Pickling Spice for Pickled Peppers
Learn what pickling spices to use for flavoring your pickled chili peppers or other pickled foods.
Pickling spices help give your preserved pickled peppers an additional, multi-dimensional flavor. A typical pickled pepper recipe consists of chili peppers, of course, with a salty vinegar brine and pickling spices added in.
While you can certainly pickle your peppers without the pickling spice, it is that combination of spices that brings nuance and flavor to your final product.
There are many spice blends available to you, depending on your personal tastes, although some go better in combination with others. There is no right or wrong combination. It is up to you to choose which flavors mingle best and what suits your personal palate.
Homemade Pickling Spice
Typically, pickling spices are used whole or coarsely chopped, and include any combination of some of the following spices:
- All Spice
- Bay Leaves
- Cardamom
- Cinnamon Sticks
- Cloves
- Coriander Seeds
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Mustard Seeds
- Peppercorns
- Dill Seeds
- Red Pepper Flakes
This is not an exhaustive list. Again, it depends on your own palate and preferred flavors. You’ll get a stronger flavoring with a pickling spice combination, and of course vary up the ratios to your liking. There are also pre-packaged pickling spice mixes available in many grocery stores as well.
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- All Spice
- Bay Leaves
- Cardamom
- Cinnamon Sticks
- Cloves
- Coriander Seeds
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Mustard Seeds
- Peppercorns
- Dill Seeds
- Red Pepper Flakes
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Combine the ingredients and proceed to pickling your chili peppers.
This is not an exhaustive list. Again, it depends on your own palate and preferred flavors. You'll get a stronger flavoring with a pickling spice combination, and of course vary up the ratios to your liking. There are also pre-packaged pickling spice mixes available in many grocery stores as well.
Additional Resources for Pickling Your Chili Peppers
Additional Resources for Preserving Chili Peppers
Related Pickled Chili Pepper Recipes
- Refrigerator Pickled Peppers Recipe
- Chile-Cucumber Chow Chow
- Sweet Chili Pepper Relish
- Hot Pepper Relish
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