The peppers, they were labeled wrong. I was supposed to get Serrano, habanero, and jalapeno. I got habanero, jalapeno, and cayenne. So my After Burner sauce will be missing the Serranos this year. I also had to figure out what to do with the cayenne peppers. I concocted a hot season salt with them that has yet to get a decent name. Trish suggested George. Silly.
I am finally harvesting the jalapeno peppers. I usually just preserve them in a little white vinegar, but there is always way too much left over every year. I hate wasting them. So I did a little searching and found Mole (Mo Lay) sauce. This sounded good. For my version I roasted five jalapenos on our grill and then dehydrated them. Then I placed them in our food dehydrator over night. I was planning on storing them or I would have skipped that step.
This morning I decided to try a mole sauce. I put the peppers in our mini crock pot and added about a cup of water and 1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar. After a couple of hours I added 1/3 cup of brown sugar, fresh ground black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon each nutmeg, paprika, cinnamon, and, for lack of a better name, George salt. I let this simmer for another couple of hours and then used my wand blender to blend in the peppers. Then I added about 1/2 a cup of ketchup. That's right ketchup. I baked some chicken with this sauce and it was lovely.
Don't be hatin on the ketchup. My mama makes the best barbaque sauce ever with ketchup as the base.
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I'm impressed Debbie! I always thought Mole was hard to make---and I was right! :) Bet that chicken was good though. Was it really HOT???
ReplyDeleteOur friends gave us a WalMart bag full of peppers, so I'll be trying the mole sauce with an assortment of freebie peppers. Tonight I made armadillo eggs with them; do you have that recipe? If not, I'll post it, let me know!
ReplyDeleteYummy... How did I miss this blog!
ReplyDeleteForgive me for calling you a tease! I hope there are no hard feelings.
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Debbi, wow-you must really love peppers! Sounds as though you find great usues for them all. I wish I liked hot spicy foods. There are so many great sounding recipes out there-including your mole sauce.
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When I saw this post's title it gave me quite a turn, Debbi! I know most gardeners hate moles, but to resort to turning them into sauce... eeewww!!! Then I saw the word "peppers" and realized what was going on. Whew! We have tons of peppers here, too, so I'm going to get your recipe down and give it a shot. Thanks! And I'd love Nola's recipe for armadillo eggs, too!---Silence
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