Ageing with Green Chile Peppers

[ScotchGuy]

Where I live, there is a season in late summer where all the chile farmers sell their products, and green chile is one of them. In fact, people here eat green chile on damn near every thing that you can cook. So, naturally I tried making up some of my wash by adding a lot of diced up green chiles with other natural ingredients (like sweetfeed). Absolutely nothing 'came across' in the final tastes.

I have been reading a lot here about the nuclear ageing using a microwave and JD chips. I tried it according to the directions and it worked very well. (Guess what I am going to say next.) OK I thought I would try the nuclear ageing using diced up green chiles instead of the chips. I started with a couple of mild chiles in a quart of shine made with the sweetfeed recipe. It was a little green in color and definitely had some of the chile taste come across to the final product. But something was missing. So my next attempt at the nuclear aging was using a couple of the extra hot chilies. WOW! I think all of the spicy heat (capsicum?) from the chilies came across to the sweetshine. It was very tasty, a light green in color, and had quite a bit of 'heat' when tasting it. My friends who tried it , loved it, and referred to it as 'Green Lightnin'.

Following is what I did. I started with a quart Mason jar of sweetshine that was an inch below being full. Next I took two large extra hot raw green chile peppers (you might be able to substitute jalepenos) and cut off the stems, sliced them and removed all veins and seeds, and diced them into chunks about a half inch square. Put these into the jar and removed the metal ring and lid. I put a piece of paper towel over the top and held it on with a rubber band, and punched some small holes in it with an ice pick. Then I nuked it in the microwave on high for two and a half minutes and removed it. I then quickly put the ring and lid back on and let it set for about 4 hours for it to cool. The lid tightened up as there was an obvious vacuum inside. I repeated this whole process three more times, and then on the last one I put the whole thing in the refrigerator after it had cooled, and let it set for about three days. I am happy with the results, and if anyone has other suggestions, please let me know.

[shadylane]

Suggestions? No, but if I don't give it a try. I'll suggest it to one of my friends.

[FullySilenced]

Glad your enjoying yourself...


FS

Keep on Nukin!

[Red Rim]

Nuclear aging them is a great idea.

I have been mixing up concoctions like this for a while now and have found that the peppers soak up a lot of the off taste. Often much faster than any other way I have come across. I have mixed it up with jalapeños, habaneros, green Chile's and onions. I would recommended leaving the habaneros whole, then you get more of the sweet flavor of the skin without that hotter than f*ckng hell inside. I have made a few jars that were just waaaay to damn hot, but we put them in bloody Marys and they came out awesome.
I think any kind of fruit or vegetable will soak up the off taste.

I have experimented with the jalapeños after they have sat in the alcohol for a few months. I wrapped them in bacon and fried them, thinking I would get this delicious alcohol filled jalapeño popper.... WRONG!!! It had all the bad taste rolled up in one fire hot ball of pain and bleck!

[BanjoInWA]

I tried this same experiment a while back.

All I did though was add 3 habanero peppers, stemmed and sliced in two, to a pint of UJ, sealed the lid on tight and let it sit for a week. The result was an orange color, way too hot for my liking liquor. Because it was too hot for me (and my two friends) I diluted it with more UJ. The ratio I settled on was 1 shot glass in a pint jar then topped to within a half inch of the top with clear shine. As a stand alone drink it has great flavor from the peppers with a punch but I think is still a little overpowering.

Many great creations stem from failed ideas... The result from this idea was a kick ass Bloody Mary mixer that nobody as of yet has figured out how to duplicate.

Cheers