Salsa & Pickled Peppers - Garden to Table || Black Gumbo

If you have an abundance of tomatoes and peppers in your garden, one of the best ways to make use of them is with a fresh garden salsa. I'll be using a bunch of traditional Mexican ingredients in my garden salsa to make a savory blended condiment that can be used for dipping or in cooking. this would make an exceptional enchilada sauce. I'll show you how to make this dish using your barbecue grill to roast the tomatoes and the peppers.
Will also be making pickled peppers. I'll be using the biquinho peppers that I have discovered this year, a very fruity pepper with very little heat. Pickling these peppers in a vinegar brine with some sugar and spices ought to result in a tasty, sweet snack. Come along and let's see how we make use of our garden produce.
Pickled Pepper Brine Ingredients:
1 Cup of Water
1 Cup of White Distilled Malt Vinegar (or any other)
1 TBSP Sugar
1 TBSP Sea salt
1 TBSP Coriander Seeds
1 TBSP Pepper Corns
1 Garlic Clove
1 Bay Leaf
Salsa Ingredients
6-8 Tomatoes, to yield 2 cups or so roasted, skinned if you like
3-5 jalapeño peppers, roasted if you like (I used brown, TAM, and Dieghito jalapeños)
2 small onions
2 small bell peppers, or other sweet peppers if you want better flavor (roast some of them)
4 cloves garlic
A couple of tomatillos (optional)
1 bunch of cilantro tops
1-2 tbsp salt to taste
1 tbsp black pepper
1 tbsp ground cumin
Prepare according to video
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[@ChurchofChrist1]

This is literally the fifth time watching this video. You have one of the most relaxing and peaceful channels on youtube. 🙏

[@ryanarmstrong8934]

That was a great video

[@sugarcreekvet]

My daughter lives in Vicksburg, Ms and has developed a passion or gardening. So, naturally, I turned her on to your channel. Thanks for the video

[@ScottHead]

That is awesome! Thanks!

[@HeirloomReviews]

I have pickled my peppers before and i have to say at times i like them better then fresh peppers! Thanks for sharing my friend! : )

[@SmallGardenQuest]

You put Gordon Ramsey to shame :D I usually don't watch cooking videos but this was a pleasure to watch!

[@barbaracallaghan9954]

Finally, I got around to making the pickled biquhino peppers. Can't wait to taste them. Blessings!

[@MickyBellRoberts]

Hi Scott, I finally broke the 400 subscriber mark. Slowly, slowly but there is growth. Those peppers look nice.

[@ScottHead]

Nice work!

[@davannhuynh4279]

Looks delicious! You need your own cooking show, Scott!

[@vickiday8837]

I grew the biquinho peppers this year first time and I used your brine recipe. OH MY WORD…. They are DELICIOUS! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@journeyertarot5571]

I'm really looking forward to having enough tomatoes and peppers to try these recipes out! If you toast the spices in the pan before adding the brine, then you can get more out of them!

[@vicentegarcia7711]

Thank you so much for this video. I harvested some hot chilies a couple days ago and wanted to pickle them. Now I know how without having to search all over the web. God bless you Scott.

[@helen2061]

Yum! 😋 Thanks, Scott...keep the veggie recipes coming 👍

[@PrairiePlantgirl]

Those are such pretty peppers (percino?) I’ve never thought to grill my peppers and tomatoes for salsa.

[@toneyjohnson8910]

I love pickled sweet banana Peppers I will give your brine a try thanks

[@ThirdCoastGardening]

I made some pickles recently. Today I made some queso on my grill. Should had made some salsa to go with it.

[@patuleagn3574]

Thanks for Sharing it. Greetings from La Paz BCS Mexico.🌸

[@BannerGuy]

Looks really good. I will have to try this out. I subscribed and liked :)

[@mandykimstevens1533]

Just wanted to tell you that we made this salsa and it IS DA BOMB!!! Thank u, it was simple and very tasty!

[@ScottHead]

Awesome! Glad you liked it!

[@mattmc4365]

Nice PK!

[@dwin8014]

Looks good the salsa tatemada

[@karenlatham4053]

Yum! You said it's missing something. And I was thinking cumin. Where's the cumin! I put mine in the air fryer oven, put it on 400f and let it cook for a little while. It's just like putting it in the oven on broil. Putting it on the grill though would be amazing! The smokey flavor yum!. I think I'm too lazy for that though lmao.

[@daynaandsteve]

Yum!!! I usually make a fresh pico but I’m gonna try this recipe, looks really tasty.

[@sallyaltick]

Love this video! Thanks Scott!

[@DayanAngelTarot]

Yummy! I’ll be trying your salsa recipe!

[@lisawalters5482]

Yum. Tfs. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

[@Dee.C]

Are you the chef of the family ? I love the recipes. Thanks for sharing.

[@ScottHead]

I love to cook and do some cooking for the family. I used to write a cooking blog but blogs are dead. It’s still out there: alyshebakitchen.wordpress.com/

[@JoyceAltgelt]

We roast all the veggies in a foil envelope in oven and blend. Add a tbsp if apple cider vinegar also. So yum!

