Escovitch Pickle Jar

Name: Escovitch Pickle Jar
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 4 Onions; Pimento; 4 Scotch Bonnet peppers; Marukan Organic Rice Vinegar; Chocho; Carrots; Salt

Serves 1

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Escovitch Pickle Jar

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Serves 1

Directions

1Slice the onions into thin rings.
2Slice the scotch bonnet peppers into thin rings.
3Cut the chocho into decorative slices.
4Cut the carrots into decorative shapes.
5Pour rice vinegar into a pot.
6Add salt to the vinegar.
7Heat the vinegar until it simmers.
8Layer the ingredients in a jar starting with peppers and carrots.
9Add layers of sliced onions.
10Continue layering with peppers, carrots, and pimento.
11Place chocho slices on the outside of the stack for a pretty effect.
12Fill the jar with the warm rice vinegar.
13Seal the jar.

Ingredients

4 Onions
Pimento
4 Scotch Bonnet peppers
Marukan Organic Rice Vinegar
Chocho
Carrots
Salt

Equipment

KnifeCutting boardJarPot

Tips

Rice vinegar is milder in flavor and less acidic than distilled white vinegar.
Preserving the escovitch in a jar with good vinegar means you can use it for a very long time, for cooking or with more escovitch fish.
Using rice vinegar is always a good idea for pickle jars.