How to make a Pickled Cauliflower Salad :  that you can make an eat an minutes.  It also stores well so you can have Pickled cauliflower as a great healthy side to any meal.  This Salad is spicy, vinegary and crunch making you want more pickled cauliflower.  Bonus you can add any vegetables to the cauliflower and have a in season pickled salad.

Spicy Cauliflower Salad

• 2 cups vinegar
• 2 cups of water
• 2 tbls of sugar
• 1bulb of garlic (5- 6 cloves) Peeled
• 2 bay leafs
• 1 tbls red hot pepper flakes
• 2 tbls of salt
• 1 head of Cauliflower
• 2 celery stalks
• 2 carrots
• 1 bell pepper  (any color , green, red, or  yellow)

1. Put all the wet ingredients (vinegar, water. sugar),  ½ the red pepper flakes, Bay leaves, and garlic peeled
2. Bring water /vinegar/ sugar /garlic to a boil
3. Add the Cauliflower, celery, and carrots, 1 bell pepper
4. Bring winger/ water  to a boil  again reduce heat and cook for 10 min (till cauliflower is tender to a fork)
5. Remove from heat and allow cauliflower salad to cool 5-10  minutes
6. Drain liquid reserve the cauliflower liquid for future use or store the Pickled cauliflower in .
7. Put the salad in a bowl sprinkle with remain hot red pepper flakes and sprinkle with salt and add ½ cup of liquid  chill in fridge for 1 hour. Pickled Cauliflower saladI did buy a great storage container form Ikea for the cauliflower salads to keep in my fridge.

 

Tip;  Use remaining liquid  add 1 cup of water  1 could of garlic and  add green beans  bring to boil and store green beans in the liquid for a spicy green bean treat. Pickled green beans.

If you would like an easy print out version of this recipe.  click here  Cauliflower Salad

check out my other salad posts:   Pickled Squash

Easy Sriracha Dressing

Easy Asia Coleslaw

Have a great day !