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Dilly Beans (Dill Pickled Green Beans)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb fresh green beans rinsed and trimmed
  • 2 tbsp peppercorns
  • 1-2 tbsp kosher salt
  • 4 cloves fresh garlic peeled and smashed
  • 1 handful fresh dill
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • red pepper flakes to taste (optional)
  • 1 cups white vinegar
  • 1/2-1 cups boiling water (enough to top off jar)

Instructions

  1. To a jar, pack in the trimmed green beans, dill, and garlic

  2. Once those things are packed in, add your peppercorns, salt, honey, and red pepper flakes (if desired)

  3. cover with 1 cup of white vinegar and then fill up remainder of jar with boiling water until everything is covered (likely about 1/2-1 cup of boiling water)

  4. Cover jar with tight fitting lid and shake jar well enough so that salt and honey dissolve and everything is well incorporated

  5. Let sit out on a counter for an hour and then refrigerate. You can enjoy them in about 4 hours, but I think they are best after about 24 hours of being able to soak in the brine!

Recipe Notes

You can optionally blanch the green beans in some boiling water for a couple of minutes before packing them into the jar. This will make the dilly beans slightly softer and less crunchy/crisp