Quick Pickles

white vinegar, eyeball it

sugar

mustard seed

salt

cracked garlic

dill dill leaves, chopped or snipped

bay leaf

cucumbers,

Heat small saucepan over medium high heat. Add vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, salt, and garlic to the pan and cook until it begins to simmer and sugar dissolves. Toss the dill, bay leaf, and sliced cucumbers together in a heat-proof bowl. Pour the simmering liquid over the cucumbers and stir to evenly coat. Allow to cool to room temperature or chill before serving.

I had an abundance of cucumbers from our garden and came across this recipe…I really didn’t have any expectations bc I’m “old school” and canning is just what I know. THIS…WAS…AWESOME!!! As others have commented, I added more garlic and included pepper flakes and reduced the sugar. I also poured them into clean jars while it was still warm and placed in fridge. They sealed as they cooled…I shook the jars ever so often to ensure all the brine covered the pickles. I loved this recipe and how easy it was to adapt to your liking!! I highly encourage you to try this…beginner friendly! 

Consistently good… no need to measure exactly… very forgiving 

I make these pickles all the time.  Huge hit at gatherings. They keep in the fridge for a couple of months. I do add 3 to 4 cloves of garlic per jar.  Great for an afternoon snack.

I'd cut sugar back a bit (personal taste) and usually add extra garlic and sometimes will throw in red pepper flakes.

Whole family loves these pickles!  My brother-in-law has a garden and there are always tons of cucs. Set out looking for an easy pickle recipe. This is it!!  I cut sugar back a bit (personal taste) and usually add extra garlic and sometimes will throw in red pepper flakes.  It is so easy to customize for different palates.  A keeper!   Note:  because I use bigger cucumbers I will double or triple the pickling liquid.

Great classic pickle! I added crushed red pepper flakes and 2 more cloves of garlic to get it a little more zing. 

This is an awesome recipe. I made these to go on top of a BBQ sandwich and they were perfect. 

Great idea, thank you!  But super small batch.  I doubled it, and it still wasn't enough for filling 1 jar, so I backfilled with RO Water so as not to alter the flavor with treated water.  Often times these recipes call for 1:1 vinegar to water ratio.    Looking for a way to make them crispier, considering adding some potassium chloride in addition to the sodium chloride (table salt) called for in the recipe.  Anyone have experience with doing that?

This is a great recipe.  I have used it at least 50 times.  I leave out the dill and use if for red onions, too.

Perfect!!!! I didn’t realize how easy it was to make pickles. I love this recipe and have made it three times in the last two weeks. Very forgiving for different varieties of cucumbers. 

Been making these pickles for 30 years from the old Frugal Gourmet recipe cookbook I use to have.  Glad to find it again!  Delicious.

Fantastic!

Super easy and extra tasty!  Will definitely make again!

I loved this it was so easy and these made the best pickles I loved it. my whole family really loved them. I only had to add more vinegar because it wasn't enough for the amount of cucumbers. 

I needed pickles to be used for lunch. Did these quick pickles in 5 mins and they tasted great! Thanks for the lovely recipe 

I use apple cider vinegar, celery salt &amp; way more garlic. I’ve made this recipe about 100 times now. Everyone loves it. Thank you Rachael Ray!

Great base recipe. I strongly recommend doubling the pickling liquid and cutting the cucumbers more thinly if you like your pickles more pickly and less cucumbery. I add crushed red pepper flakes and carrots to this. 

This is our favorite pickle recipe!  Very tasty even for larger cukes!

Super easy and delicious. I added a little diced onion. I may never buy supermarket pickles again. 

I just made this with cukes from the garden, pretty good and quick. I added some grated ginger

This was great. I did it without the sugar and added 1 dried chile pepper

This is a great recipe.  I doubled it and subbed in stone ground mustard with powder and added red chili flakes as others suggested.  I also used half cider vinegar because that was all I had on hand.  Pickles would be prettier with all white wine vinegar but they are delicious!  I can't wait to make a Cuban sandwich, now!

