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Pickled Chillies (Chiles en Escabeche)

Name: Pickled Chillies (Chiles en Escabeche)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 15 Jalapeño chillies; 3 Carrots en rodajas; 2 Onions blancas en cuartos; 4 cloves Garlic; 1 cup White vinegar; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 3 leaves Bay leaf; 1 tsp Tomillo; 1 tsp Mejorana; 1 tsp Oregano; 5 Allspice; 3 Cloves; 1 tbsp Salt; 1 tsp Sugar; 1 cup Water

35 min (15 prep + 20 cook) Easy 8 servings Nacional

Edmond Bojalil

Recetas Mexas

Published: 24 Mar 2026 · Updated: 29 Mar 2026

Pickled jalapenos with carrot, onion and vinegar.

About this recipe

Jalapeno chillies pickled in vinegar with carrots, onion and dried herbs. The quintessential Mexican condiment, found on every table and taco stand in the country.

History & Origin

Chiles en escabeche are among the most ubiquitous condiments in Mexican cookery. The escabeche technique of preserving food in vinegar with spices came to Mexico from Spain, who in turn inherited it from the Arabs during eight centuries of Muslim presence on the Iberian Peninsula. The word escabeche derives from the Arabic sikbaj. In Mexico, this technique was fused with native chillies, creating a preparation without equal.

Estimated cost

£4.00

Total cost

£0.50

Per serving

* Approximate prices based on UK supermarkets

Nutritional information per serving

Calories

Protein

Carbohydrates

Fat

Fibre

380mg

Sodium

* Approximate values. May vary depending on ingredients used.

Method

1
Wash the jalapeño chillies and hazles a corte in cruz in the punta. Peel and cut the carrot into rounds and the onion into quarters.
2
Heat the olive oil in a pot and sauté the chillies, carrot and onion for 5 minutes until tomen slightly colour.
3
Add the garlic, the hierbas of olor (bay leaf, tomillo, mejorana, oregano), the allspice and the cloves. Cook 2 minutes.
4
Pour the white vinegar and water in partes equal, add salt and a pinch of sugar. Boil and cook over low heat 10 minutes.
💡 Los chillies deben be firmes, not blandos.
5
Remove from the heat and leave to cool completely. Transfiere a frasco of glass esterilizado and refrigera. Mejoran then of 24 hours.
💡 Duran until 3 semanas refrigerados.