Homemade Pickled Jalapeños
This is an easy & quick recipe to make Homemade Pickled Jalalpeños with carrots, also called "Chiles en Vinagre, Chiles Encurtidos, or jalapeños en escabeche". Perfect to eat with your sandwiches (tortas), to top your tacos, enchiladas, and even to served with some stews. You can prepare them whole, sliced, or cut into rings.
In Mexico, we love to eat our tortas (sandwiches) with Pickled Jalapeño peppers to add spicy flavor to it. We don't only eat pickled jalapeños, other peppers like serranos or habaneros. Although, making them at home is not so common since they are easily available at any store. Pickled Jalapeños are sold in jars or cans at any grocery stores and they are present at many Mexican homes.
You can find Pickled jalapeños with or without carrots, and some even include some vegetables like cauliflower, diced potatoes, nopales, and green beans. Seasoned with herbs like marjoram, Mexican oregano, thyme, and bay leaves. The spices that I add are black peppercorns, Allspice berries, plus onion and garlic. If you don't have all these spices and herbs, do not worry the recipe is very forgiven and you can still have great results.
The best time of the year to prepare pickled peppers is at the end of Summer when the peppers are in their last stage of maturity, bright and full of flavor. This recipe is similar to the one for the Pickled Habaneros that I posted last year. It is really easy to make and you can take advantage of the bounty of summer’s end, adding other types of vegetables like cauliflower, corn on the cob cut in pieces, zucchini in cubes, potatoes, and the like.
The name for Pickled Jalapeños
In Mexico, we also know these pickled peppers as “Chiles en Escabeche”, “Chiles en Vinagre”, "Rajas" or “Chiles Curtidos”. And, they are a great companion in our sandwiches-tortas. Maybe you had seen them at the your local taqueria, too.
Make a large batch to give away as a gift for your friends and relatives that enjoy some spiciness in their food.
Homemade Pickled Jalapeños
DIRECTIONS:
- Gather all your ingredients as indicated in the list above since this is a quick process. Wash and sterilize the Glass Canning Jar
, dry completely, and have then ready. (Please check the ingredients list below)
- Heat the olive oil in a non-aluminum pot over a medium-high flame.
- Add the carrots and stir cook for about 4-5 minutes, since they take longer to cook than peppers. Do not over-cook the vegetables, they have to have some crunchiness at the end.
- After that time, add the jalapeños, garlic, and onion. If you’re adding other types of vegetables, add them at this time. Cook, stirring frequently for another 4-5 minutes.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Divided evenly between the jars. Let stand until cool. Cover and refrigerate.
How long do Pickled Jalapeños Last?
The jalapeño pickles can be kept in the refrigerator for up to two months. There is another method to make pickled peppers, a method that takes about 15 days for the pepper to be ready. You place all the raw ingredients in the jars and let them cure/pickled for some days. Using that method the peppers are crunchier but they are not ready to eat the same day as the recipe I am sharing below.
You can use Pickled Jalapeño Peppers with these foods.
HOMEMADE PICKLED JALAPEÑOS
Ingredients
- 2 Lbs. Jalapeño Peppers sliced or cut into rings*
- 2 cups of carrots peeled and sliced**
- 1 large white onion cut into large slices or pieces
- 12 Garlic Cloves, peeled
- 2 cups of white vinegar ( apple vinegar is Ok)
- 2 cups water
- 2 Tablespoon of olive oil
- 4 Bay leaves
- 4 springs fresh thyme or 1 ½ teaspoon dry thyme
- 2 springs fresh marjoram or 1 ½ teaspoon dry marjoram
- 1 teaspoon of black peppercorns crushed
- 1 Teaspoon Allspice berries crushed
- 1 Tablespoon sugar (optional)
- Salt to taste
- Clean Glass jars with lids
Instructions
- Gather all your ingredients as indicated in the list above since this is a quick process. Wash and sterilize the glass canning jars, dry completely, and have then ready.
- Heat the olive oil in a non-aluminum pot over a medium-high flame.
- Add the sliced carrots and stir, cook for about 4-5 minutes, we are cooking them first since they take longer to cook than peppers. Do not over-cook the vegetables, they have to have some crunchiness at the end.
- After that time, add the jalapeños, garlic, and onion. If you’re adding other types of vegetables, add them at this time. Cook, stirring frequently for another 4-5 minutes.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and gently simmer for 5 minutes. After that time, remove from heat, and allow to cool just for a few minutes.
- Divided the pickled jalapeños evenly between the jars. Let stand until cool. Close the lids tightly and refrigerate them.
- These pickled jalapeños can be kept in the refrigerator for up to a month.
Notes
Nutrition
¡Buen provecho!
Mely,
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Rebecca Subbiah
these look good, wish I liked pickles
Mely
You should try them Rebecca.
Nammi
wow, thats one flavorsome pickle!! I am learning quite a lot about mexican cooking from you mely 🙂
Mely
Thanks for your comment Nammi.
Matt Salinas
These are good. I just made a few pints. I think next time I will leave out the thyme and substitute Mexican oregano. Good though!
Chris
I bet those are some spicy jalapenos with their white lines!
Mely
Hello Chris,
Indeed they are spicy. Those peppers with the white lines or veins are my favorite.
Jaron Pope
Excellent recipe! Mucho Gracias!
Mely
Glad you like it, Jaron.
Karen
So much better than store-bought! We have jalapenos in the garden... I may have to make a few jars 🙂
Byte64
Querida Mely,
después de varios años tengo jalapeños en mi balcón, así que podría ser muy buena idea preservarlos de esta manera.
Luego te dirè.
Un abrazo
Flavio
Mely
Hola Flavio,
Felicidades por la cosecha de jalapeños, yo trate por varios años y me di por vencida. Pero los del mercado de agricultores de los Sabados estan muy buenos. Acabo de ir esta mañana a comprar más para hacer una segunda sesión de curtidos.
Saludos y te mando un abrazo,
Mely
Sandra
Yum!
kumars kitchen
these pickled jalapenos are to die for,we use them in everything from pizzas to mac and cheese...loved this quick version...can't wait to try it out,thanks for sharing 🙂
La Dama
Que buena receta!
Kim Martinez
Is there a way to make these with a shelf life not just a month in the refrigerator?
Mely
Hello Kim Martinez,
Yes, after the peppers are done place them in clean jars and proceed to do some canning. The easier way is buying canning jars and lids, and boil the jars. There are a lot of resources online to help you with this step.
Saludos!
Rick N Teresa
I was wondering if we could do a hot water bath after for canning. Thanks.
Chris
I've made them twice. The first time they came out well. This recent batch tastes fine but the liquid came out very cloudy.
Bernadette Munoz
I love all your recipes! I just made a batch of these for my husband. I think he's going to love them!! Muchas gracias!
mmartinez
Thank you for visiting!
Happy cooking!