Canning Hatch Green Chilies

[@Threadsandjars]

Hello from Colorado. I have been canning for decades and one of my favourite things to can is NM Green Chile. Covid has taken a toll on the Grn Chile market in New Mexico, so they will be harder to get, and definitely more money. After living in NM for years then moving I found the one thing I really missed were the green chiles. What we have been doing for years is buying the frozen Hatch green chiles in the freezer section of Walmart (3 lb bags of chopped, varying heat levels but we get hot), thawing them then pressure canning in half pints IAW the NM State University guidelines (30 min and the pressure for your elevation & raw/cold pack). 6 lbs makes 13 half pints and we get 1 half pint of juice that we also can to be used in other dishes. We have even fooled our visiting NM friends when they can't believe that they were once frozen. I subscribed to your channel so maybe you might visit my newbie channel. Take care and stay safe. Blessings

[@coloradopackratprepper]

Howdy i canned fresh roasted hatch chili and dehydrated the frozen hatch. I also canned 25 half pints of juice from the frozen. I hav 12 half gallon jars with about 18# ea of dehydrated hatch from walmart. I been canning about 6mo but hav gone crazy doin it. Did 155pints of bacon pieces given to me last wk. Was busy!!!!! Ck out alaska prepper too. Does alot of canning!!!!😸😸😸😸💞💞💞💞

[@Threadsandjars]

@@coloradopackratprepper Did you ever try the Green Chile Brownies? They too are great. And where in CO are you? I'm near Co Springs

[@coloradopackratprepper]

@@Threadsandjars howdy just saw you had responded to me!!!! Im west of canon city now near cotopaxi!!!. No hav not tried the hatch brownies but hav tried hatch beer in taos!!!! I travel around the state with my job!!!! 💞💞💞💞😸😸😸😸

[@yerneedsry]

@@coloradopackratprepper Thought you couldn't can bacon?

[@alicesais770]

Thank you for sharing.

[@paulajones1177]

So glad that I found this. The stores here are just now advertising to preorder the cases of Hatch chilies. Perfect timing!

[@Jesusismyeverlastinghope]

Thank you for sharing this video. I'm canning up the frozen green chili in my freezer to make some room and I appreciate your info. I actually decided to go with smaller jars - the half pints, after watching this. They would work better for us and we would have less waste. Thank you dear and hope you are doing well. God bless you!

[@PecanCorner]

Good morning! I've been using the small jars for some years now without any trouble from them. I hope they work out great for you! All is well here. I appreciate your blessing... may God bless you and yours as well :-)

[@Jesusismyeverlastinghope]

@@PecanCorner thank you sweetie. The house smells like good green chili now. Last summer, when I stocked up on jars, I am new to canning, and got mostly quart size jars thinking I would use them the most for soups, stews etc, but now that I'm trying to make room in my freezer to butcher a steer we are raising, I wish I had gotten mostly pints. My kids are all grown and my husband and I use 1 lb of meat at a time. I wish I would have tried canning years ago. But I'm so thankful that I've learned how now. God is good and I appreciate people like you sharing their knowledge. 😊

[@PecanCorner]

@@Jesusismyeverlastinghope I hope you have a lot of fun canning. Practice makes perfect! :-) I cleaned out our freezer by canning everything in it one year, too. It was fun - I used a lot of the recipes in the Ball Canning Book that otherwise I might not have tried. The quart jars are great for storing dry stuff in in the pantry, so if you don't use as many for canning, they won't go to waste. Also, the quart jars are best for canning some things like cooked beans because they need at least half the jar full of liquid, so only a pint of actual beans in a quart jar.

[@Jesusismyeverlastinghope]

@@PecanCorner thank you! I will keep that in mind. I thought about using some to make a burrito filling. I came across a KZbin video of it using beans, rice, ground beef, tomatoes, onions, & taco seasoning. I think it was called "Burritos in a Jar" without the tortillas of course 😉

[@airbrushgunner]

Hi. Great video. I'm in New Mexico. I've never seen Hatch chile's canned before. We tend to bag and freeze our's. I may have to give it a shot.

