Name: Soft Pickled Red Beets
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 1 jar
Ingredients: 2 lbs beets, greens removed (couple inches of greens left on); 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar; 1/2 cup beet juice; 3 tablespoons sugar; 2 cloves; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3 peppercorns; 1/4 bay leaf

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Soft Pickled Red Beets created by Jenny Sanders

Old family recipe. You just can't eat store bought canned beets after tasting these. May also can this recipe, but multiply ingredients. It's not worth canning just one jar. :) Estimated prep time includes cleaning, skinning and cutting.

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ingredients

2 lbs beets, greens removed (couple inches of greens left on)
¹⁄₂ cup apple cider vinegar
¹⁄₂ cup beet juice
3 tablespoons sugar
2 cloves
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
3 peppercorns
¹⁄₄ bay leaf

directions

Wash the dirt off the beets.
In a covered pan cook whole beets in boiling salted water until tender (35-50 minutes).
Cool slightly, cut off remaining greens and slip off skins.
Save 1/2 cup of the beet juice (water beets were cooked in).
Cut up beets the way you want them.
Put in a clean, empty jar.
In a small pan bring the beet juice and the remaining ingredients to a boil.
Pour the hot liquid mixture over the beets.
Let come to room temperature and then chill.

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"Old family recipe. You just can't eat store bought canned beets after tasting these. May also can this recipe, but multiply ingredients. It's not worth canning just one jar. :) Estimated prep time includes cleaning, skinning and cutting."

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review by pigtailone

10/29/2017

So easy...did my beets in the Instantpot then sliced and placed in jars...mixed up the brine and oh my stars good after a couple of weeks marinating

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review by cellocath85

11/2/2011

Mmmmm.... These might be the best beets I've ever had let alone made. They're a great balance of tart and sweet. I like that they're on the savory side. Let's face it, the amount of sugar that most recipes call for is really unhealthy. You don't need it when beets can be this good without it. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I'm making a second batch as we speak.

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photo by Jenny Sanders

10/28/2004

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review by Janie from TX

6/30/2004

Out of three recipes that I tried on this site, this one came in last. We like a sweeter pickled beet and different spices.

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review by Patricia Millen

9/3/2003

This is the first year we've grown beets so it's the first time I pickled them. I chose this recipe because it uses less sugar than most and followed it exactly. The beets are great! They tasted good when we first opened them and seem to get better all the time. Thank you so much!

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