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Dilled Green Beans

Source of Recipe


Southern Living, July 1999






List of Ingredients



• 2 lbs. green beans
  
• 7 hot red peppers (see Note)
  
• 7 garlic cloves, quartered
  
• 3-1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  
• 5 cups white vinegar (5% acidity)
  
• 5 cups water
  
• 1/2 cup pickling salt
  






Instructions



1. Pack beans into hot jars, trimming to fit 1/2-inch from top. Add one pepper, one garlic clove (quartered), 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds, and 1/2 teaspoon dill seeds to each jar.
   
   
2. Bring vinegar, 5 cups water, and pickling salt to a boil; pour into each jar, filling to 1/2-inch from top. Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal lids; screw on bands.
   
   
3. Process in a boiling water bath 10 minutes.
   
   Makes 7 pints.
   
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   NOTE:
   
   1-3/4 teaspoons dried crushed red pepper may be substituted for hot red peppers. Add 1/4 teaspoon per jar.