Pickled Crudités Recipe | Epicurious

Ingredients

• 2 cups distilled white vinegar
• 2 cups white wine vinegar
• ⅓ cup sugar
• ¼ cup plus 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 8 bay leaves
• 8 garlic cloves, smashed
• 4 chiles de árbol
• 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
• 2 tablespoons coriander seeds
• 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard seeds
• 1 pound baby or small red-skinned sweet potatoes, peeled or unpeeled, cut lengthwise into spears
• 1 pound brussels sprouts, trimmed, halved
• 1 pound baby carrots, peeled, trimmed with ½” green tops still attached, halved lengthwise if more than 1” in diameter
• 12 baby turnips or radishes, trimmed with ½” green tops still attached
• 1 large fennel bulb, trimmed, halved lengthwise, cut into ⅓” wedges with some core attached
• 1 pound baby bell (Ariel) peppers, cored, halved lengthwise, or assorted red, yellow, and orange bell peppers, quartered lengthwise
• Ingredient info: Chiles de árbol are sold at better supermarkets and at Latin American markets.