[@fallofmanbrand]

nice video bro

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

We can go through a gallon of fresh salsa in a week .. but it gives us something to munch on while we wait for the fermented peppers to get done. I'm trying to keep at least one pequin pepper plant indoors for the whole year .. we'll see how it does!

[@derekcox6531]

I’m totally trying that salsa mix.👍

[@kimiyemlsmallgardendream8115]

Yum looks delicious🌶🍅🌮

[@gravity422]

oh my gosh I can taste that salsa so bad lol...wish I was your neighbor...lol

[@ScottHead]

My neighbor knows nothing of this. Shhhh....

[@gravity422]

@@ScottHead lol oh but they might..love your channel..

[@unsaltedtomato899]

Scott Head hahaha

[@angelasheppard7197]

Thanks for tips and recipe

[@veracampbell9583]

Scott they both look amazing. Oh I could almost taste the salsa. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless y’all.

[@GreenOrganicLove]

Ohhhh my my my you what in the setting off on salsa are you starting

[@laveggarden3341]

Great video Sir

[@dawnesmith-sliming7004]

Great video for me as I’m about to pick my biquinho peppers!

[@SiiraVlog]

That looks so delicious!

[@09echols]

Yum

[@irenesilva744]

Love that Spanish pronunciation! 😊

[@ScottHead]

Thanks, I used to be able to speak it a little but lost my vocabulary from non-use.

[@brycewakefield8616]

Going to surprise my wife with this recipe. Looks delicious!

[@farahb4884]

YUM! I totally thought you were missing juice from a lime for the salsa! Looks amazing though.

[@roseramjit7084]

Yummy Nice

[@catrinagarcia4060]

Yummy

[@Menditha]

YUMMMMMMMMM!!!!!

[@hersoutherntouch5249]

Thanks for the pickled peppers recipe!

[@stacienance7256]

Yummm!!

[@vblacktravel]

I made some salsa one year with that Black garlic..and roasted tomatoes and it was so good.

[@jeremymaccarthy1180]

Love cooking videos with ingredients straight from the garden. Feels good

[@billmoore6688]

You are a man of many talents Mr. Scott. Cooking skills included. I like my salsa a little chunky but your ingredients are right on.

[@nicholeainsworth8877]

Oh man my mouth is watering, that looks delicious!!! I've never tried this before but I feel confident by watching this that I could try

[@ralph601]

Thanks. I just picked a bunch of tomatoes and this is a great idea for me to make in the morning when cool.

[@carladelagnomes]

Thank you for the salsa recipe. I love the roasted veg in there!

[@researchadmin6377]

making pickled Biquinhos today. was not sure what to do with them. the plant was meant to an ornamental perennial but surely not anymore. yum.

[@rosaisela9978]

"Because I'm lazy like that" 😂😂 me too I don't use it much. You was problably missing some habaneros picantes 😁 my kids love salsa with chips! Thanks for this new recipe.

[@ScottHead]

I'm missing my limes. I need limes. Didn't have any.

[@ArkansasWoodcutter]

Great recipe ideas. We love making salsa.

[@jimmywadsworth5440]

Nice

[@amoore0713]

Thanks for sharing! I like videos like this!

[@jolyndaj]

Very nice!! Thank you for the recipe. God Bless!

[@qmoonwalker3847]

Outstanding!! Thanks! I’ll be trying these recipes sometime this summer.

[@janstiver3350]

Looked delicious!

[@ОлегШёлк-т2н]

Scott greetings from lake Baikal. Thank you so much, but use a microphone next time when you're cooking :)

[@ScottHead]

Wish I had one but I need a new roof first. ;-) Maybe in the fall I'll invest in one.

[@ОлегШёлк-т2н]

@@ScottHead THANK YOU for your reply Scott :)

[@BlackJesus8463]

Roasted salsa bois!

[@Sinsit-World]

Can I used apple cider vinegar for the pickled peppers 🌶 Thanks for another great video 😊

[@ScottHead]

Sure, you can use any kind of vinegar, even infused and flavored vinegars.

[@miriamm1914]

A little lime or lemon 🍋 gives a 🦵

[@carolinehamm6109]

Oh! This looks so good! 🙌🏻

[@CrossPatchDi]

Wonderful! Will be trying your recipe. On your tomatillos, how did you get yours to fruit. I have huge plants but no fruits.

[@ScottHead]

They just did. I think I attract lot of pollinators this year with intercropping and planting lots of flowers.

[@tonyaltobello6885]

How are you doing today Mr.Scott?

[@ralph601]

I made this and just fantastic. Made about three jars, will be eating every day. How long will it last in the fridge? Thanks again.

[@ScottHead]

Not sure how long it will keep, but in our house it won't last long enough to find out. You could pressure can it if you needed a few years of storage.

[@ralph601]

@@ScottHead Thanks.

