Quick & Easy Homemade Refrigerator Pickles are a super easy recipe. No canning equipment is needed. Just a quick combination of ingredients and the pickles are put into mason jars and ready in 2-3 days! Although the hubs said they are perfect to eat the first day!
Not sure about everyone else, but my garden is busting! I have Kirby cucumbers from the garden just raring to be introduced to some vinegar and make pickles! While I love canning, right now, the weather is so hot and it is exhausting and I love easy recipes! These refrigerator pickles are just the easiest way to have homemade tasty pickles without a fuss!
What I love about these refrigerator pickles, besides being quick and easy, you can use any flavor of vinegar and change up your ingredients! I usually use white vinegar, but cider vinegar is just as tasty! The hubs loves spicy food so I add in jalapeno or any hot pepper for him. If you don't have Kirby cucumbers, hit the farmers market or your grocery store because these are so easy to make and so delicious! Feel free to try pickling other vegetables! I have lots of green beans and peppers in the garden, so I always use this recipe to pickle them.
My family loves this recipe and I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Just a quick combination of vinegar, water, salt, and sugar gets warmed to melt the salt and sugar. Then just cut your cucumbers and chop your garlic, onion, and herbs! Put in your mason jars and try and wait to eat these delicious treats! My family starts stealing them on day 1! These are fabulous to bring to a BBQ or a hostess gift! Trust me, they will want you back often as long as you bring these along!
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📖 Recipe
Easy Homemade Refrigerator Pickles
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Ingredients
- 2 cups white vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 2 Tablespoons Kosher salt
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 6 Kirby cucumbers sliced thin or quartered
- 4 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- 2 green onions chopped
- 2 Tablespoons black peppercorns
- 2 Tablespoons pickling spice
- 5-6 sprigs fresh dill
- ½ - 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
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Instructions
- In a medium-sized saucepan, over medium heat, add 2 cups white vinegar, 2 cups water, 2 Tablespoons Kosher salt, and 2 Tablespoons white granulated sugar. Stir occasionally to heat ingredients to melt ingredients, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Divide the chopped garlic, green onion, whole black peppercorns, pickling spices, and dill between the jars. If adding red pepper flakes, add now.
- Divide the sliced or quartered cucumbers between the jars. Pack the jars full with the cucumbers
- Divide the vinegar brine mixture between the jars. Make sure the cucumbers are completely covered with the brine. Let mixture cool.
- Cover with mason jar tops. Keep in fridge until ready to eat
- Ready to eat in 2 days.
NOTES
These rarely last a few days in my house but they can keep for about a month in fridge. Note 1: Use either four 1 pint mason jars or two 1 quart mason jars.
Tammy Lee
We made your pickles last week and we just finished them. I should have tripled the recipe. They were delicious and easy to make.
Eileen xo
You made my day Tammy! Happy you are enjoying the pickles. These are my favorite too! So easy and delish!
Kathy Kenny Ngo
Homemade pickles are the best! We always do homemade pickles during weekends together with my mom.
Marielle Altenor
I love pickled veggies. We made a batch two weeks ago and now after being in the fridge it taste so so good!
Katy
I love pickles. I've never tried making them, I honestly had no idea how and assumed it was hard. Your recipe looks great and easy.
Azlin Bloor
Great tutorial, this is how I grew up making many of the pickles we served on special occasions. These would be lovely with so many things!
Berlin
Will surely go well with the sandwiches i often serve my boys.
Liz Mays
Oh neat! I bet these are incredibly flavorful. I'd really like to make them for use in recipes.
Kendra
I've never made homemade pickles before, but you make it seem easy! I'll have to give it a try!
Melissa Llado
I love pickles. I bet the dill makes them super yummy.
Dhemz
wow, that easy? I always thought that making pickles is complicated. Thanks for sharing!
Rachel Mouton
These look so good and easy! I might just give them a try 🙂
Karlyn Cruz
Oh, I will make that. I never thought that you can do pickles and keep them in the fridge!
Carol Cassara
This is the perfect way to use all of those lovely cucumbers growing in your garden, that's for sure! I would love to make one of these at home, I'm sure my husband will love it!
Elizabeth O.
We're not that huge on pickles although it would really be nice to make them homemade! This recipe sounds delightful and I agree, they're perfect to bring to picnics and barbecues!
Cynthia Nicoletti
So interesting. Love this idea !! I will try this for sure. Thanks for sharing
William Sweeney
I have never made pickles before at home. This sounds like it's easy to make up at home.
Melanie Smith
You had me at quick and easy hahaha. Great recipe!
tara pittman
What a great way to save all those garden veggies. I do love pickles!