Aunt Reenie’s Chow Chow is a delicious, pickled vegetable recipe. It’s a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch recipe for taking the harvest of vegetables, pickling, and jarring them for the upcoming cold season.
Aunt Reenie’s recipe uses lima beans, string beans, cucumber, onion, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and green peppers (which they always called mangos). It is super flavorful and a great way to preserve the abundance of veggies from your garden. And of course, if you don’t garden, like me, you can get a pile of these veggies from the farmer’s market, which is what I do lol.
First, wash your vegetables well, then cut into bite-sized pieces. Then set aside.
Make the “dressing.” Mix turmeric, sugar, flour, and vinegar together in a stock pot. Bring to a boil. Add your vegetables and simmer for 30-40 minutes, stirring often, until vegetables reach your desired consistency. Salt to taste.
Pour vegetable mixture into canning jars and seal following canning instructions, or just cool and close to use right away.
