How To Make Refrigerator Dill Pickles
How To Make Refrigerator Dill Pickles at home with fresh cucumbers from the garden or Farmers market. Making homemade pickles is easy.
Ingredients
- 3 large Kirby Cucumbers
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup 5% white vinegar
- 1 tbs pickling salt
- 2 whole garlic cloves (peeled)
- 8 sprigs sprigs of dill
- 1 tsp pepper corns
- ½ tsp hot pepper flakes
Instructions
- Sterilize 2 pint jars + lids
- Put 1 garlic clove into the bottom of each jar. Add 4 dill springs to each jar. Divide the pepper corns and hot pepper flakes between the two jars.
- Wash and trim the ends of your cucumbers. Cut into thin rounds or spears and pack into the jars tightly.
- To make the brine boil the water, vinegar and pickling salt.
- Pour the boiling brine into the jars over the cucumbers and put the lids on the jars.
- Let cool on the counter and then refrigerate.
- The pickles will be ready in about a week. I tasted mine after 4 days and they were awesome.
Recipe Expert Tips
- This makes 2 pints or 1 quart of pickles.
- Please follow proper safety measures for food storage when canning or pickling!
Nutrition
Serving: 1SpearCalories: 82kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 3520mgPotassium: 623mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 525IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 91mgIron: 1mg
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