Smoking jalapenos????

vidalia1

I just pulled about 50 jalapenos off of my plants and I would like to smoke them for future use this winter. Does anyone have any easy techniques for smoking & drying jalapenos???

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Slotmercenary

Greetings,
I do lots of peppers on the egg and they keep for a very long time if kept airtight. I usually just take and slit them lengthwise but leave the top attached and put them on with favorite wood combo around 250 indirect for 4-6 hours or longer. Then put in dehydrator overnight. Make sure you put the dehydrator in the garage or outside for the process unless you like the smell of smokey/creosote type smell.

AZRP

I did it one year but it was in a WSM, not the Egg. I just smoked them until they were shriveled and just about dried out. I vacuum bagged them at 4 to the bag and put them in the freezer. That was over 6 years ago and I think I still have some left. -RP

Bacchus

I hear they pickle pretty well.

Richard Fl

You could pickle them. hehe.

This is a great method.

http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=333423&catid=1#

vidalia1

Thanks for the great info...and yes they are great pickled.. :P :laugh:

I have them smoking with cherry wood at 200 degrees right now....they smell great...

Richard Fl

Be careful of the smoke, it will BURN your eyes and throat.

vidalia1

thanks for the tip Richard...I have ribs on the other Egg after cooking a big pot of Black & White Chicken Chili

Gunnar

Please posts the results on this....I can buy jalapenos cheaper than I can grow them. Viva la Houston.

Scotty's Inferno

I do them the same way that I do jerky. If you have a guru, it's super easy. If you dont, moving them to a deydrator is the way to finish them after a long smoke. The egg never smells more amazing than when you have smokes peppers for hours with mesquite!! Scott

Jerky link: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/coldsmoking/coldsmokejerky.htm

Misippi Egger

Thanks, Scott for supplying that link and for your very detailed instructions!

vidalia1

Thanks Scott great info... I will post pics later...