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A few simple ingredients and you can make homemade refrigerator pickled beets any time. Tangy, sweet and a little spicy make these the best pickled beets you’ll ever have.
When it comes to beets there are two kinds of people…those who love them and those who do not. My husband, Vince, is in the “not a beet lover” category so he will never know what he is missing out on with these delicious homemade refrigerator pickled beets.
I use McCormick Pickling Spice for this recipe because it adds a bold flavor. Also because it’s easy to find online or in your grocery store. If you’re not familiar with pickling spice, this one has cinnamon, allspice, mustard seed, coriander bay leaves, ginger, black pepper, mace, and other good spices. These beets are just perfect!
Homemade Refrigerator Pickled Beets
Description
A few simple ingredients and you can make homemade refrigerator pickled beets any time. Tangy, sweet and a little spicy make these the best pickled beets you’ll ever have.
Ingredients
- 3 roasted (or cooked) beets
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pickling spice (I use McCormick brand)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Pour apple cider and sugar into a stove top pan.
- Stir to dissolve sugar.
- Add pickling spice, salt, and pepper.
- Heat on high until it boils.
- Reduce to simmer and cook 10 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes.
- Dice or slice beets.
- Please beets into a canning jar or a container with a cover.
- Pour pickling mixture over beets and seal the container.
- Refrigerate for 6 hours.
The recipe states 1/2 sugar. Is that 1/2cup of sugar?
Yes, Sherry – 1/2 cup. I’m making the update now – thanks!
Hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
Do you cook the beets first to remove the skin?
Oops, just reread the recipe and it says cooked or roasted. Must have missed that 🙁
No worries! Hope you enjoy it!