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Recipe for Pickled Green Beans | Almanac.com

Pickled Green Beans

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4 pints
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Our Pickled Green Beans recipe is a wonderful way to preserve your fresh green beans from your garden. This recipe has a little cayenne pepper to give those pickled green beans some zip and flavor! 

You can easily modify the recipe by adding chili flakes or more garlic (or less!). A warning: They’ll go quickly and it’s hard to stop folks from making multiple trips to the pickle jar!

Ingredients
2 pounds fresh green beans
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 stems fresh dill or 4 teaspoons dill seed
4 garlic cloves
2-1/2 cups water
2-1/2 cups white vinegar
1/4 cup salt
Instructions

Trim green beans into 4-inch pieces. Pack beans lengthwise into 4 hot 1-pint canning jars, leaving 1/2-inch head space. To each jar, add 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 dill stem (or 1 teaspoon dill seed), and 1 garlic clove. In a medium-size saucepan, bring remaining ingredients to a boil. Pour boiling liquid over beans, leaving 1/2-inch head space. Run a hot knife along the inside of the jar to remove air bubbles. Wipe jar rims. Seal tightly. Process 40 minutes in a boiling-water bath. Remove and cool. You’ll hear the lids “pop” when they seal. Let beans stand at least two weeks before tasting to let the flavor develop.