Recently a friend who was a guest in my home for a weekend shared two jars of home canned sweet pepper strips with me and my family. They were so delicious! Now I have a new idea of how to preserve the bumper crop of peppers we are harvesting from the garden!
Ever get a Subway veggie sub and they asked if you want to put sweet peppers on it? Now you can do it at home, without the preservatives and food coloring!
2 pounds sweet peppers, seeded and cut into 1/4 or 1/2 inch strips or ringspickling salt (leave this out if you do an ice brine)
2 t. salt
2 cups apple cider vinegar
2 cups water
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 or 2 T pickling spice mix (I got mine at Penzey's)
Fill jars with pepper strips. Heat other ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Discard pickling spice before adding the sauce to the jars. If you want, you can add a few onion slices to each jar, and even a clove of garlic and/or a thin slice of fresh ginger root.
Fill jars with hot sauce up to neck. Wipe rims clean, top with a heated lid, a ring and do a hot water bath for 10 minutes.
I am so looking forward to having these on veggie and hummus wraps, or on sandwiches, or added to a garden salad. Yummy!
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