Chef John's Bread and Butter Pickles

Chef John's Bread and Butter Pickles

from allrecipes.com
Condiment
20 min
38 kcal / serving

Crunchy bread and butter pickles made with pickling cucumbers, vinegar, sugar, spices, and jalapeño for just the right amount of heat and sweet.

Ingredients

  • 2 poundspickling cucumbers, sliced
  • ½yellow onion, sliced
  • 2red jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced into rings
  • 3 tablespoonskosher salt
  • 2 cupsdistilled white vinegar
  • 2 cupswhite sugar
  • ¼ cupwater
  • 2 clovesgarlic, sliced
  • 1 tablespoonmustard seed
  • 1 teaspooncelery seeds
  • 1 teaspoonwhole black peppercorns
  • ½ teaspoonground turmeric
  • ⅛ teaspoonground cloves

Directions

  1. 1

    Combine cucumbers, onion, and peppers in a bowl; pour kosher salt over the top and stir to coat completely. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, 2 to 4 hours. Rinse cucumber mixture in a colander under cold water until all salt is washed away, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain.

  2. 2

    Stir vinegar, sugar, water, garlic, mustard seed, celery seed, peppercorns, turmeric, and ground cloves together in a saucepan; bring to a simmer and cook until brine flavors combine, about 2 minutes. Add cucumber mixture to brine; heat until almost boiling, remove from heat, and cool completely. Transfer to jars and store in the refrigerator.