Name: Sweet and Spicy Quick Pickles
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1440 min
Ingredients: 2 large cucumbers; 1 red onion; 1 1/2 cups white vinegar (I like to add a splash of apple cider vinegar); 1/2 cup honey; 1 scant TBSP salt; 1 tsp celery salt; 1 tsp red pepper flakes (add more if you like spicy things); 1 1/2 cups ice cubes

The quick pickle is a thing of beauty. They're ready in about 24 hours, they involve zero fermenting and zero canning and last for almost a week in the fridge!

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I love quick pickles. If you’ve ever made real pickles you know it involves a lot of work but the quick pickle is a thing of beauty. They’re ready in about 24 hours, they involve zero fermenting and zero canning. Sweet and Spicy Quick Pickles make great gifts too, so maybe double the batch and share with friends?

Sweet and Spicy Quick Pickles

Have you ever made real fermented pickles? They’re delicious but SO much work, seriously. And then if they don’t turn out or they go bad you’ve lost all your produce AND you don’t have pickles.

Or have you canned pickles with brines and salts and pressure canning? Yes, we love them too but seriously again so much work. These Sweet and Spicy Quick Pickles give you pickles in 24 hours and take less than 20 minutes to make.

You won’t be pulling them out of your pantry all winter long but you can whip up endless batches of them as long as you can get your hands on fresh cukes. And that’s the trick, in Alaska anyway, as many fresh cukes as you can get.

A glass jar containing slices of cucumbers and onions in a quick pickling solution, viewed from above.

ENJOY!

Sweet and Spicy Quick Pickles

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The quick pickle is a thing of beauty. They’re ready in about 24 hours, they involve zero fermenting and zero canning and last for almost a week in the fridge!

Course: Appetizer, Condiment, Snack, Vegetables

Cuisine: American, Paleo, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 5

refrigeration: 24

Total Time: 1

Servings: servings

Calories: 44kcal

Author: Laura

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Ingredients

2 large cucumbers
1 red onion
1 1/2 cups white vinegar I like to add a splash of apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup honey
1 scant TBSP salt
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp red pepper flakes add more if you like spicy things
1 1/2 cups ice cubes

Instructions

slice the cucumbers and onions and toss together in a mixing bowl
in a sauce pan bring the vinegar, honey, pepper flakes, celery seed and salt to a boil and remove from the heat
stir in the ice until it's melted
cool until lukewarm
pack the cucumbers in the quart jars and pour the cooled brine over them, don't worry if there isnt enough brine the salt in the brine will bring out the juice of the cucumbers making more brine
add lids and refrigerate for at least 24 hours
keep in the fridge and use within 5 days