Hot Pickled Green Beans:

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon pickling salt
• 1 tablespoon agave syrup or 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 cups vinegar, 5% acidity
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon dill seed
• 1/2 teaspoon coriander seed
• bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
• 1 chile, sliced in 8 long strips
• 6 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 1/2 lbs string beans, trimmed
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan, over high heat, bring the first 9 ingredients to a boil, then turn off the heat, stirring until dissolved. add the chilies and garlic. remove from heat.
• 2 wash and trim the green beans. bring a large pot of water with the 1 teaspoon salt to a boil over medium heat. add the beans. cook until the beans begin to turn bright green and are just tender, about 3 to 4 minutes. remove from heat and drain. rinse immediately with cold water and put them in an ice bath for 10 minutes. drain well.
• 3 pack beans in sterilized jars then cover with the vinegar mixture.
• 4 place lids and caps on cleaned rimmed jars.
• 5 process in a hot water bath for 5 minutes, remove and cool in a draft free spot for 24 hours.
• 6 you can also put them in sterilized jars and refrigerate instead of doing the canning process. let flavors meld for 1 week. just keep under refrigeration and eat within 1 month.
• 7 i canned 2 jars and the 3rd was what i had left over for munching which was refrigerated.