Okra pickles
Okra pickles recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 pounds small whole okra
- 3 cups cider vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons pickling salt
- 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
- 2 teaspoons white wine Worcestershire sauce
- For each jar:
- 1 to 2 small whole dried chiles
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 fresh dill head with seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
Recipe method:
- In a large bowl, soak the okra in cold water for about 1 hour to plump it.
- While the okra soaks, sterilize four, one pint, canning jars according to manufacturer directions.
- Shortly before the okra finishes its bath, combine the vinegar, water, salt, hot pepper sauce and Worcestershire sauce in a medium saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Simmer the pickling liquid while you prepare the okra and spices in their jars.
- With clean hands, snugly pile the okra vertically into the sterilized jars, leaving about 1/2 inch of space at the top of each jar.
- Add the chiles, garlic, dill and mustard seeds to each jar.
- Ladle the hot pickling liquid over the okra in each jar, covering the okra but leaving about 1/2 inch of headspace.
- Process the jars in a water bath according to the manufacturer directions, generally 10 minutes.
- Let the pickles sit for at least a week before serving them.
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