Perfect! I followed the recipe minus the bay leaf, they were such a big hit that I'm making them again today. One friend took some home and made fried pickles with them. Doubling the recipe this time.

I use this even as one of my canning recipes. It is a favorite from everyone who's tried it

Used this to make a quick pickle salad with several different kinds of veggies. VERY TASTY! Based on other reviews, I made extra - especially since I was making a batch to last for several days. I used a carrot, cucumber, beet, onion, radishes, and the last little bit of celery I had in the fridge. YUM! This'll definitely make the seasonal rotation from here on out!

These were okay.  Next time I will cool the liquid before adding it to the cucumbers.  It was better before it softened and we ate them 2 hours after making them.  Double the liquid too so it completely covers the cucumbers.

Easy, delicious and quick! Perfect side on a 90 degree evening! Thank you!!!

Love this recipe! Especially since it's so easy and quick! I didn't have mustard seeds so I substituted with coriander seeds plus added just a bit of red pepper flakes. Absolutely delicious!!

Mother Never Wrote Down A Similar Recipe. Thank Goodness For Curiosity! Thank You,Ms.Rachael For A Memory That Is Truly FAB &amp; Lasting. Pickles Are For A Meal,So Truly Prepare In This Quanity. Crisp,Sweet~Tangy &amp; Delicious! We Ate Like Candy Cold &amp; Refreshing. 

Very nice and quick. Will it keep more than a few weeks in fridge though?

WOW! I've always been nervous about making pickles because of the big water bath process, but this recipe doesn't require any complex processes. I made quick pickles just a little while ago and am eating them now! YUM! They are nice and crunchy, got a good vinegar bite with a little sweetness. Next time I might try half white vinegar and half apple cider vinegar just to see what that's like. Note: I also tried A*** G's quick and easy pickles and tossed out the liquid after I tasted it. Just too salty and bland. Had to re-do those. This will be my go-to for the next 99 pickles that will be coming out of my garden this summer!

Delish! First time and turn out tasty.A co- worker and her daughter really love it.I also added a small amount of rice vinegar, whole corrainder seeds and gloves.Thank you.  

These pickles are the easiest and the best! If you have never attempted making pickles, be sure to give this recipe a try. They ARE addictive!

Simple and delish.  My son are the entire batch.  Who knew pickling could be so easy.  The directions are great and imperfect measuring is not a big deal.  

I had to triple the recipe for all the cucumbers I had.  I did not have mustard seeds on hand, so I substituted Grey Poupon Harvest Coarse Ground mustard (it has the same ingredients as the recipe, plus a little white wine---I thought, why not??  These pickles are deliciously addicting!!

I doubled the recipe to have plenty of brine.  OMG! These are so tasty and easy to make.  My family laughed at me when I said I was going to make pickles.  They can't get  enough of these. Who's laughing now!!  I used Bush Pickles from my container garden and they came out super crisp.  I will be canning some of these to keep them around all year.  

I tripled the liquid part (had a large, lock-lid jar to fill and I used some other veggies along with the cukes. I blanched green beans and cauliflower, ice-water bath to them, and added those along with some rings of the red, yellow, and orange sweet peppers. The jar was not only colorful, but everyone just loved the veggie pickles! I put a large fork beside the jar on the picnic table, and they helped themselves. I can't wait to experiment with other things as they come out of my daughters garden! Thank you for a great, quick recipe!

Yum! I used an English cucumber and sliced it as that was what I had on hand. I also sliced the garlic to infuse more of that flavor. I had to put in a seal tight container to keep myself out of it. Lol. Very, very good and quick. Going to use them for my BBQ tomorrow along with potato salad and Tyler's Ultimate barbecued chicken. 

Good and easy recipe. I ended up needing to double the amounts to make the brine for the 4 kirby cucumbers. 

OMG! This pickle recipe is AWESOME!   Great recipe Rachel!

Fabulous, although I will agree that the pickles needed more brine, so I made double.  Will definitely repeat!

