Serve up delicious and healthy side dish recipes featuring potatoes grains vegetables salads and more from Food Network. Dip your wraps in your sauce and get this party started. Healthy Cheap Lunch Ideas more. Spicy Pickled Carrots Canning Recipe 4 Other Canning Recipes from Canadian Food Bloggers. Pickled carrots have you had them before They are SO GOOD and so simple to make. Best of all, since carrots are readily available 1. These carrots are cold packed so they are nice and crunchy Im not a fan of cooked carrots and the chilli flakes gives them a nice bit of heat. My family has already put in their orders for pickled carrots for Christmas gifts. Whip up a big batch of them for foodie gifts. If you dont want to can them, follow the recipe and omit putting the filled cans in boiling water for 1. If you are new to canning please visit my Canning 1. Tips and Tricks To Get You Started Canning Today post for all the info you need to go from thinking that canning is scary to simple. One of the things that I was always scared about with canning was botulism. I recently discovered that botulism cant live in acid so canned pickles and canned fruit arent at risk That took a huge weight off of my mind, I hope it does yours too Are you ready Lets Get StartedSpicy Pickled Carrots Canning Recipe. Ingredients 4 pounds of carrots. Other Materials Canning pot. Canning rack or canning rings tied together and set inside pot see Canning 1. Stock pot or large saucepan for brine. Spicy Carrots In VinegarSmall saucepan for hot water bath for canning lids. Jar lifter and magnetic lid lifter optionalInstructions Clean your mason jars you can do this in the dishwasher. Fill your canning pot with water and set it on the stove to boil on high heat Your canning pot needs to be big enough that when you put your mason jars in there is 2 inches of boiling water above the lidsIn a stockpot or large saucepan mix your vinegar, water, salt and sugar and bring to a boil. In a small saucepan heat water do not bring to a boil and drop your canning lids in to heat. Wash your carrots. Peel them if you would like or leave the peel on like I did. Cut your carrots into carrot sticks Pack each of the jars with 1 clove of garlic, bruised I do this by hitting it with the side of a chefs knife, 1 teaspoon of pickling spice, 1 teaspoon of chili flakes and your carrot sticks. Pour boiling brine into mason jars, over carrots, leaving 12 inch of headspace the area between the liquid and the rim of your jar. Wipe the rim of the jar with a towel dipped in hot water, put on a lid that has been soaking in hot water then screw on a ring until it is fingertip tight. When you have enough jars prepared to fill your canning pot, carefully lower your jars into the boiling water. Wait for the water to return to boiling then set your timer for 1. When 1. 5 minutes is up, carefully remove your hot jars from the pot and set them on top of a dishtowel or hot pads on your counter. Wait for every canners favorite sound the pop, pop, pop of the jars sealing You will know that they are sealed because the center button of the can wont pop up and down when you press on it or turn your jar upside down. If any jars havent sealed they are still fine to eat, just store them in the fridge and consume first. Thats it Super easy right If you have any questions make sure you pop them in the comment field below. Have I given you the canning bugIve teamed up with 4 other bloggers to show you that canning is easier than you think. No matter how much experience youve had, theres a sweet or savoury recipe for you Check them out Honey Rosemary Blackberry Jam by Shauna from Satori Design for Living. Homemade Sweet Crunchy Pickles by Angie from Echoes of Laughter. Refrigerator Pickles by Lucy from Craftberry Bush. Blueberry Baked Brie Topping by Heather from Home to Heather. Spicy Pickled Carrots Canning 1. Tips and Tricks by Crystal from Sew Creative. If youre new to canning please make sure to check out my Canning 1. Tips and Tricks to Get You Started Canning Today. Ill be sharing lots more canning recipes in the next few weeks so please make sure you stop by andor subscribe to my newsletter in the bar at the top of your page. Like this post Want to show us the love Pin our recipes on Pinterest, share our recipes with your friends and comment to let us know you enjoy what you see Feel free to drop and canning questions you may have in the comments field below. If I dont know the answer, Ill do my best to figure it out for you.