaver for Christmas ;) It saves everything from spoiling, and will keep foods, herbs, veggies, etc. fresh in the freezer almost indefinitely. (I started sounding like an infomercial so I had to delete a bunch :( Thanks for all of your wonderful recipes, etc. Wouldn't miss them.
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Wat a great tip Betty! I never know what to do with leftover bell peppers. I never knew that you can freeze them! Thanks for showing me and I am also showing my mom! We love you here in The Netherlands!
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Great tips!!! I've frozen peppers before but I never blanched them. Next time I will blanch and then freeze. Thanks!
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@Aveenogreen No, I would just use on them, and they probably will be fine for a month, but you should check on them occasionally. Some onions last longer than others. If they are stored together, when one goes bad, it can cause a bunch of them to decay. --Betty :)
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