I'm not a big fan of Rachael Ray but I really love this pickle recipe. Everyone at our BBQ loved them too. It's so quick and easy to make. I would recommend this recipe to everyone. 

I know that I love pickles with lots of garlic, but I did not know what to do with the zillions of cucumbers my first garden yielded, so I tried this recipe (with extra garlic) for starters and loved it! It is so basic that a slight sub here and there is fine...My household gobbled the first batch, with both white and cider vinegars, so I made a second batch with whatever I had left of each. The proportion was different but the results were still great. I also incorporated them into cuban sandwiches-- delicious! 

My family and friends love them!  They were very easy and now the kids want them in the refrigerator all the time.  I will for sure serve these at our next party!

We can large quantities of pickles every year but amazingly enough we go through them.  This is a great recipes for the time you want pickles in 20 minutes.  We used cider vinegar for a more true tasting dill pickle recipe.  Excellent recipe and we used the brine again for future recipes.  

I shouldn't have bothered canning these pickles because they were so tasty I ate them within a few days. I want to try them without canning, though, because it made the pickles soft and mushy (still delicious but not quite the crisp store bought pickle I was looking for). When canning I doubled the brine and used only 12oz of cucumber from my garden (2 smallish cucumbers). It made 1.5 pints of pickles.

This is really an excellent recipe. I followed most of the other reviewers' suggestions, and added some pieces of green pepper and Vidalia onions. I might make this again using only the peppers and/or onions.  One thing I didn't like about the recipe itself was the instruction to add "rounded" teaspoons of sugar. That's a bit too inexact for pickles. I also agree that the garlic should be chopped or crushed. A whole, cracked garlic clove can't really impart much flavor to quick pickles; it doesn't have time to infuse the brine.  Other than that, excellent.

I think Rachel Ray has great recipes and they are very easy to make. My family loves these quick pickles and so do I.

I couldn't believe how quick and easy this recipe was and my family loved them!

I was surprised by how good these were. They were absolutely delicious. Normally I don't like pickles that are at all sweet, but the sugar was a nice balance. They were so good we ate them all before they were completely chilled. Next time I'll make a bigger batch so there are some to save! For as simple as the recipe was, the instant delicious results were a shock. I agree that it would work better with more liquid. Also, I think the brine would be delicious for blanched cauliflower or green beans, as I believe Racheal suggested in the show.

i made these pickles when i had friends over for dinner i told them i made the pickles in about 10 minutes they didn't beleive me so i had to make some while they were lucky i had more cukes or they would have thought i was lying they are just so good

These were easy, fast, fun and so good!  I made them for part of an ante pasta plate and they were a huge hit!

I love all of her recipes. a great meal is a Rachael Rayciepe Meal!  david

I found these pickles crisp, full of flavor, and very easy to make.  I will make these many times!

I was debating whether to give it 4 or 5 stars. If you just let them sit until they're chilled, it's a 4.  After 3 days, when the cukes had time to marinate, they're a 5.  There were some changes I made.  I agree with the person who suggested doubling the liquid.  Next time I would even triple all the ingredients.  I think that it's better when all the cukes are submerged in the liquid.  I added 6 cloves of smashed garlic and that just wasn't enough. When I make them again I will either mince or press the garlic to intensify the flavor.  With the 6 cloves I really didn't even taste the garlic after 3 days.  I would add more salt as well.  The vinegar to sugar ratio was perfect.  After all that I still gave it a 5!

I love this recipe and my daughter loves helping me make this.

These were very quick and easy to make. I altered the recipe somewhat by slicing the cucumber thin (1/4 inch or so) and adding more garlic (2 cloves instead of 1), and it was still very good. My only suggestion would be to double the amount of liquid you make so it will better coat the cucumbers.

This reciepe was so easy and truly quick and the results were outstanding. Everyone enjoyed them and I cannot wait to serve to my co-workers for our 4th of July picnic. That's Rachel, keep'em coming!!

quick pickles

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Rachael Ray : Food Network

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