[@kuriouskat1490]

That looks so good! Where did you get your seeds for the biquinho peppers? I've never heard of them. You said they are a sweet pepper and not hot, right? I might need to grow me some.

[@ScottHead]

It was either Baker Creek or Renaissance Farms. Can't remember which.

[@kuriouskat1490]

@@ScottHead Thank you! I never heard of Renaissance Farms so I was just on the site. I will have to order some seeds from there.. I like that they have a very large assortment of container tomatoes. Take Care!

[@ScottHead]

Curtiss at Renaissance Farms is a good man, he's got a KZbin channel showing his various varieties: kzbin.info/door/hagyUFpFOGDCH5kqWz_jOA

[@sandrinefresne6575]

Oh yes use all the coriander ! Just cleaned all my garlic , put in jars filled with oil and kept in the fridge. Can be puréed or left whole , keeps forever.

[@FeliciaCravens]

have you ever had a glass crack putting boiling brine in a cool jar? I'm petrified of that so I warm them in the oven until I'm ready to fill them.

[@ScottHead]

I let the brine cool to room temp. 😊

[@Owaheeguy]

I'm curious as to why you're not using pucks to keep your peppers in the brine?

[@ScottHead]

I do on a ferment, not so important with vinegar,just rotate the jar now and then.

[@lifephotos]

What time does the party start?

[@linusstick]

I typically hate people from the south and think they are idiots but I don’t think you fit in that category. Well done sir! Love your videos

[@ScottHead]

"All that hate's gonna burn you up, kid." Bonus points if you know the movie that quote is from.

[@linusstick]

Scott Head Red Dawn. Patrick Swayze to c Thomas Howell who’s carving notches in his rifle for every person he’s killed

[@ScottHead]

Alan DiNicola you got it! Lol

[@marianaptks9933]

Oof i can feel the heat when you were at the grill!

[@spendheretoday3770]

Those look great, I don't know what happened, but it would not go where I could see it. Could you just add them at the end? It wouldn't take long to copy them., Boy, they looked tasty!

[@erikaogeryd719]

Standard pickling spices? That was new to me. What are the ingriedients?

[@ScottHead]

Mustard seed, dill, bay leaves, cumin seeds, ground red pepper, and maybe some other stuff.

[@stephenluna7932]

What's the difference between vinegar brine and a salt brine in preserving

[@ScottHead]

Vinegar is acidic, it preserves by the mere fact that little can survive in it. Sal brine preserves by fermentation, allowing lactobacillus bacteria to live in the solution and convert sugars, and the ferenting preserves food. They taste a lot different, and fermented foods are loaded with health benefits.

[@unsaltedtomato899]

You said "pick a bunch" but I reckon you meant "a peck of pickling" peppers, right?

[@nancybarrios7866]

I want to actually can this How long would you process? 10 min?

[@ScottHead]

I don't know canning enough to know processing times off hand, so sorry. We ate the salsa pretty fast, the pickled pepper lasted until just a couple of weeks ago, so almost a year.

[@nancybarrios7866]

@@ScottHead thanks! Will still try If all my kids weren’t living in different states, Nothing would last long; pickles, jams, any fresh peppers and anything else! Just my peppers are so happy this year I’m overwhelmed Glad I didn’t plant all the kinds of pepper seeds I have It’s been like killing your neighbors with zuchinni Lol I wish I could grow that here Farmers daughter from NY now living in Floriduuuuh Thanks again

[@liliaduran359]

how would I know when to pick my green eggplant?

[@ScottHead]

When t s the size you like it to be, but before it ceases to be glossy

[@liliaduran359]

@@ScottHead it's a thai eggplant, I don't know how to cook it

[@ScottHead]

Loads of good cooking KZbinrs! I'm not sure how to cook that one either but I like to watch cooking videos to learn.

[@kaylita3544]

I cringed when you only used the tops of the cilantro! The stems hold the most flavor :)! Just a tip, it looked tasty!

[@ScottHead]

Yeah my wife doesn't like the chunks.

[@chrisannm5240]

Are those cecadas in the background?? It's supposed to be the year they come out of their 17 year dormancy!

[@ScottHead]

They come out every year. That's the sound of hot summer. They do spend a lot of time underground in pupa state, this species is supposed to take around 7 years. But that's for each year's generation. They are here every year.

[@ArkansasWoodcutter]

First

[@jeremymaccarthy1180]

What about lime?

[@ScottHead]

Didn't have any on hand but yes.

[@gretaknebel8495]

Does everyone in your family like spicy food?

[@ScottHead]

Sort of, but this wasn't spicy too much, everyone can eat it and enjoy.

[@amberjenkins5892]

It’s missing lime juice!

[@miriamm1914]

Where you learn how to 👩‍🍳

[@ScottHead]

KZbin and books. :-)

[@Aswaguespack]

Is that a peck of pickled peppers?

[@Aswaguespack]

2 dry gallons is a “peck”, 2 pecks is a “kenning” and 4 pecks is a bushel.