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Refrigerator Pickled Beets

Refrigerator pickled red beets resting on a white plate with a jar of beets and a kitchen towel in the background.
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Homemade pickled beets - yum! Popping with crisp, earthy, tanginess, these refrigerator pickled beets are fantastic! 

Ingredients

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3-4 Medium Beets, (you're wanting enough to fill a quart jar).

1 1/2 c. White Vinegar.

1/3 c. Water.

1 1/4 c. Brown Sugar.

1/2 Tbsp. Salt.

1/2 Cinnamon Stick.

Instructions

  1. First, begin by washing the beets. Next, remove the stems and dangly little root at the bottom but leave the skins on.
  2. Place the unpeeled beets in a medium-large saucepan and cover with water. Set stovetop temperature to medium and bring to a boil. Next, cook the beets until soft when pricked with a fork. Cook time will vary depending on how thick the beets are! Pot of cooked beets
  3. Once cooked, remove the beets from the water and allow them to cool.
  4. After cooling, remove the skins. They should slip off quite easily!
  5. Cut the Beets and place in a clean, glass quart jar. (Often, I will slice them to about a quarter inch thick. Sometimes I'll cut them into 1-inch cubes. Cut them however you wish!) Sliced beets on a white plate
  6. In a small saucepan, add the vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil. Remove the cinnamon stick and immediately pour the hot liquid over the beets in the jar. A cup of pickling liquid being poured into a boiling pot.
  7. Lastly, put the lid on the jar, tighten, and allow the jar to rest on the countertop for 3-5 hrs. before moving the jar to the refrigerator. A quart jar of refrigerator pickled red beets.

If you can resist, wait a day or two before eating them, just to allow time for the pickling process to happen.

Serve as you would pickles - as a beautiful, bold, and tangy side to accompany any entree!

Notes

Storage: You'll want to keep these in the refrigerator. If you don't eat them all right away, no worries! The vinegar in them will preserve them wonderfully and they will remain fresh and unspoiled for months in the fridge.

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