Skip to main content
Epicurious
Bon Appétit

Pickled Carrots

By Claire SaffitzPhotography by Gentl Hyers
Image may contain Food Hot Dog Animal Seafood Sea Life and Lobster
Gentl & Hyers

These pickled carrots, along with peanut satay sauce, red chiles, cilantro, and crushed peanuts, help make up the Banh Mi Dog.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 3 cups

Ingredients

3 medium carrots, peeled, cut into matchsticks
1 cup distilled white vinegar
½ cup sugar
1½ teaspoons kosher salt

Special Equipment

A heatproof 1-pint jar

Preparation

  1. Pack carrots into jar. Bring vinegar, sugar, salt, and ¾ cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Pour brine over carrots, seal jar, and chill until cold.

TagsPickleCondimentCarrotRoot VegetableVegetableDairy FreeGluten FreeNut FreeVeganVegetarianPickle & PreserveBon Appétit

See Related Recipes and Cooking Tips

Read More
Sweet-and-Spicy Squash With Scallion Oil
Roasted squash loses its bland reputation and turns glossy and fragrant thanks to a gingery miso-glaze and a quick scallion oil.
Sweet and Spicy Zucchini
A punchy vinaigrette of preserved lemon and hot chile animates seared zucchini. A simple solution for summer's most prolific vegetable.
Green Beans With Tahini Sbagliato
An accidental recipe (sbagliatio means mistaken in Italian) yields a delicious herby tahini dressing that is excellent poured over lightly blanched green beans.
Extra-Creamy Deviled Eggs
A why-didn't-I-think-of-that technique takes this classic from great to greater.
Apple-Walnut Charoset
A warmly spiced Ashkenazi charoset, perfect for your Passover seder—or spooned over yogurt the next morning.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
A good garlic mashed potato recipe can upstage even the flashiest of mains. Adding just a few cloves of garlic turns what could be a simple side dish into something with undeniable charm.
Baan Mae’s Thom Khem Thaohu
Slowly caramelized sugar, sweet lychees, warming spices, and fiery ginger create the perfect base for tofu to simmer in.
Spicy Cashew Scallion Noodles
This saucy noodle recipe gets its crunch from fiery, garlicky toasted cashews.