Homemade Refrigerator Pickles
These delicious and easy refrigerator pickles will be your favorite new summer garden recipe!
Equipment
- 1 Large Kettle
- 1 Empty Ice Cream Bucket or larger plastic food-grade container
Ingredients
- 1 Ice Cream Bucket full of Sliced Cucumbers
- 2 Chopped Onions 1 for the bottom of the bucket & 1 for the top of the bucket
- 6 Heads Dill (green seeded) 3 for the bottom of the bucket & 3 for the top of the bucket
- 1.5 tsp. Garlic Powder 3/4 tsp for the bottom of the bucket & 3/4 tsp for the top of the bucket
Pickle Brine
- 6 cups Water
- 3 cups Vinegar
- 1/3 cup Canning Sea Salt
- 3/4 cup Sugar
Instructions
- Combine the brine ingredients (water, vinegar, sea salt, and sugar) into a large kettle and boil for 5 minutes
- Let brine cool down. Slice up cucumbers and onion in the meantime
- Add 3/4 tsp of garlic powder, 3 heads of green seeded dill, and 1 chopped onion to your ice cream bucket
- Add in sliced cucumbers to ice cream bucket
- Add another 3/4 tsp of garlic powder, 3 heads of green seeded dill, and 1 chopped onion to your ice cream bucket
- Pour cooled brine over entire bucket. This will be brimming but try your best not to overfill
- Cover the ice cream bucket and place in the refrigerator for 3 days
- Enjoy! (keep pickles stored in the refrigerator)