Balanced breakfast Thomas Boutell 9/28 '26

A basket of jalapeño peppers alongside a bowl of oatmeal and beverages. The basket is huge.

It's been a marvelous year for jalapenos. Our tiny garden beside the driveway has been bursting with them.

Bottle of homemade sriracha, with a dark orange tone and a scrawled label reading T-Rox Sriracha 9/26

I've made two batches of sriracha so far. For those I used riper, redder jalapenos, but R. informed me it was time for the space to be given over to fall-friendly plantings. So it looks like'll be... making six bottles of green sriracha? What else does one do with so many jalapenos?

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9/28 11 Comments
Does sriracha freeze?
Lindsay Harris Friel
Sriracha has a long shelf life when made well.
Thomas Boutell
Slice them up and use them fresh? That's kinda intense for some folks, but they're not ghost peppers.

Cook them into some stews! Good flavor spike without so much intensity. :)
Matt Lichtenwalner
Don't people halve them, stuff them, and roast them? And if you really like that, I bet you could freeze a bunch for snacks.
Anne Mollo
Yes! Mark and I did this many years ago for a party. Highly recommend.
Matt Lichtenwalner
The quantity is large. I think we will do many things, but in the end, the majority will wind up in sriracha or some other hot sauce recipe because that does call for a volume.

We are thinking about obtaining some smaller bottles at IKEA and giving them away at the neighborhood potluck under the name “crazy neighbor hot sauce.”

Thomas Boutell
Nice!
Matt Lichtenwalner
But also crazy!
nerdsholmferret
Just so.
Matt Lichtenwalner
Use to do something similar with my insane crop of tomatoes every year, and jars of homemade sauce. Neighbors remember!
Karen Kuhl
Sounds yummy!
Matt Lichtenwalner