Spicy Pickled Green Beans

Spicy Pickled Green Beans are mildly spiced and a wonderful way to prepare fresh green beans. A great accompaniment at lunch, dinner, and especially parties.

Buffet parties are such a great way to entertain. The tables are lined up with lots of different types of food.

Important additions are some accompaniments such as olives, sweet brussel sprouts, and pickled vegetables.

In fact, one of my favorite dinners is made up of a few different appetizers. Tapas as they call them in Spain.

Little plates with a few bites like Pesto Tortilla Rollups, No Bake Stuffed Mini Peppers, and these Spicy Pickled Green Beans would be perfect.

Recipes don’t have to go overboard with tart vinegar when being pickled. I do love a great crisp dill pickle but mild pickling with just a hint of sweet or heat is my preference.

That is what this recipe is all about. These mildly spicy pickled green beans are something you can add as an appetizer to many dinners.

It won’t fight with the flavors of the other dishes.

Fresh summer green beans are starting to arrive at the stores.

In fact, I saw one of those huge vegetable trucks driving by the other day (we are in New York right now) and it was piled high with green beans.

That was a first for me. I’ve seen many onion, garlic, and beet trucks but never green beans.

That is mostly what they grow around here – green beans, corn, and cabbage. The fields are gorgeous.

What Chili Peppers can be used with Spicy Pickled Green Beans?

• First of all, be very careful when handling hot chili peppers. I wear thin rubber kitchen gloves and pull them off from the wrist, and let them turn inside out as I pull. Throw away.
• Cayenne peppers are very hot, so you don’t need more than 2-4 for this recipe.
• You could even use red Thai peppers. They are hot, short, skinny, and red.
• You only need one or two hot cherry peppers. Round to triangular in shape and red. Not to be confused with sweet cherry peppers.
• Jalapenos can turn red, too, and are very popular in their green form.
• There are probably over 100 varieties of hot chili peppers but remember to handle them carefully and don’t touch your eyes.

If you are lucky enough to have some bush beans in your garden, use them. If not, then head out to the market.

There is nothing like the fresh, crisp snap of young green beans.

This recipe is for refrigerator pickled green beans not a canning recipe so that will help the house keep cooler too.

Now step back because here is another nicely marinated vegetable appetizer that’s not too tart or sweet, it’s just right.

Mildly Marinated Cauliflower gets rave reviews!

So you can see I’m serious about good pickled vegetables.

They aren’t hard to do and are different from the usual extra choice for an appetizer.

Don’t waste this precious time and try to get some green beans pickled as a very nice accompaniment for your get-togethers.