Name: Nothin' Sweet About These Spicy Refrigerator Pickles
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Water - 1 ¼ cups; White vinegar - 1 ¼ cups; Pickling salt - 2 ½ teaspoons; Whole Tellicherry peppercorns - 1 teaspoon; Yellow mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon; Brown mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon; White sugar - ½ teaspoon; Crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste - ¼ teaspoon; Pickling cucumbers - 6; White onion, sliced - ¼ small; Fresh dill - 8 sprigs; Garlic, slightly crushed - 1 clove

Nothin' Sweet About These Spicy Refrigerator Pickles

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Ingredients for - Nothin' Sweet About These Spicy Refrigerator Pickles

1. Water - 1 ¼ cups

2. White vinegar - 1 ¼ cups

3. Pickling salt - 2 ½ teaspoons

4. Whole Tellicherry peppercorns - 1 teaspoon

5. Yellow mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon

6. Brown mustard seeds - ½ teaspoon

7. White sugar - ½ teaspoon

8. Crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste - ¼ teaspoon

9. Pickling cucumbers - 6

10. White onion, sliced - ¼ small

11. Fresh dill - 8 sprigs

12. Garlic, slightly crushed - 1 clove

How to cook deliciously - Nothin' Sweet About These Spicy Refrigerator Pickles

1. Stage

Combine water, vinegar, salt, peppercorns, yellow and brown mustard seeds, sugar, and crushed red pepper flakes in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until sugar and salt have dissolved, 5 to 7 minutes. Allow mixture to cool, about 30 minutes.

2. Stage

Cut cucumbers into even spears and pack into a 1-liter, large-mouthed glass jar. Add onion slices, dill sprigs, and garlic. Pour cooled vinegar mixture over cucumbers in the jar to cover completely. Seal with a lid and refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.