Pickled Green Beans Recipe

  American Vegetable

Ingredients:
2 pounds fresh green beans, rinsed and trimmed
4 cloves garlic, peeled
8 sprigs fresh dill weed
4 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 cups white vinegar
2 1/2 cups water

Directions:
1 Cut green beans to fit inside pint canning jars.
2 Place green beans in a steamer over 1 inch of boiling water, and cover. Cook until tender but still firm, for 3 minutes. Plunge beans into ice water. Drain well.
3 Pack the beans into four hot, sterilized pint jars. Place 1 clove garlic and 2 sprigs dill weed in each jar, against the glass. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to each jar.
4 In a large saucepan over high heat, bring vinegar and water to a boil. Pour over beans.
5 Fit the jars with lids and rings and process for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
Makes 4 pints

Pickled Green Beans
 

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