Basic Banana Pepper Strips

Name: Basic Banana Pepper Strips
Yield: Makes about 3 pint jars
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 pound 12 ounces hot banana peppers, stemmed, seeded, and cut lengthwise into ¼- to ½-inch strips; Heaping ⅛ teaspoon Pickle Crisp per jar (optional); 3 cups distilled white vinegar (5% acidity); 4 teaspoons pure kosher salt

Preparation info

Makes about
3
pint jars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Canning for a New Generation by Liana Krissoff

By Liana Krissoff

Published 2010

About

I often find myself wanting plain, no-frills pickled peppers, and that’s what these are. Put them on grilled sausages or burgers, throw a few on a snack-sized quesadilla, and use the vinegar to douse simmered hearty greens.

Ingredients

3 cups distilled white vinegar (5% acidity)
4 teaspoons pure kosher salt
2

Asia
Georgia
Snack
Gluten-free
Vegan
Summer

Method

Prepare for water-bath canning: Wash the jars, keep them hot in the canning pot, and put the flat lids in a bowl. (details.)

In a saucepan, bring the vinegar, salt, and sugar to a boil over high heat, stirring to dissolve the salt and sugar.

Using a jar lifter, remove the hot jars from the canning pot, carefully pouring the w