Pickled Carrots
No-Cook Pickled Carrots recipe without sugar made with spices high in antioxidants and other healthful nutrients that may promote longevity.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 19kcal
Ingredients
- 3 large carrots
- 1 ½ cups apple cider vinegar or white, red wine, or white wine vinegar
- 5 whole cloves
- 1 star anise
- 1 teaspoon freeze-dried ginger or 3 slices fresh
- ½ Ceylon cinnamon stick
- ½ teaspoon black cumin seeds or mustard seeds
- 7 black peppercorns
- 2 teaspoons agave or maple syrup (optional)
- ½ red chili pepper
- 1 cup water plus more as needed
Instructions
- Grate the carrots using a vegetable peeler into long strips.
- Transfer the vinegar to a small saucepan and bring it to a gentle simmer over medium-high heat. Once the vinegar is simmering, remove the saucepan from the heat and add the carrots, cloves, star anise, ginger, cinnamon, seeds, and black peppercorns. Set aside for 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a glass container with a tight-fitting lid and add water to cover the carrots. Slice the red chili pepper in half lengthwise and add it to the liquid. Refrigerate.
- Serve as a crunchy tangy topping.
Notes
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- For more flavor let the spices simmer in the vinegar for 5 minutes before adding the carrots. Yet, placing the spices in the warm vinegar and refrigerating overnight allows the flavors to concentrate further over time. I chose not to simmer and to wait overnight as simmering the spices may destroy some benefits.
- Enjoy the vinegar in dressings and consume the spices with the carrots! Nothing should go to waste. Add more carrots to any remaining vinegar for up to two weeks.
- Storage jar: I used this container and it works very well as you can flip it over and easily remove the carrot. The capacity of the half that stores the pickles is 700ml/23.7 ounces, so use one around that size.
Nutrition
Calories: 19kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 18mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 3.631IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 0.2mg
