Mexican Style Pickled Vegetables
Mexican Style Pickled Vegetables
If you love hot and spicy food, you are in for a real treat. This unassuming little dish of pickled vegetables will fire up your taste buds. My Mexican Style Pickled Vegetables is a wonderful combination of marinated bright orange carrots, crunchy cauliflower and smoking hot Serrano peppers. I like to serve my Mexican Style Pickled Vegetables whenever I make homemade tacos, burritos or enchiladas.
Serrano Peppers. Use gloves when slicing these little bad boys… Also, be sure to not touch your eyes or nose after working with these peppers. Wash your hands well after working with the peppers. Trust me. You will not like what they will do to you. I made that mistake once. If you can’t handle the heat from the Serranos in the dish, you can dial it down by simply adding milder peppers instead.
My Mexican Style Pickled Vegetables is not only easy to make but vegan too. Next time you serve Mexican cuisine at your home, be sure to make a batch of these pickled vegetables to serve along side your favorite dishes. Enjoy! Tessa
Ingredients:
- 1 pound carrots
- 1 pound cauliflower
- 3 Serrano peppers
- 1 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- 1 Tbs minced garlic
Begin by washing and peeling the carrots. Slice diagonally into 1/2 inch pieces. Set aside. Wash and cut the cauliflower into bite sized florets and set aside with the carrots. Trim the tops of the peppers and cut into 1/2 inch sized pieces. In a non reactive pan, add vinegar, water, sugar, bay leaves, salt and black peppercorns. Bring vinegar mixture to a boil, stirring constantly until the sugar has dissolved. Add garlic, Serrano peppers, carrots and cauliflower. Cook for an additional 3 – 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Store tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to a week. Be sure to let the vegetables sit in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours before serving. The longer it sits in the refrigerator, the spicier it gets. This makes a pretty good sized batch, so feel free to cut the recipe in half. Makes about a quart and a half of spicy pickled vegetables.
