These bread and butter pickled carrots are the perfect combination or sweet and tangy, and the ultimate refrigerator pickle for bread and butter pickle lovers.
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Bread and Butter Pickled Carrot Ingredients

How to Make Bread and Butter Pickled Carrots
- Prep the Carrots. Slice your carrots into thin sticks and pack into jars with mustard seeds, celery seeds, and red pepper flakes.
- Make the Bread and Butter Pickle Brine. Simmer the white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and salt until dissolved.
- Add Everything to a Jar. Pour hot brine over carrots, seal, and cool. Refrigerate at least 48 hours (best after 1-2 weeks).
Bread and Butter Pickled Carrots Uses
- Use them in slaws: My favorite is in coleslaw!
- Add them to pasta salads: Elevate your pasta salads to the next level.
- On sandwiches: Especially bahn mi’s!
- On tacos: These bread and butter pickled carrots are incredible in carnitas tacos, grilled chicken tacos and steak tacos.
- With Asian food: I love these pickled carrots with asian food, like with these asian grilled chicken thighs.
- In salads: Yummy in pretty much any salad that would be good with carrots.

P.S. If you want to make a more classic carrot pickle recipe, try this: https://nurturedhomes.com/pickled-carrots
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Equipment
- 2 medium 16oz jars
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pound carrots, peeled
- 1 ½ cup white vinegar
- ¾ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
- ¾ tsp celery seeds
Instructions
- Slice the carrots using a mandoline slicer into thin sticks.
- To make the brine, add the white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, granulated sugar, brown sugar and salt to a pot.
- Stir to combine.
- Bring to a simmer over medium low heat.
- Cook until dissolved.
- Remove from the heat.
- Pack the carrots, red pepper flakes, celery seeds and mustard seeds into two 16oz jars.
- Pour the brine over the carrots, leaving 1/2″ of headspace.
- Close each jar with a nonreactive lid.
- Gently rotate to move the seasoning around.
- Allow to cool to room temperature then refrigerate until needed.
- Allow the carrots to pickle for at least 48 hours before eating, preferably around 1-2 weeks for better flavors.









