Best 5 Small Batch Refrigerator Dill Pickles Recipes
Do you crave crispy, tangy dill pickles, but struggle to find a recipe for a small batch that won't leave you with an excessive amount of leftover pickles? Look no further! This comprehensive guide will provide you with the perfect recipe for creating a small batch of refrigerator dill pickles that will satisfy your cravings and leave you with just the right amount of pickles to enjoy. With straightforward instructions, this recipe ensures a quick and easy pickling process that yields delightful dill pickles in no time. So, gather your ingredients, prepare your jars, and get ready to relish the taste of homemade refrigerator dill pickles.
Here are our top 5 tried and tested recipes!
REFRIGERATOR DILL PICKLES
These pickles taste so fresh and have just the right amount of dill and garlic. They taste great along-side a hotdog on a bun. They also taste great alone as a healthy snack. The pickles should be good for 6 weeks. Enjoy! You can also cut cucumbers into chips if you prefer a pickle chip instead of a spear.
Provided by Tammy Gulgren
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Canning and Preserving Recipes Pickled
Time P3DT25m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Stir water, vinegar, sugar, and sea salt together in a saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil; remove from heat and cool completely.
- Combine cucumber spears, garlic cloves, and fresh dill in a large glass or plastic container. Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cucumber mixture. Seal container with lid and refrigerate for at least 3 days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 13.1 calories, Carbohydrate 3.1 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 0.4 g, Sodium 443.7 mg, Sugar 1.9 g
REFRIGERATOR DILL PICKLES
Easy and economical, Refrigerator Dill Pickles are tangy, zesty and crispy. No one will believe you made them yourself! -Jake Haen, Ocala, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 40m
Yield about 100 pickle spears.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cut each cucumber lengthwise into four spears. In a large bowl, combine the cucumbers, dill, onions and garlic; set aside. In a Dutch oven, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook and stir just until salt is dissolved. Pour over cucumber mixture; cool., Cover tightly and refrigerate for at least 24 hours. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 6 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 103mg sodium, Carbohydrate 1g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein. Diabetic Exchanges
SMALL-BATCH REFRIGERATOR DILL PICKLES
Just want a small amount of pickles with no cooking or processing? This recipe will fix you up with 3 to 4 half pint jars in about 10-15 minutes. The hard part is waiting the week until they are done! The recipe below calls for carrots, but you can use any fresh vegetable--my favorite is (canned) baby corn, but cucumber, green or jalapeño peppers, green beans or even legumes like chickpeas also work. I like making four different kinds with each batch I make. I use half pint canning jars with the plastic screw-on lids that you can buy separately, but you could use any leftover glass jar you have around, as long as it is sterilized before you use it.
Provided by Yobittles
Categories Vegetable
Time 15m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- To make the brine, put water, vinegar, and salt in a small saucepan and heat to boiling. Remove from heat. (You can skip this step, but then your pickles will take longer to mature.).
- Pack each sterilized jar with prepared carrots, 1 sprig of dill, 1 clove of garlic, 1 bay leaf, and some of the mustard seeds, peppercorns, and chili flakes. I like to use miniature baby carrots (Green Giant kind) and just leave them whole. You can sterilize your jars by running them through the dishwasher and then not touching the insides or lip again.
- Pour the hot brine into the jars, filling the jar up to the inner lip (about 1/2" from the top). Screw on a lid and let them sit out on the counter for an hour or two to cool, then put in the fridge.
- Your pickles will be ready in about a week, depending on how thick the veggies are. Baby corn is usually ready in just a few days, but baby carrots take at least a week for the flavor to get to the center.
REFRIGERATOR DILL PICKLES
Using only a handful of pantry ingredients, a Mason jar, and a few hours in the refrigerator, you can make classic dill pickles that are just as tangy and flavorful as those prepared according to more traditional (and labor-intensive) canning techniques. Plus this recipe can be scaled with ease, meaning you can make just one jar or ten in a matter of minutes. So if you're a pickle lover but short on time, this method is for you.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 1h10m
Yield 1 quart
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Bring the vinegar, 1 1/2 cups water and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the salt is dissolved, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Meanwhile, place the peppercorns, red pepper flakes, dill and garlic in a 1-quart Mason (or other glass) jar. Pack the cucumbers in the jar as tightly as possible.
- Pour the vinegar mixture over the cucumbers so the cucumbers are completely submerged. Leave uncovered and allow to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 day before using. The pickles will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
DILL & GARLIC REFRIGERATOR PICKLES BY THE BUCKET-FULL
This is a recipe that I've already requested twice, so I'm posting it to avoid losing it. My husband's best friend's mother makes them every summer and everyone just loves them. She makes them in ice cream pails. I prefer to make them in large jars (like the gallon jars that commercial pickles come in for restaurant use). The pickled onions taste great too! My husband and step-daughter used to fight over them! My dad's wife loves to use the pickles and the onions together on buttered bread for a pickle sandwich! I saw some similar recipes that claimed to be ready earlier, but noticed most didn't have any sugar. These aren't sweet like bread and butter pickles. We have snitched some from the jar earlier than a week, and they were good, but the best flavor is after a week or two. If your cucumbers aren't producing fast enough to make the whole batch, you can refrigerate the extra brine until you have more cucumbers, and then just reheat before using. I've tried these with sliced pickles, but I felt they ended up too sour to be used as hamburger dills, at least for my taste. I think they're best as spears or, if you're using small cucumbers, left whole.
Provided by SrtaMaestra
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 20m
Yield 2 ice cream buckets
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine water, vinegar, canning salt, and sugar in saucepan and bring to boil. Keep hot.
- In the meantime, scrub cucumbers, cutting into spears if using larger cucumbers. Mince or crush garlic. (The smaller the pieces, the stronger the flavor). Slice onion.
- Pack cucumbers into buckets or jars, layering with garlic, onion, and dill. Sprinkle alum over the top.
- Poor hot brine over the cucumbers.
- Refrigerate at least one week before sampling. If kept in airtight container, pickles will keep for months in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 404, Fat 0.9, SaturatedFat 0.3, Sodium 56656, Carbohydrate 80.4, Fiber 4.2, Sugar 64, Protein 5.4
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use fresh cucumbers that are firm and crisp.
- If you don't have a mandoline, you can use a sharp knife to thinly slice the cucumbers.
- Be sure to pack the cucumbers tightly into the jar so that they are completely submerged in the brine.
- Store the pickles in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before eating, but longer is better.
- The pickles will keep for up to 2 months in the refrigerator.
Conclusion:
These small-batch refrigerator dill pickles are a delicious and easy way to enjoy fresh cucumbers. They are perfect for snacking on, adding to sandwiches and salads, or using as a condiment. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can have a jar of delicious pickles that you will love.
Are you curently on diet or you just want to control your food's nutritions, ingredients? We will help you find recipes by cooking method, nutrition, ingredients...
Check it out »
#15-minutes-or-less #time-to-make #course #main-ingredient #preparation #for-large-groups #low-protein #healthy #appetizers #canning #condiments-etc #vegetables #easy #no-cook #refrigerator #beginner-cook #low-fat #vegan #vegetarian #dietary #low-cholesterol #low-saturated-fat #low-calorie #low-carb #inexpensive #low-in-something #carrots #equipment #number-of-servings #technique #unprocessed-freezer
You'll also love