Chilli Vodka

[JayJay]

Hi everyone

I keep seeing mentioned Chilli Vodka.

Could someone please tell me a) how to make it and b) stupid question - what does it taste like.
I am very partial to the odd VAT or in my case coke and I have lots of chillies and want to know what else to do with them 'sept cook them.
I also don't know the right way to make chilli oil either. I'm not really sad just
an OLD novice.

Ta in advance

[Jothegardener]

Chilli Oil

Hi Jay Jay

My Dad was telling me at the weekend that he has made chilli oil and he just dries the chillies and puts them in a jar of olive oil, then leaves it for a month for the flavour to infuse and then hey presto you will have your oil. I am going to make some at the weekend because I have some chillies that I dried, I dried them by hanging them up in the airing cupboard. Hope this helps.

[yoanbob]

hey jay jay, chilli vodka easy, get some cheap vodka, add chillis, leave for as long as you can, i find 6 months is good, then drink, it makes the best bloody marys. yum.
have you tried pickling your chillis? just put in a jar with pickling vinegar and anything else you fancy,(i like them with junipers and garlic.) should be delicious by x mas. it takes some of the sting out so you can eat them whole from the jar if your brave enough, goes well with cheese.

[Earthbabe]

I have a hot infused oil for chillis somewhere. Will post it as soon as I find it.

yoanbob do you just fill a bottle with chillis and add vodka or is there a particular number you use. Thinking of this for brother-in-law who likes both.

Also like the sound of the pickled chillis. Yum!

[jerseybean]

Earthbabe I think the infused chilli oil which you may be thinking about is in The Encyclopedia of Herbs Spices and Flavourings DK book page 229 ISBN 0-86318-982-2.
I made it quite a while ago , it contains sesame oil and cayenne too, I had to dilute it about 4 times for use but flavour was fantastic.

[JayJay]

Thanx for that. Bear with me - do they have to be red or can I use green chillies for the vodka and pickled? I told you I was a wuz
JJ

[blackkitty]

Yoanbob you must have an asbestos mouth, stomach and other bits . My father in law made some chilli vodka in which he left about ten chillis for around six months. We still don't know what to do with it, drinking it does seem a good option as its like rocket fuel

[nick the grief]

put in a watering can & do you pots with it BK - Vine weevils won't stand a chance

[Earthbabe]

Jerseybean

I don't have a copy of the book you mentioned. Could you post the recipe for us all to share.

thanks

[yoanbob]

give me some hot stuff!

I have a hot infused oil for chillis somewhere. Will post it as soon as I find it.

yoanbob do you just fill a bottle with chillis and add vodka or is there a particular number you use. Thinking of this for brother-in-law who likes both.

Also like the sound of the pickled chillis. Yum!

you can just pop the chilli's straight in the vodka or make a vertical cut to infuse quicker, how many you use depends on what chilli's your using and how SPICY you like it, we have aspestos mouths in our house so the hotter the better!
this year im doing pickled chillis with sechwan peppercorns, mustard seeds and garlic, will let you know how it goes, should be just right for x-mas with cheese.
you can use mild green chillis too, my familly likes theese (wussus)

[yoanbob]

black kitty, send it to us!
or try diluting with copious amounts of tom juice, or make white russians the milk will off set the spice.

[blackkitty]

We've tried diluting it with everything we can think of, 1 teaspoon in a glass of lemonade still takes the skin off your mouth. My OH is keen on pretty hot chilli and he can't take it.
As for spraying it on plants NTG, if we light the barbecue anywhere near they'll probably explode.

[compostman]

Blackkitty mix it with coke etc and give it to Trick or Treaters at Haloween. Should stop the varmints from coming back next year!!!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Asked OH if he would drink it (and he loves vodka!) and even he wasnt too sure! dexterdog

[multiveg]

When I lived in London, I occasionally went to Garlic & Shots - a Swedish restaurant where there is hardly anything without garlic/spices (Lemonade?). They did garlic vodka - you could see the garlic cloves still in the bottle. They did a bloody mary equivalent with chillis. They had various spirits spiced.

Food was excellent. Not been there for about 10 years now.