Chipotle

[Kuma]

Does anyone have any experience of smoking jalapenos? I am confident in the cold smoking but wonder if they should have an initial treatment to begin dehydration before they go in the smoker? I use quite a few chipotle and they cost too much!
Any advice greatly appreciated.

[Big Guy]

I cut off the stem,then split them in half length wise. put in he smoker @150 and smoke until dry. It took about 8 hrs. I then stored them in Mason jars.

[wheels]

Big Guy

Do you apply smoke for the whole of the 8 hours?

Phil

[Big Guy]

No I load up my smoke box with wood and it makes smoke for about 6 hrs a load. So At first there is no smoke then when every thing gets up to temp it starts to smoke a little, about 2-3 hrs in it smokes pretty heavy and tapers off over the next few hours. I don't put in the water bath in the smoker.

[Kuma]

thanks Big Guy

[wheels]

Likewise.

[vinner]

For best storage, I dry for 48 hours in a 150 F oven after smoking.

Also good, post smoking, is to store them in the fridge in adobo sauce.

ADOBO SAUCE

Into a blender, put

Tomato Puree, 1 can
Garlic, 3 cloves
Salt, 2 tsp
Cumin, 1 tsp.
Cider vinegar, 1/4 cup
Brown sugar, 1 Tbs (use mexican pilloncillo if available)
Oil, 1 Tbs
Cinnamon, 1 tsp

After blending, heat mixture in a pan, with chipotles for 20 minutes.

You can use this to add a kick to your BBQ sauce, add to chili co carne, mix with scrambled eggs (mmm, fresh corn tortillas and refried beans on the side). I also put a dollop in my homemade salsa for depth of flavor.


Can be canned as well.

[Iamarealbigdog]

Use the red jalapenos, if you want them whole there will take 3 to 4 times longer then splitting them. I wanted whole ones to jar and found they take 20hours in the smoker for the smoke to penetrate the outer skin.

My plan this year is to char them like a roasted red pepper and remove the skin. I will then smoke for 4 hours at 200 and bottle.


I also use a ground chipotle an those I split smoke for 8 hours and then dehydrate for 24 to get them nice a brittle.

[Kuma]

thanks for the advice team