Description
Quick and tangy bread & butter refrigerator pickles deliver a zesty crunch that elevates any sandwich or snack. Crisp cucumber slices swim in a sweet-and-sour brine, promising a refrigerator staple you’ll want to make again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Vegetables:
- 1 pound (452 g) kirby or other pickling cucumbers
- 0.5 large onion, thinly sliced
Vinegars:
- 1 cup (240 g) white vinegar
- 0.5 cup (119.5 g) cider vinegar
- 0.5 cup (120 g) filtered water
Spices and Seasonings:
- 0.75 cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons (36 g) fine sea salt or pickling salt
- 1 tablespoon (11 g) whole yellow mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon (10 g) whole black peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
Instructions
- Meticulously cleanse glass containers with scalding water to eliminate potential bacterial contamination, ensuring pristine storage conditions for your pickles.
- Transform fresh cucumbers into slim, elegant spears or delicate rounds, selecting your preferred cut with precision and care.
- Create a harmonious layering technique inside sanitized jars, strategically nestling cucumber segments alongside whisper-thin onion slices for optimal flavor integration.
- Generously cascade peppercorns, mustard seeds, and celery seed across the vegetable landscape, distributing aromatic spices with artistic intention.
- Craft a vibrant brine by gently heating vinegar varieties, water, salt, and sugar in a saucepan, stirring until crystalline ingredients dissolve completely into a translucent liquid.
- Cascade the warm vinegar mixture over the waiting vegetables, ensuring complete submersion and allowing minimal air pockets for maximum pickling potential.
- Firmly seal jars and transfer to refrigeration, permitting flavoralchemy to unfold over 24-48 hours as ingredients meld and transform.
- After patient marination, unveil your tangy refrigerator pickles – a crisp, zesty delicacy ready to elevate any culinary experience and promising refrigerated preservation for approximately two weeks.
Notes
- Crisp, tangy pickles await your taste buds with this simple refrigerator method that transforms ordinary cucumbers into a zesty snack.
- Fresh ingredients and minimal cooking create a quick pickle solution perfect for summer gatherings or spontaneous cravings.
- Homemade preservation technique delivers restaurant-quality results without complex canning processes or specialized equipment.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Appetizer
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 55
- Sugar: 19 g
- Sodium: 585 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg