Jalapenos

By Food & Wine
Updated April 27, 2017
Incorporate some heat in your food with jalapeños. Here, a variet of dishes featuring the spicy chile pepper, from pickled watermelon rind with ginger and jalapeños to pan-roasted halibut with jalapeño vinaigrette.
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Pickled Watermelon Rind with Ginger and Jalapeños

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Pickling watermelon rind has long been a Southern tradition. In this version, low-acid rice vinegar becomes infused with jalapeno and ginger for a brightly flavored brine with a kick. The watermelon rind is sliced very thin for these pickles, making them perfect for piling on a sandwich.

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Pan-Roasted Halibut with Jalapeño Vinaigrette

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The jalapeño vinaigrette adds a touch of intense flavor to this pan-roasted halibut.

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Gemelli with Tuna, Tomatoes and Jalapeño

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Gemelli, tightly wound coils of pasta, work especially well with chunky sauces like this one, which gets a spicy kick from chopped jalapeno.

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Jalapeño Basil Lime Frozen Margarita

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When Adrian Harris & Jeremy Inglett, the Vancouver duo known as The Food Gays, set out testing margarita recipes, they asked themselves what makes a margarita really great. "Beyond enjoying them with friends while basking in plenty of sunshine, the answer was pretty obvious: fresh citrus, quality spirits, and a special complimentary flavor to mix things up. Add a nicely salted rim, and you've got yourself a great cocktail! It's all about that fine balance between sweet, sour and salty, so we thought, why not take it a bit further and throw some heat in the mix?"

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Guacamole with Charred Jalapeño and Scallions

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F&W's Grace Parisi invented this smoky guacamole, then presented three ingenious ways to use it: in a soup, an hors d'oeuvre and a salad dressing.

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Homefries with Jalapeños

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Kick breakfast up a notch with this delicious take on a classic morning dish.

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Spicy Jalapeño Chicken Fajitas

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Jalapeno chiles give this easy chicken fajita recipe an extra kick. Feel free to scale up the amount of chiles depending on your comfort level.

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Green Jalapeño Hot Wings

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These roasted (rather than deep-fried) buffalo-style chicken wings are smothered in a spicy green jalapeno sauce, which is pureed with pickled jalapenos for an extra hit of puckery flavor.

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Jalapeño-Roasted Potatoes

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These quick-roasted fingerling potatoes couldn't be simpler to make, and they get a hit of spice from fresh sliced jalapenos.

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Grilled Mackerel with Lardo, Avocado and Jalapeño on Toast

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Thin slices of lardo (Italian cured back fat) are the key to this luscious dish from Erik Anderson and Josh Habiger.

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Sweet Pea Puree with Jalapeños

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By roasting jalapenos before incorporating them into this silken puree, Jean-Georges Vongerichten gives the dish a subtle smokiness. Use sweet fresh peas if you can find them; frozen peas also work.

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