Quick Pickles
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Learn how to make quick pickles with cucumbers and a simple brine with this easy overnight refrigerator dill pickle recipe!
Making pickles doesn’t have to take weeks.
These crisp and refreshing pickles can be made overnight in your fridge, no canning required!
Make a batch today and enjoy them tomorrow on your sandwiches and burgers, in salads, or as a tasty snack.
They are also delicious on top of this cheeseburger casserole or in this chicken salad with pickles.
Ingredients
Here is what you will need to make quick pickles…
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Kosher salt
- 4-5 sprigs fresh dill
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups cucumber (or carrots), sliced or speared
- 2 pint jars or 1 quart jar
Additions and Substitutions
- You can use white vinegar or rice vinegar can be used in place of apple cider vinegar.
- Add 2-4 Tbsp of sugar to the brine for a bit of sweetness.
- Try adding 1/2 – 1 cup thinly sliced onions to the jars along with the cucumbers.
- For some heat add 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes.
- While I demonstrated this quick dill pickle recipe using cucumbers and carrots, you can really pickle pretty much any vegetable: red onion, beets, summer squash, okra, green beans, etc…
How to Make Quick Refrigerator Pickles
Add the cucumbers and dill to glass jars.
In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, bring the water, vinegar, salt, and garlic to a simmer. Continue to simmer, stirring occasionally, until all the salt has dissolved.
Pour the brine over the cucumbers. The cucumbers should be covered with liquid. Top off with cool water if needed to cover all the cucumbers.
Cool for about an hour at room temperature then cover and refrigerator overnight or until serving.
If you like this recipe, you will also love these delicious fried pickle spears and pickles in a blanket!
Recipe FAQ
Kirby cucumbers or other small, firm cucumbers are great for pickling. They have fewer seeds and tend to stay crispy longer and keep their snap.
Homemade pickles will last for several weeks when stored in an airtight jar in the refrigerator.
Quick Pickles
Equipment
- 2 16-ounce mason jars or a 32-ounce (quart) jar
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Kosher salt
- 4-5 sprigs fresh dill
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups cucumber or carrot sliced
Instructions
- Add the cucumbers and dill sprigs to glass jars.
- In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, bring the water, vinegar, salt, and garlic to a simmer. Continue to simmer, stirring occasionally, until all the salt has dissolved.
- Pour the brine over the cucumbers and dill sprigs. The cucumbers should be covered with liquid. Top off with cool water if needed to cover all the cucumbers.
- Cool to room temperature (about an hour) then cover and refrigerator overnight or until serving.
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The photos show fresh dill, but the recipe calls for a tablespoon of what I’m assuming is dried dill. Which is it? I’m looking forward to trying your pickles!
Fresh dill! I will update the recipe to make it clearer, I can see how it was confusing–sorry about that!
Hi! What size jars and how many do you recommend for this recipe? I have half pint and pint jars. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Looks really good.
2 pint jars should do it. I have found that wide-mouth jars are the easiest to use, but any jars will work.
could you use whole onions with this recipe?
I haven’t tried the recipe with whole onions. If you do decide to give it a try please let me know how they come out!
Sounds good. When I try this recipe I will add some whole shallots. I think they may work better than these onions as they are smaller and would even fit into a jar easier.
Could you use dried dill?
I think you get the best flavor with fresh dill. However, you can use 2-3 teaspoons of dry dill weed if you can’t get your hand son any fresh dill.
do you need to sterilize the jars before making these
if so what do you need to do for these.
No need to sterilize the jars for making quick pickles. Of course, you should be sure to use clean jars… but washing with dish soap and warm water is just fine.
Can you leave the dill out and make sweet pickles this way? If so how much sugar?
I haven’t tried making sweet pickles with this recipe.
Anyone know how to print this recipe???
Click on the “print” button in the recipe card to open up a printer-friendly version of the recipe. If you are having trouble finding the recipe card you can use the “Jump to Recipe” button at the top of the post. Enjoy!
lovely prickles
Delicious 😋 made them several times already!!
Great recipe tried it came out delicious Yks