Adding fresh peppers to pickled cucumbers - Ask Extension
Is it safe to add fresh peppers with your cucumbers in a shelf stable pickled cucumber recipe?
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Adding fresh peppers to pickled cucumbers #873113
Asked June 14, 2024, 12:54 PM EDT
Is it safe to add fresh peppers with your cucumbers in a shelf stable pickled cucumber recipe?
Lane County Oregon
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If you have a research-based dill pickle recipe from a reliable source like the ones in https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/pnw-355-pickling-vegetables or from the National Center for Home Food Preservation then adding a few peppers would not be a safety issue. Some of the recipes add a hot pepper or two for flavor. The recipe should have at least a 1:1 ratio of vinegar (5%) to water.
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Nellie Oehler
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Nellie Oehler
Thank you, but what if you wanted more than a pepper or two?
Because different vegetables absorb the vinegar/water solution at different rates it is better to follow a pickled pepper recipe instead of adding a lot of pepper to your cucumber recipe. On page 16 you will find a pickled pepper recipe. You could certainly add dill to this for flavoring if you like. You will note the proportion of vinegar to water is different than the cucumber dill pickle recipe.
Hope that helps
Nellie Oehler
Hope that helps
Nellie Oehler
