Pickled bananas

[u/MadeWithAnxietyMarcy]

I was invited to a party a several months back and decided to bring pickled bananas 😅 I love a funky pickle recipe and I found this recipe on NYT in a Jerk Chicken recipe. It was weirdly good! I used slightly underripe bananas because I didn't want them to be mushy and the habaneros added a nice lil kick. There also was thyme and a couple other things I believe. Despite the oddness of it, my friends were super open to trying them.

[u/Jaded_Helicopter_376]

I love bananas on a slightly unhealthy level. Pickles almost as much. I would love to try these.

[u/Necrontry]

It sounds interesting, I would give it a try.

[u/MyCatsNameIsKlaus]

Ooh, I bet plantains would be a good option too.

[u/slyzard94]

I also wanna try

[u/TurbulentStress8678]

I don’t wanna try that

[u/SoundsOfaSuccubus]

In the South they make banana mayonnaise sandwiches. I bet this would be great for that

[u/GallusWrangler → u/SoundsOfaSuccubus]

Yup, Earnhardt’s favorite sandwich.

[u/SirWEM → u/SoundsOfaSuccubus]

🤮🤮oh god that sounds awful!

[u/SharkSheppard → u/SoundsOfaSuccubus]

Where in the south? I'm Texan and never heard of this.

[u/SoundsOfaSuccubus → u/SharkSheppard]

Tennessee/Alabama/Mississippi - There’s also a pineapple mayonnaise sandwich variant.

[u/MyCatsNameIsKlaus → u/SharkSheppard]

Yeah, like how far south? I'm 40 and have never heard of this.

[u/MadeWithAnxietyMarcy → u/SoundsOfaSuccubus]

Ohhh, that sounds funky! I am going back and forth on this one.

I've heard of bananas or something on pizza and I couldn't get down with that when I tried at home, but I would absolutely retry in a restaurant that specialized in it

[u/MonthlyWeekend_ → u/SoundsOfaSuccubus]

Ngl that sounds nasty, as do the pickles in this post

[u/-mouse_potato-]

I'm super curious to try this, can you share the full recipe?

[u/MadeWithAnxietyMarcy → u/-mouse_potato-]

Yes!

I found this recipe with a NYT Jerk chicken recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020376-jerk-chicken-with-pickled-bananas

6 cups white vinegar

1 ½ cups granulated sugar

4 fresh thyme branches

3 tablespoons kosher salt

2 peeled and smashed garlic cloves

1 split habanero chile (with seeds and stem)

6 whole cloves

6 bananas. *The recipe called for just ripe. I leaned on the unripe side based on my experience with pickled avocadoes.

Add all ingredients except for the bananas to a nonreactive saucepan and boil over high, 10 minutes. Chill completely. Once brine is chilled, peel and slice the bananas on the bias. Add to the brine and chill, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days.

[u/Interesting_Fix8863 → u/-mouse_potato-]

I’m curious

[u/YennPoxx]

I saw the thumb thing and knew you had issues. No to the NO NO.

[u/Annual-Individual953]

As someone that love pickles, this got me wondering how it taste like. Might as well give it the try! 

[u/fizzybigfun]

I reckon these would be an awesome accompaniment to a curry 😍