How to make Jamaican Escovitch Pickled Sauce
Escovitch is a traditional Jamaican pickle sauce that is enjoyed all over the island. Jamaican Escovitch Pickle Sauce is also known as Hot Pepper Pickle, sweet, spicy, and tangy sauce with vegetables and herbs and a secret family ingredient that will take it to the next level! It's normally served over fried fish.
Ingredients
- 1 medium Carrot washed, peeled
- 1 small White Onion wash and sliced into rings
- ⅓ of each color Bell Peppers red, green & yellow, washed and
- 2 *Scotch Bonnet Peppers or Habanero Peppers washed and sliced with seeds
- 1 tbsp Pimento Seeds
- 1 tsp Salt
- ¼ cup Orange Juice
- 3-4 tbsp Granulated Sugar
- 1¼ cups White Vinegar
- 1 tsp Complete Seasoning
- 1 tbsp Black Pepper
- 2-3 cups Water
Instructions
- Chop up all your ingredients bell peppers (red, yellow, and green), carrots, onions, scotch bonnet pepper.
- To a medium saucepan, add white vinegar and water, let that boil and come to a bubble then add in your carrots and boil for 5 mins.
- Then add salt, granulated sugar, pimento berries, bell peppers (red, yellow, and green), orange juice, onion, and seasoning.
- Boil for 5 more mins the vegetables don't over boil we like the vegetables crunchy.
- Add the vegetables to a mason jar then pour the vinegar into it. Cool then place the lid on the Mason Jar.
Nutrition
Serving: 4gCalories: 40kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 1gFat: 0.2gSaturated Fat: 0.04gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.04gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 99mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1299IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 0.2mg
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