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Dilly Beans

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35 min

Dilly Beans

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Time

35 min

Serving

32 persons

Calories

42

Rating

3.00★ (53)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
Spicy pickled green beans made the old fashioned way. This was my grandmother's recipe, I hope you enjoy!

Ingredients

  • water: 6 cups
  • pickling salt: 1 cup
  • distilled white vinegar: 6 cups
  • heads fresh dill weed: 8 piece
  • pickling spice: 0.5 cup
  • mustard seed: 0.5 cup
  • red Chili peppers: 8 piece (dried)
  • garlic: 16 clove (peeled)
  • alum: 1 tsp
  • green beans, rinsed and: 5 pound (trimmed, fresh)

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Sterilize 8 (1 pint) jars in boiling water for at least 5 minutes.
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  2. Combine the water, pickling salt and vinegar in a large pot, and bring to a boil. When it begins to boil, reduce heat to low, and keep at a simmer while you pack the jars.
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  3. In each jar place the following: 1 head of dill, 1 tablespoon of pickling spice, 1 tablespoon of mustard seed, 1 dried chile pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, and 1/8 teaspoon of alum. Pack beans into the spiced jars in a standing position.
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  4. Ladle the hot brine into jars, leaving 1/2 inch of space at the top. Screw the lids onto the jars, and process in a hot water bath for 6 minutes to seal. Store for at least 2 weeks before eating.
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