Hot Banana Pepper Rings

Stop adding peppers when the peppers reach the bottom of the rings on the jar.

Hot banana pepper rings.

Crisp banana pepper rings with a bit of heat and lots of flavor. Bring the vinegar sugar mustard seed and celery seed to a rolling boil. To can banana pepper rings start with several banana peppers. 7 repeat with remaining peppers and jars.

Of course hot pepper rings are also great on burgers smokies subs and sandwiches. Banana peppers aren t hot at all but pickling them gives them a whole other level of flavor. Immediately put on lid and ring to seal. Ridiculously good with proscuitto pineapple and feta cheese.

Remember using jalapenos will give you a mighty hot product. Sterilize four quart jars lids and rings in boiling water. 6 add 1 clove of garlic to empty jar then pack banana pepper rings tightly into the jar. Add 1 2 teaspoons salt and 1 2 teaspoons alum to the peppers.

Mix the vinegar salt and water together until dissolved in a sauce pan. Then pack raw peppers into hot jars leaving 1 2 inch head space. Using your jar lifter remove the jars and place on a thick towel. Process the banana pepper rings in a hot water bath for 10 minutes.

Pour hot vinegar water mixture over the peppers. Remove wire bubbles adjust head space wipe rims and place lids on jars and process in a water bath for 10 minutes. Use gloves when handling hot peppers. Place the pickling spices in the bottom of the canning jar.

Bring just up to a boil but do not boil and pour over peppers. How to pack banana peppers for pickling. Add the sliced banana pepper rings to the jar. Then ladle the hot liquid over the peppers keeping 1 2 inch head space.

Jiggle shake and bang the peppers in the jar to ensure they are laying flat and taking up the least amount of space. Press the peppers down in the jar and repeat. Heat intensity can be adjusted by mixing a blend of part hot and part mild peppers. Let cool for 24 hours and then check the jars to make sure they sealed properly.

You can find these peppers at your favorite local supermarket or grocery store across the us. Canning banana pepper rings. You can use hot or mild banana peppers for this recipe. You can even use these as a substitute for peperoncini in many recipes.

I leave the seeds in the peppers since i was using mild banana peppers. Enjoy straight out of the jar or use them to top off your favorite sandwiches and subs. Garden fresh is always best. Slice the peppers up in roughly a quarter of an inch or half a centimeter thick.

1 lb banana peppers seeded sliced into rings. The more hot peppers you use will result in a hotter product. Once the jars start to cool they will seal. One of our favorite homemade pizza toppings are hot banana pepper rings.

Olive hot banana pepper rings are available in two sizes 12 ounce and 32 ounce jars. Taking one jar at a time place as many peppers as you can into the jar. Pickled jalapeno peppers hot peppers mild peppers like anaheim even sweet bell peppers can all be used.