can I use defrosted peppers to make hot sauce?

habitat_gardener · December 1, 2014

I had some mildly hot peppers that were in the freezer so that we could add a small piece at a time while cooking. Unofrtunately, my partner did not return the container to the freezer. I now have a container of defrosted peppers that are too hot for us to eat in one meal, and I was wondering if it'd be safe to buzz them in the food processor with some vinegar to make some hot sauce. Or other ideas?

Worth1 · December 1, 2014

Sorry no reply.

Worth

habitat_gardener · December 1, 2014

How long does it keep?

JJJessee · December 1, 2014

I think I've done that. If you use a good dose of vinegar it should last 6 months in the fridge. I've smoked them after defrosting too.

KarenO · December 2, 2014

Drain well first then cook your sauce as normal. I think it should be fine, although I've not done it I see no reason why it would not be as good as fresh.
KarenO

heirloomtomaguy · December 2, 2014

It will be just fine i do it all the time. Its how i make hot sauce in the winter.

December 1, 2014	#1
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	can I use defrosted peppers to make hot sauce? I had some mildly hot peppers that were in the freezer so that we could add a small piece at a time while cooking. Unofrtunately, my partner did not return the container to the freezer. I now have a container of defrosted peppers that are too hot for us to eat in one meal, and I was wondering if it'd be safe to buzz them in the food processor with some vinegar to make some hot sauce. Or other ideas?

December 2, 2014	#6
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	It will be just fine i do it all the time. Its how i make hot sauce in the winter. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

December 1, 2014	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Sorry no reply. Worth

December 1, 2014	#4
JJJessee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Abingdon, Va Posts: 184	I think I've done that. If you use a good dose of vinegar it should last 6 months in the fridge. I've smoked them after defrosting too.

December 2, 2014	#5
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Drain well first then cook your sauce as normal. I think it should be fine, although I've not done it I see no reason why it would not be as good as fresh. KarenO