Old Fashioned Pickled Okra

Name: Old Fashioned Pickled Okra
Ingredients: 10 pints okra, small, tender (4 pounds); 3/4 cup salt; 8 cups vinegar (5% acidity); 1 cup water; 10 hot peppers (red or green fine); 10 garlic cloves; dill weed, if desired (seed fine too)

7 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

10 pints okra, small, tender (4 pounds)
3/4 cup salt
8 cups vinegar (5% acidity)
1 cup water
10 hot peppers (red or green fine)
10 garlic cloves
dill weed, if desired (seed fine too)

Directions

1

Boil 10 pint canning jars for 15 minutes. Leave in hot water until ready for use.
2

Wash okra with a vegetable brush. Leave short stem. If you prick each pod several times with a needle or fine-pointed knife, pickling solution will enter pod more quickly. This may help prevent floating.
3

Put pods in hot jars with stems alternating up and down for a better pack. Place one pepper and one clove of garlic in each jar. Add 1 teaspoon dill seed, if desired. Heat vinegar, salt and water to boiling. Pour into each jar, covering okra.
4

Remove air bubbles, wipe sealing edge and close with new jar lids following manufacturer's directions.
5

Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes at a simmering temperature (180 degrees). Immediately remove from water, cool. Store for a month before using to develop flavor.