Spicy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 6 small pickling cucumbers
• 1 cup distilled white vinegar

  use apple cider vinegar for more sweetness
• 1 cup water
• 3 cloves garlic

  lightly crushed
• 1 tablespoon pickling salt
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 4 sprigs fresh dill weed
• 1-2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon spicy chili flakes

  crushed red pepper
• 1 hot pepper

  sliced (I used a devil’s tongue pepper here, but use any to your preference, like jalapeno, habanero, ghost pepper or hotter)

Instructions

• 1 Slice the cucumbers into ¼ inch slices and pack them into a cleaned pint-sized
  jar, leaving ½ inch of head space.
• 2 Add the vinegar, water, garlic, salt, honey, peppercorns, dill and bay leaf to a
  large pan – along with the chili flakes and sliced hot peppers if you’re making
  a hot version.
• 3 Bring the mixture to a quick boil, then remove from heat and cool slightly.
• 4 Pour the brine into the jar over the cucumbers and cap tightly.
• 5 Refrigerate overnight to let the flavors develop. They will develop even more as
  time goes by.

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