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Quick and Spicy Refrigerator Pickles
Are you ready for some instant pickle gratification? My Quick and Spicy Refrigerator Pickles are ready in under an hour ~ and because they're not processed in a hot water bath, they stay extra crunchy!
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 2 pints
Calories: 10 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 8 small pickling cucumbers
- 2 fresh Serrano chili peppers thinly sliced, seeds and all.
- fresh tarragon sprigs
- 2 bay leaves fresh if you can find them
- 1 cup white or white wine vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds
- 1 Tbsp rainbow pepper corns
- 1 tsp allspice berries
- 1 tsp whole coriander
- 2 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick broken in half
- 6 cardamom pods
Instructions
- Cut off the stem end of your cucumbers so that they fit inside your jars, with their tips ending just below the rim. Cut them lengthwise into quarters. Fit the cucumber spears tightly in the jars, with a couple of sprigs of tarragon, the bay leaves, and the Serrano pepper slices fitted in between the spaces.
- Put the spices in a dry pan and toast over medium heat for a few minutes, shaking the pan often. Set aside.
- In a saucepan, heat the vinegar, water, sugar and salt, stirring to dissolve the salt and sugar. Heat to a simmer, then turn off the heat and add the spices. Let cool.
- Pour the liquid into the jars, filling to cover the cucumber spears. Make sure the spices get into the jars as well.
- Cap the jars and refrigerate. You can eat them right away, but they will be more flavorful the next day. They will keep a couple of weeks in the refrigerator.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1spear
Calories
10kcal
(1%)
Carbohydrates
2g
(1%)
Protein
0.4g
(1%)
Fat
0.3g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.02g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.04g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1g
Sodium
219mg
(9%)
Potassium
64mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
30IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
11mg
(1%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2pints
Amount Per Serving
Calories 10
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1spear | |
| Calories | 10kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 2g | 1% |
| Protein | 0.4g | 1% |
| Fat | 0.3g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.02g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 219mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 64mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 30IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 11mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.