I’m on a little bit of a canning kick…
Last weekend, I gathered all the banana peppers and jalapeno peppers I could harvest from my tiny little garden, sliced them up, and pickled them.
This weekend, I tried some Dilly Beans. (As I type, the jars are cooling and “popping.” Pure joy to anyone who has ever canned – right?)
If you are looking for something to do with all of those peppers or beans, here are a couple very easy recipes to try. How yummy they will taste in the middle of winter to remind us of summer!
Dilly Bean Recipe (compliments of “Oh Rob” & Joyce Brugnoli)
2 pounds of green beans
1/2 cup of canning or Kosher salt
2 1/2 cups of vinegar
2 1/2 cups of water
4 cloves of garlic divided
4 heads of dill divided
Trim the ends of green beans, Combine salt, vinegar, and water in a large sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Pack beans lengthwise into hot jars. Add one clove of garlic and one head of dill to each pint. Ladle hot liquid over the beans. Add lids, and process for 10 minutes in a hot water bath. Yields approximately 4 pints.
Banana Pepper Rings (as found on The Virtuous Wife’s Blog)
15-20 banana peppers
2 cups white vinegar
2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1 clove of garlic (per pint jar)
1 tsp canning/pickling or Kosher salt (per pint jar)
1 tsp vegetable oil (per pint jar)
3-4 pint jars and lids, sterilized and prepared for canning
Wash the peppers. Slice, remove seeds, discard stem ends. In each sterilized jar, add one garlic clove. Pack jars with pepper slices. In each jar of packed peppers, add 1 tsp canning/pickling salt and 1 tsp vegetable oil. In a sauce pan, combine the vinegar, water, sugar, and ground turmeric. Bring to a boil. Ladle hot pickling liquid into jars, leaving 1/2 inch head-space. Remove any air bubbles and add more liquid as needed. Apply lids and bands, screw down to fingertip tight. Process in hot water bath for 10 minutes. Cool and store.
It is recommended to let both “cure” for approximately 2 weeks before eating. I’ll have to let you know how they turn out!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
You are incredible, Jodi! In between speaking engagements, crafting beautiful cards, writing lovely daily challenge blog posts, and making monkey bread, now you are canning too?! I wish you were my neighbor.
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Not incredible at all, Barbara. Just sharing some of the fun things I like to do at “life in between.” Just sharing my hobbies and passions. I think it would be awesome if we were neighbors!
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Me too! I am making it a point that I will meet you one of these days…..my husband does fly, you know…..
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Awesome! I would love that my friend!
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So simple and satisfying! Looking forward to hearing how they turn out. Isn’t it fun to survey all those neat colorful little jars. Love your blog Jodi.
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Thanks for the sweet compliment Chrysue! It is so fun to listen for the jars to pop – and know they are now sealed for enjoying later. So satisfying. Can’t wait to share how they turn out. Hearing from others who really love them, so hope mine turn out!
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Oh I would love to know how to do this! I also wish you were my neighbor! 🙂
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It really isn’t hard – you do just need to have a little bit of equipment: large pot for hot water bathing (and it helps if you have the rack to hold the jars, and then just need jars and lids. Quite simple. And how sweet it would be if we could all be neighbors! What fun we would have. We’ll have to settle for now to be blogging neighbors 🙂
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What’s so special about canning salt?
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Great question! Simply – no iodine. I used Kosher salt, which works just as well. Apparently the iodized table salt might cause cloudy liquid, discoloring of food, and/or clumping. Here’s a little more detail: http://extension.psu.edu/food/preservation/faq/canning-and-pickling-salt
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I actually updated the post to add (or Kosher) for others that may have similar question. Thanks for asking and for reading triedandglue! 🙂
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I know that popping noise not from canning but from homemade barbecue sauce after being put up in canning jars. Looks yummy
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They look so beautiful in the jar! I remember my moms pickles popping!
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