Description
Learn how to make delicious homemade pickled beets with this easy recipe. These tangy and flavorful beets are perfect for salads, sandwiches, or as a zesty side dish.
Ingredients
Scale
Ingredients for Pickled Beets:
- 2 pounds fresh beets, trimmed and scrubbed
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 small cinnamon stick (optional)
Instructions
- Boil and Prepare Beets: Place beets in a pot, cover with water, boil, then simmer for 30–40 minutes until fork-tender. Peel and slice.
- Make Pickling Liquid: In a saucepan, combine vinegar, water, sugar, salt, allspice, cloves, pepper, and cinnamon. Boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.
- Pickle Beets: Pack sliced beets into jars, pour hot pickling liquid over them, cool, seal, and refrigerate for 24 hours.
Notes
- Pickled beets keep well in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
- Use gloves when peeling beets to prevent staining.
- Great for salads, sandwiches, or as a tangy side dish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 cup
- Calories: 70
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 320 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
