What a great year with peppers! With the season closing, what do you do with the unripe pods?

by GeoAv3

10 Comments

  1. ohhellopia

    Haven’t tried it before but apparently there’s a green pepper powder, similar to paprika but just with green ones. I don’t know what the flavor profile is like though.

  2. ObsessiveAboutCats

    If they are massively undersized I will just toss them in the compost. However green peppers are delicious in many things.

    Salsa verde is a great one.

    Chili is another.

    Aji Verde can be made with any pepper of your spice tolerance.

    They can honestly be used in most recipes that call for fully ripe peppers. The taste is a little different but still usually very good.

  3. UnderstandingIll8924

    I’ve made a green hot sauce with whatever I had left over. Or I chop and vacuum seal for the freezer, and add them to meals I cook all winter/spring.

  4. Full_Honeydew_9739

    Eat them. Freeze them. Pickle them.

  5. MustachioedMan

    I’ve used some of my under ripe peppers as a flavoring for mead to great effect. A couple ounces of pepper per gallon of must yields a nice fruity pepper flavor with just a bit of spice.

  6. speppers69

    Luckily, I’m in 9b so I keep mine on until they’re ripe. Last year I still had peppers on the vine during the holidays.

  7. jh937hfiu3hrhv9

    They can ripen off the vine while you consider your options.

  8. denvergardener

    The same thing you do with any pepper.

    Peppers are perfectly edible when green.

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