[@PecanCorner]

Freezing is great too, I just keep running out of freezer space. We used to live in West Texas, and visited New Mexico often. It's a great state! :-) Tina

[@Threadsandjars]

It's so worth it for long tern storage (if you don't eat them up first). They do come out a bit hotter than originally.

[@yerneedsry]

@@Threadsandjars what comes out hotter freezing or canning?

[@Threadsandjars]

​@@yerneedsry Canning, definitely, but it is soooo good. Be healthy, stay safe and many blessings, Morgan

[@christijones7814]

Oh my goodness. I was watching videos on how to can green chilies and happened on your video. You just mentioned shopping at United in Brownwood. I’m assuming you mean Brownwood TX. I was born in Coleman. We moved to Fort Worth when I was 4, but I visited my grandparents on both sides until they passed. They lived in Coleman and Valera. My dad had a “farm” in Talpa until 2013.

[@SpookyWifeSpookyLife]

Im from New Mexico and i LOVE your apron ☺. Thanks for this video

[@brennasmith5148]

Thank you much For taking the time to show us how to do this. It’s very helpful

[@Threadsandjars]

Being new to youtube has me behind the 8-ball but I'm trying to learn all I can in order to get more canning videos out there. Thank you for the comment.

[@moblackbird]

Hey, Tina, so good to see you! Hope you and Paul have had a good summer and managed to stay comfortable in this heat.

[@PecanCorner]

Hi, so good to be back, I have missed "this place". It was crazy-hot here this summer. We are kind of hoping that we will have a cold snowy winter to make up for it LOL! :-) Tina

[@teriadams7398]

I've canned chillies in half pints for many years. Works just fine.

[@PecanCorner]

Thanks! It's always good to hear from experienced canners! :-)

[@mathgasm8484]

I have a large pepper harvest and some hatch green chilis from my garden. I cannot eat all of them in a week so I will try to can them.

[@DanielWillis1982]

Thank you for the video. Mine are finishing up in the canner right now.

[@Threadsandjars]

Hope you love them.

[@sandrastar8141]

Welcome back glad to see you

[@PecanCorner]

Hi Sandra! thank you, I have missed being here. :-) Tina

[@stephanieromero308]

I remember lids that stayed sealed for 2-3 years. Is this a plan for canners to get failed food preservation sooner?

[@karunald]

I'm cleaning mine right now and I'm sad mine don't clean up like yours. I have tons of micro char I guess. It's weird. I'd like to do these in 4oz jelly jars (diced) but - is this possible? IDK what water level they should be and it seems instructs don't show the 4oz sizes

[@ellessgraphics1185]

Can you do the same with poblanos?

[@Moore2Lifepantrylovinprepper]

wow they roast them for you? Very nice!

[@PecanCorner]

Yes, the whole outdoors smells so good then they are roasting them too! :-) Tina

[@wytchyprepper3370]

Come Aug/Sep the smell always reminds me of home and that fall is coming! Nothing like NM Hatch Green Chile! We freeze about 75 lbs each year. A bushel of med and a bushel of mild mixed is the perfect temp. Mmm...Hi from New Mexico.

[@peace5017]

Can you add roasted garlic

[@nataliaking8601]

Why do you pour water on them? Why not just all Chile's?

[@DavidLeon140m3]

you worked at Allsups?

[@PecanCorner]

LOL Naw, I bought the apron at a thrift shop. I thought it was funny! :-) Alsups is out go-to for road food when we travel.. love those fried burritos. :-)

[@charliestanley103]

You should wipe off rims with a paper towel with vinegar so they seal!

[@nanettemi800]

Does canning the stems make them taste different or bitter?

[@wildkatkathy]

Ok if because it dont have acid is the problem with water bath why cant a person add citric acid like I do with tomatoes.... Just asking

[@eckankar7756]

they sure did syphon a lot!! I never get syphoning, I wonder what you did to lose so much liquid?

[@PecanCorner]

Siphoning isn't something I worry much about, as it does not affect preservation or quality. There are lots of things that can cause it, including the ambient room temp as the canner cools down. We are at an altitude, so siphoning may happen because our air pressure is lower than at sea level. I can on our glass-top stove, so it will not maintain heating as consistently as a gas range does - once things get to temp it is fine, but getting up to a boil takes longer than a gas stove at sea level would.

