Simple Cowboy Sweet

I’ve fallen exhausting for this straightforward cowboy sweet recipe (aka candied jalapeños). With the right steadiness of candy and spicy, that is the perfect factor we’ve made in our kitchen currently, they usually go together with virtually something!

I significantly can’t cease sneaking these candy and spicy peppers onto my plate. The jar has been out for each dinner currently. For those who’ve by no means tried candied jalapeños, take into account this my light nudge to strive them.

You don’t have to be a grasp canner to make this cowboy sweet. It’s tremendous easy and retains within the fridge for months!

Key Components

Peppers: I exploit contemporary jalapeño peppers, however you may experiment with different peppers on this recipe. I additionally depart my peppers complete and don’t take away the seeds or membranes (the sugar syrup tones the warmth of the peppers fairly a bit). In order for you a gentle consequence, you may take away the seeds and membrane, the place a lot of the warmth lives. Combine hotter peppers with the jalapenos for spicier cowboy sweet, or substitute all of them collectively.

Garlic: Sliced uncooked garlic provides taste and curiosity. I like the candied sliced garlic as a lot because the peppers.

Vinegar: For the perfect taste, I exploit apple cider vinegar and distilled white vinegar. Chopping the apple cider vinegar with the white vinegar retains the syrup from tasting an excessive amount of like an apple.

Sugar: This can be a candied jalapeños recipe, so that you’ll see a very good quantity of sugar referred to as for in our recipe beneath. As an alternative of a brine, the sliced peppers sit in a vinegar-sugar syrup.

Turmeric: Improves the colour and taste of the peppers as they sit within the jar. We additionally use turmeric on this recipe for bread and butter pickles.

The key to our candied peppers lies within the candy and tangy syrup, a easy mix of apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, sugar, and a contact of turmeric. After the sugar dissolves, add your sliced peppers and garlic. Switch the peppers to a jar, however preserve the syrup within the saucepan to scale back it additional.

Don’t toss any further syrup—it’s liquid gold! I exploit it in marinades, dressings, cocktails, and even tossed with fruit for a candy and spicy kick.

Methods to Take pleasure in Cowboy Sweet

Cowboy sweet goes with nearly the whole lot! I promise, when you strive these candied jalapeños, you gained’t have the ability to cease including them to your plate. They’re unbelievable with sandwiches, scorching canines, and burgers.I additionally love them added to salads, tacos, nachos, and scrambled eggs. They even make home made potato salad, egg salad, and creamy pasta salad style higher.

Candied jalapeños are good for a charcuterie platter with cheese and cured meats. I like them on bagels with smoked salmon and cream cheese. I guess they’d make macaroni and cheese higher, and they’re good with chili (see my favourite chili recipe or this Texas crimson chili)

You’ll be able to even add them to margaritas, different cocktails, or mocktails. I’m certain there are extra recommendations (actually, these are wonderful). I’m excited to strive including them to vanilla ice cream (I’ll preserve you up to date on that one). Tell us your favourite methods to take pleasure in them within the feedback!