How to Make Giardiniera (Chicago Style)
Tom Jackson
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Category
Veggies
Servings
32
Prep Time
30 minutes
You need Chef Tom’s Chicago Style Giardiniera in your life! With just a little bit of knife work and a simple oil and vinegar marinade, Chef Tom demonstrates the simplicity of this iconic Chicago Condiment. This pickled veggie relish is perfect on Italian beef sandwiches, brats, eggs, and pasta salad to name a few.
Ingredients
- 1 cup serrano peppers, small dice
- 1 cup cauliflower, small dice
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper, small dice
- 1/2 cup carrot, small dice
- 1/2 cup celery, small dice
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1/2 cup Jacobsen Salt Co. Kosher Sea Salt
- 1/2 cup sport peppers, small dice
- 1/2 cup green olives, small dice
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp red pepper flakes
- 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp celery seeds
- 1 cup white vinegar
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3/4 cup Saica Extra Virgin Olive Oil
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1/4 cup Colonial Chile Oil
Directions
- To make the Chicago Giardiniera, combine the Serranos, cauliflower, red bell, carrot and celery in a small container. Add the 1/2 cup salt and toss to coat. Cover and let brine in the refrigerator overnight.
- The next day, rinse the veggies and discard any collected water. Place the veggies in a mixing bowl and add the sport peppers, green olives, garlic, red pepper flakes, oregano and celery seeds. Toss well.
- Transfer to a quart sized mason jar. Add the vinegar and oils. Store in the refrigerator. Best after 2-3 days of sitting.
Recipe Note
Other Recipes You Might Enjoy:
Chicago Style Italian Beef Sandwich
How to make Chile Crunch
Recipe Highlights and Insights:
Brief History of Dr Pepper
Even before Coca-Cola was bubbling its way to the world another soda was starting to fizz into existence. Dr Pepper is the oldest, MAJOR soft drink in the US. Dr Pepper is America’s unique flavor of soda and people to this today cannot capture the name of the flavor in a few words other than, Dr Pepper flavor. Dr. Pepper is a native Texan. It was created, and manufactured in 1885 in Waco, Texas. A pharmacist by the name of Charles Alderton worked at the Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store. He is believed to be the inventor of Dr Pepper. When Alderton was not mixing up medicine for the people of Waco, he would mix up carbonated drinks at the soda fountain. He appreciated the smell of the drugstore and wanted to find a taste for the smell. He journaled and experimented with different fruit syrups until he produced one, he liked. It’s said, Dr Pepper is a combination of 23 fruit flavors. It’s no wonder why the slogan, “There’s just more to it” is fitting for the carbonated beverage. It’s unclear how the name, Dr Pepper originated but the drugstore owner, Wade Morrison is credited for naming the unique beverage. One story suggests, that Morrison named it Dr Pepper after Dr. Charles Pepper, a Virginia doctor who was the father of a girl Morrison was once in love with. The period after the doctor abbreviation was dropped in the 1950s.The 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis is where millions discovered they loved the unexpected flavor of Dr Pepper. It was an instant success.
They should be good for at least a couple of weeks.
How long could you keep this stored in your refrigerator?
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