[@Threadsandjars]

@@PecanCorner FYI, the 1-inch headspace is very important to abide by when doing these in half pints. We also do not hurry the cooling down time.

[@djnunya5153]

I recommend wiping the rim of the jar with vinegar before putting the lids and rings on to make sure jars previously used are squeaky clean and not chipped.

[@ljeanwoe]

What about de bubble?

[@jodymcdonald9004]

Where can I get them

[@staciquintanilla161]

Can you add vinegar to this for acid?

[@PecanCorner]

I only can these with a pressure canner. You could add vinegar for taste, but acid is used for water-bath canning, and that would need a different recipe and process. This one is only safe with pressure canning.

[@tommontoya7060]

I can hatch chiles in place pint jars with 1 tablespoon of lime juice and 1/2 tsp of canning salt. This lowers the acid level to a lower and safe level to allow canning without using a pressure canner.

[@karunald]

@@PecanCorner OMG! But then why do they still recommend adding crap (I mean acidifier) to Tomatoes even if you pressure can? I hate the taste of it. So I'm super confused.

[@karunald]

@@tommontoya7060 wow! I feel so dumb right now. lol. Thanks

[@stephen26448]

Do you not use any citric acid in the jars

[@gammy2Ateam]

You can add citric acid if you like, but it will change the flavor of the Hatch peppers and even if it's just a little change, you wouldn't be getting the full flavor and would be better off dehydrating or freezing.

[@karunald]

@@gammy2Ateam I've only water bath canned. So if you pressure can, can you avoid acidifiers then? Cuz if that's the case I'll buy a pressure canner tomorrow! :o. I'm pre-planning for buying a case or 2 of Hatch soon.

[@coldcynic2213]

How many pounds did you buy and how many 1/2 pints did you get?

[@nancylauritson1143]

where can I get canning salt?

[@PecanCorner]

Hi, most stores will have it, either on the same shelf as other kinds of salt, or with their canning supplies. :-) Tina

[@Nick-gi6ym]

You should pick up a canning book. It’s best to be safe. Thanks

[@PecanCorner]

Hi Nick, Good advice! I always confirm the recommendations of the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Here is the recipe that I used in this video - it is the same as the one in my pressure-canner book which I showed in the video: nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/peppers.html My canner uses a pressure gauge so the second set of instructions is what I was doing. I actually have their book "So Easy To Preserve" but they are sold out of it now, so the website is the source for any canning recipes or preservation methods. Happy canning! :-) Tina

[@kateps1874]

Agree with both of you, but if you're ever just itching for a fight, just try talking safe canning techniques with someone who doesn't get it...they can be very very prickly about it!

[@brennasmith5148]

Try being nice , Nick . It won’t hurt you a bit

[@Nick-gi6ym]

Dave Smith sorry Dave! Please forgive me.

[@anandersonnovel]

@@Nick-gi6ym Your question is important and reminds us to stay safe! There was nothing unkind about that so thank you! People are so quick to judge, ignore unkind comments about being unkind.

[@TheJsttzn]

I bet no one can find chili for $19.98 anymore

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[@lukesalsbury1882]

Have u been saved from Hell by Jesus Christ?

[@PecanCorner]

Yes sir, and thank you for asking. God bless you and yours!

[@lukesalsbury1882]

@@PecanCorner you know Christian's arent sinners and can lose salvation and must rest on the sabbath which is only on saturdays and must not buy or sell on that day. Right?

[@PecanCorner]

@@lukesalsbury1882 We debate whether it is Saturday or Sunday that we should use as our day of rest. I do know it is important to save one day for God, to keep our minds set on the eternal. May God bless you for caring to share your faith! Tina

[@lukesalsbury1882]

@@PecanCorner his word tells us this all happened on friday the day of preparation the day before the sabbath. Proves sabbath is only on saturdays his word even says it's on saturday. Word even says it remains for the people of God to keep the sabbath

[@brennasmith5148]

Luke Salsbury You’re kind to care about others but you need to read his word a little closer before passing on what you know as truth because first of all, all are sinners saved by grace but this is not the venue for this discussion . Back to canning

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