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Spicy Garlic Pickles

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  • Active Time

    20 minutes

  • Total Time

    35 minutes, plus cooling time

These spicy pickles pack a mean punch. Toss them into salads for a sharp bite or use them as a fun garnish on your weekend Bloody Marys. This brine is also great with green beans or asparagus.

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups

2 cups white vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons kosher salt
6 garlic cloves, halved
1 Fresno chile, thinly sliced into rings, seeded
1 pound button mushrooms, trimmed, quartered
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
  1. Step 1

    Bring vinegar, sugar, salt, and 2 cups water to a boil in a medium pot over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 10 minutes.

    Step 2

    Place garlic, chile, mushrooms, and red pepper flakes in a heatproof resealable container or jar (divide among several containers if necessary). Pour hot brining liquid over mushroom mixture. Let cool to room temperature, then cover and chill at least 2 hours before serving.

Cooks' Note

Pickles can be chilled in a resealable container for up to 3 weeks.

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  • 我这昨天心血来潮当我意识到我had everything in the cupboard. Very happy with how these turned out, but one thing I'll mention is that my mushrooms floated in the pickling liquid. I had to engineer a solution to push the mushrooms down so that the fluid completely covered them. Excellent.

    • Steve Hilll

    • Bristol, England.

    • 8/10/2022

  • I Disagree With You Kirby 17 , Mushrooms As In Pickled Are Not Pickles !!! Now This Recipe Should Have Said Pickled Mushrooms Or Garlic Or Fresno's , But There Is NOT A Pickle In It !!! You Can Pickle Almost Anything , But That Does Not Make It A Pickle (i.e. Pickled Pears , Peaches , Peppers , Pearl Onions , Are Pickled , But Not A Pickle One In It ) !!! Got To Have Cucumbers For Pickles !!!

    • lillythedog

    • Kansas City Mo. Home Of The Chiefs Kingdom !!!

    • 2/20/2020

  • These are the bomb! I've already made 4 jars just this week. They don't last long in my fridge. Great recipe, thanks!

    • rgdavis1

    • Birmingham, AL

    • 4/27/2017

  • I agree with the last reviewer--anything pickled is a pickle and this recipe is awesome. Very spicy! I made it with mushrooms and they were gone in no time. People who don't make the recipe shouldn't leave bad reviews or any for that matter.

    • kirby17

    • Los Angeles

    • 4/27/2017

  • Sorry folks, but pickling is a process. Do you have a pickle confused with a cucumber? Good recipe!!

    • ljkaia

    • VA

    • 4/19/2017

  • didn't know pickles looked mushrooms after pickling

    • mac39

    • CT

    • 6/14/2016

  • What??? This recipe says "pickles" shouldn't it be pickled mushrooms?

    • milliestovel

    • 7/10/2015

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