# pickled carrots

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickled-carrots/661058>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 15, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickled-carrots/661058 "2013-06-15T07:27:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickled-carrots/661058/1 "2013-06-15T07:27:28Z")

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Does anyone have a simple recipe for the kind of pickled carrots given away in Mexican restaurants? I like a little heat with them, but not to the point of self-immolation. Thanx.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickled-carrots/661058/2 "2013-06-15T11:51:33Z")

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I don’t have a recipe at hand, but look up carrot escabeche to find some. Basically, carrots, vinegar, hot peppers, Mexican oregano, garlic, etc.

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**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickled-carrots/661058/3 "2013-06-15T12:51:11Z")

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I absolutely love this stuff! I made it once and it turned out great, but I didn’t follow a recipe. Here is what i did:

The main ingredients:  
Carrots, Red Onions and Jalapenos all sliced thin. Sugar, white vinegar and water.

First bring a pot of water to a boil and blanche the veggies. This is important. Don’t cook too long because they will get soggy and loose color.  
You can find brine recipes around the net, if I recall it is half sugar-water and half white vinegar. Here is a brine recipe: [http://www.thekitchn.com/cooking-basics-very-easy-pickl-83971](http://www.thekitchn.com/cooking-basics-very-easy-pickl-83971)

So make the brine and veggies and combine them in a mason jar, but only store them for a day or 2 before you start eating them. This is a fresh pickle type thing. You want them crunchy.

The jar I made was big and the veggies separated which made the jar visually stunning.

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**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickled-carrots/661058/4 "2013-06-15T14:13:42Z")

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[This](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/firecrackers-recipe/index.html) is Alton Brown’s recipe.