This season I think I will have my best ‘bean’ harvest ever, there is plenty available in the garden. Hence, I am starting to look at various ways of preserving as much as possible. I could go the canning green beans route or eventually end up canning dried soaked beans. If I want to combine a few, then the best way would be using this canning pickled three bean salad recipe.

Let us see if you can correctly guess which canner we will be using for this one? If you guessed the water bath canner, then you correct. I will be using the lima beans, since I am yet to grow the garbanzos. There is essentially two methods you can use, the one you choose will depend on how much time you have available. One method requires you to wait overnight before canning, whilst the other one canning is done on the same day.

Canning Pickled Three Bean Salad — Photo credit: sbcanning.com

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Here’s What You’ll Need:

green beans
yellow wax beans
lima beans or garbanzos
sliced celery
sliced onion
red bell pepper
boiling water
sugar
mustard seeds
celery seeds
kosher, pickling or canning salt
white vinegar
water
caning jars
canning utensils
water bath canner
kitchen towel
ladle
marker
large stainless steel saucepan

I prefer the one day method, simply based on time. Still to try the other one, perhaps the taste is better since the beans are ‘marinated’ overnight. Sterilize your jars, lids and rings before getting started. The vegetables are prepared separately from the pickling sauce. The process is simple and involves boiling them for about 5 minutes with water in the large saucepan and then draining them before packing into the jars.

The remaining ingredients are brought to a boil in a saucepan too. Stir well to dissolve the sugar, and then allow another 5 minutes to properly infuse the spices. Fill the jars with the liquid leaving half an inch headspace, remove any air bubbles and go ahead and process in your water bath canner for 15 minutes. Lift the jars from the jar and allow to cool on your kitchen counter.

You can get the full recipe & step by step instructions on the SB Canning blog, here…