My big sons’ review of this recipe is that it the best thing I have ever made!! 🙂 He’s so complimentary! Well, I don’t know about that, but it sure is very tasty! If you are not a huge fan of spicy heat, the Hot Pepper Relish is NOT for you! It is hot! Go for the sweet pepper relish, instead! It is very mild, containing only a few jalapeños.
At the end of the season, I always have bushels of peppers left! I had to come up with something that used up a lot of peppers! I have been making different relishes for ages, including, cucumber and zucchini, so I thought I would try a relish with peppers. This relish does not disappoint! Honestly, you can’t have too many condiments, in my book. It takes a same old, same old boring meal to all new realms! Perfect!
Wash peppers. Wear gloves!! Very important! If you don’t, you will have to wash your hands 100 times to get all of the pepper oils off your hands! Don’t touch eyes or any mucus membrane! Halve them and remove most of the seeds and ribs. You can technically leave them in if you want the heat level nuclear!
Chop up all of the peppers into fine pieces! (This photo is from the Sweet Pepper Relish)
Chop up the onions fine. I used the food processor and just pulsed until they were the size I wanted.
Add the vinegar, spices, salt and sugar.
Mix and bring the mixture to a boil.
Then reduce heat and simmer for at least 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pack in jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Process for 15 minutes, adjusting for altitude!
You can adjust the level of heat in this relish by the number of hot peppers included in the mix. If you like medium or hot salsas, add 2 more jalapeños for every degree of heat you would like to increase. I would call this Hot Pepper Relish Xtra hot.
As always, when making salsas or hot sauces, err on the side of caution. You can always add more but you can’t take it away! Always taste for heat before canning any sauces, bearing in mind that as it sits, it will gain heat, not lose it.
Hope you enjoyed the recipe today for pepper relish! Give it a try next month when you have peppers coming out of your ears!! If you like this easy condiment, you have to give my Oscar Relish a try! It is one of my favorites!
Enjoy! And have fun cooking!
My big sons’ review of this recipe is that it the best thing I have ever made!! 
He’s so complimentary! Well, I don’t know about that, but it sure is very tasty! If you are not a huge fan of spicy heat, the Hot Pepper Relish is NOT for you! It is hot! Go for the sweet pepper relish, instead! It is very mild, containing only a few jalapeños.
- 6 cups jalapeño peppers, stems removed, chopped fine in food processor
- 2 cups onion, chopped fine in food processor
- 1.5 cups vinegar
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dry mustard
- 1.5 tsp celery seed
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Combine all ingredients in a large pot. Heat to boiling, then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, until thickened, the consistency of pickle relish.
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Process in hot jars for 15 minutes, adjusting for altitude. For the method for canning, see this recipe
- 6 cups sweet peppers, bells, bananas, etc. chopped fine in food processor
- 3 jalapeños or other hot pepper, habanero, serrano, etc. chopped fine in food processor
- 2 cups onion, chopped fine in food processor
- 1.5 cups vinegar
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dry mustard
- 1.5 tsp celery seed
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Combine all ingredients in a large pot. Heat to boiling, then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, until thickened, the consistency of pickle relish.
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Process in hot jars for 15 minutes, adjusting for altitude. For the method for canning, see this recipe
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This is totally the best thing you make!!! No kidding!
I’m so glad you like it, son! You’ll have to come home this summer to get some more! 🙂
I have never made my own relish from scratch but now I want to try it! I just picked my first jalapeno so I know there will be more coming! Can’t wait to try! 🙂
The hardest part is waiting for at least 4-6 weeks for the flavors to develop! Thanks Sherri!
I LOVE that this is nuclear hot!! My husband would go crazy for it and so would I. Pretty sure we’d be putting it on everything 🙂
It is hard not to! We have used up both the hot and sweet from last year! I can’t wait to make some more! Thanks Sues!
Wow! These recipes sound amazing and I’m super interested in the “nuclear hot” (love that title, lol). I’m in canning mode right now so these are perfect timing at my house. Nice recipes, Binky. Thanks for sharing! I’ll let you know how they turn out for me.
Do, please, let me know how you like them! Thanks so much Sally!
This looks hot hot hot!!!! I like it and would love to use it on a hotdog. I will try this, but I would reduce the amount of pepper just to be on the save side the first time.
Just use the sweet pepper relish recipe and add as much heat as your family likes! The recipe for the sweet pepper relish is very mild with the 3 jalapeños added to it! Thanks Zahra!
You had me at “nuclear”. The flavors in this relish are POPPING!
Haha! Thanks Lisa! I really appreciate your comment!
I am sure this relish is full of flavors. You had me at the name of this relish.
Haha! Catchy title, isn’t it? Thank you Anvita!
Sounds perfect for the chili lovers! Our neighbor grow a range of chili peppers, I’ll have to pass on this recipe as an idea to use them up!
Thank you Caroline! I would appreciate that! Ask them to let me know how they like it!
Oh yum! I must absolutely try this nuclear hot relish, it has everything I love in it plus I love the heat, hot sauces occupy a whole shelf in my pantry!
Haha! Me too! And the refrigerator has an entire shelf! Thank you so much Patty!
This relish looks absolutely delicious! I have a relative that LOVES anything nuclear hot! He grew these peppers and had me try them because I love spicy things as well and my head almost exploded!! I can’t wait to share this recipe with him!
This one isn’t that hot because the hottest pepper that I have in here is jalapeño. If I had habanero, or ghost pepper, it would be a different story! Thanks so much for the comment Elaine!
Oooh lucky you having all those peppers! I had to buy them but got a good deal at my local Mexican market and it was so worth it for this pepper relish! Yumm!!
Oh, great! I’m so glad you enjoyed it Tristen! Thank you for letting me know!
I love relish and this recipe sounds AMAZING! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Amanda! It’s pretty awesome!
Ohhhh I love spicy food! This looks right up my alley. The flavors in this look so tasty. Can’t wait to try.
It’s really good! I think you will like it! Thanks Julie!