Pickled Green Beans (Dilly Beans)

Last Updated July 27th, 2022 at 05:07 pm by Lisa

Pickled Green Beans also called Dilly Beans, are a quick pickle recipe that requires no canning. Jazz up relish trays, pop them into Bloody Marys, or toss pickled beans into salads!

This crisp crunchy dilly bean recipe will keep for up to 1 month chilled in the fridge if they last that long...

PRO TIP: Refrigerator quick pickles are fast to make. Since they are not processed in a canner, they must be stored in the fridge.

Pickled Green Beans Recipe

Pickled beans are an easy recipe. Next time you are at the farmer's market or grocery store pick up a bag of beans to take home and pickle. This is also a great way to preserve a bumper crop of green beans you grew in your garden. This recipe can be scaled down to make a small batch in a single jar.

• 4 clean quart Mason jars lids, rings
• 2 pounds whole green beans or yellow wax beans
• 4 whole garlic cloves (1 per jar)
• 4 hot chili peppers fresh or dry (1 per jar)
• 1 bunch of fresh dill (2 sprigs per jar)
• 2 teaspoons mixed color or black peppercorns (½ teaspoon peppercorns/jar)
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (¼ teaspoon/jar)
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds (½ teaspoon/jar)

Pickling Liquid

• 6 cups distilled white vinegar
• 6 cups water
• 6 tablespoons sea salt -kosher salt (or pickling canning salt)

Lets Pickle Refrigerator Dilly Beans

Wash your Mason jars or canning jars with hot soapy water or in the dishwasher. You can use either quart or pint glass jars.

Make The Pickling Liquid

1. In a large pot on the stove, combine vinegar, 6 cups of water, and salt pickling solution.
2. Turn the heat to medium-high and bring the hot vinegar mixture to a boil, dissolving the salt.

Load The Green Beans In Jars

1. In each quart jar, place: 1 garlic clove, 1 hot chili pepper, 2 sprigs of dill, ½ teaspoon peppercorns, ¼ teaspoon of red pepper flakes, and ½ teaspoon coriander seeds.
2. Pack green beans into the jars so they are standing on their ends. The easy way to load the beans in the jars is to lay the glass jar on its side to fit them all inside. You can make pints and cut the beans shorter to fit your pint jars.
3. Pour or ladle the hot mixture into the jars. Fill to within ½ inch of the top of the jar rims. Wipe the rim of the jar with a clean paper towel. Use a clean utensil to release any air bubbles from the pickling liquid in the jar.
4. Cool to room temperature, and place lids and bands on jars. They are shelf stable in the refrigerator and eat within a month.

Swaps, Variations, and Best Flavor Additions

kinds of vinegar: apple cider vinegar, white wine vinegar, or rice vinegar will all work in this recipe.

spices: teaspoons dill seeds, mustard seeds, all work. For some added heat add in a pinch of cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes.

fresh produce: use good fresh beans like green beans or yellow beans. Try to add different hot peppers depending on the heat level you prefer. Jalapenos, habaneros, and cayenne peppers all are great options. You can add more cloves of garlic. Slice the cloves garlic into smaller pieces to up the flavor of the brine.

salt: table salt, pickling salt, and kosher sea salt can all be used in pickling. Table salt does work in a pinch. But iodized salt has iodine and tends to discolor the pickling liquid and jar contents.

For the best canning salt substitute, choose kosher salt or sea salt in equal proportions for your recipe.

herbs: dill leaf, dill seed, flower head of dill plants, or dill heads as they are called, are all usable for pickling, canning, and cooking dishes to add flavor.

sweetness: some people prefer sweet pickles. If you like them sweet, simply add some sugar into the hot brine while boiling it for a sweeter result.

canning: this recipe is for refrigerator quick pickles only. To make shelf-stable pickles using a water bath canner or using a canner pressure method, please consult a complete guide to canning like the Ball blue book for best results. It gives you all the recipes, and resources and is an excellent guide to processing your pickles in a boiling water bath and with canner processing times all with the safety guidelines.

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