How To Quick Pickle Vegetables! Crunchy, tangy and just something special. Learn how to quick pickle your favorite vegetables like cauliflower, carrots, radishes and cucumbers!
I can’t believe it’s August and we have about a month left of summer! For the past few weeks, I’ve attended a few farm dinners and have had some amazing meals. I’m working on a separate blog post to share some of the wonderful experiences we’ve had this summer.
As we move into September and back to school, my mind is focusing on easy and healthy weeknight dinners, make ahead meals and healthy snacks for kids. I am a supporter of meal planning during the school year but if you can’t get on board with that, I believe that you simply have to keep a well stocked refrigerator (with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables) and a well stocked pantry.
I believe that if you have the right ingredients and food items in the kitchen, you’re more equipped to be able to make dinner on a weeknight without stressing and you won’t be ordering takeout or pizza. In addition to fruits and vegetables, I love keeping pickled vegetables in my fridge. They are so versatile and great with just about anything! On grain bowls, in salads, on nachos, pizza, in tacos, wraps, sandwiches. . even on a cheese and charcuterie board! You can seriously whip these out for just about anything!
Do you know how easy it is to quick pickle vegetables?! This is just a very basic recipe below. You can always add more flavor or spice to your pickling liquid if you want! And feel free to cut or slice your veggies however you want them! For tacos, I prefer to julienne my vegetables, as show above. Enjoy!
How To Quick Pickle Vegetables
Equipment
- mason jars with lids or any jar with well fitting lid
Ingredients
- Assortment of vegetables: carrots, radishes, cauliflower, asparagus, cucumbers, red onions cut into sticks or chunks, sliced thin or julienned
- spices, fresh herbs, a cinnamon stick any additional seasoning or spices as mentioned above
- 3 cups vinegar*
- 3 cups water
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar optional; add more if more sweetness is desired
- 3 tablespoons kosher salt
Instructions
- Place your seasonings, fresh herbs and spices into jars. Place prepped and cut veggies directly into large, clean mason jars.
- Using a large pot, bring the vinegar, water, salt and sugar to a light boil, whisking until all of the sugar and salt is dissolved. You do not need a roaring boil. . you just want the sugar and salt to dissolve and then remove from the heat. Ladle or pour the hot liquid over the vegetables, individually in their mason jars. Seal the jars with the lids securely.
- Let sit until the liquid has cooled, for about 25 to 30 minutes and then place into the refrigerator overnight. For best results, wait 24 to 48 hours before opening. The pickled vegetables are best up to 1 to 2 weeks in the refrigerator in the covered and sealed mason jars. Enjoy!
Notes
Great taste Fantastic Recipe I Love this
Thank you!! Hope you try!
It really is amazing how good pickled vegetables can be with so many things! And they are so easy!
Is there any way to pickle veggies without all that sugar??
Hi Tracey! I tried to show the easiest way to quick pickle vegetables: all you need are the basic ingredients of vinegar, sugar and water. . but these measurements will make a big batch. You can certainly cut down the amount of sugar and everything else and it makes less pickling/brining liquid. For example, you can use ½ cup vinegar and only 1 Tbsp. sugar but this only yields like a cup. I figure if you’re going to pickle stuff, you might as well pickle a lot. BUT here’s what you can do: reduce the amount of sugar, and add fresh herbs, such as thyme, dill, or rosemary and some whole spices, like black peppercorns, coriander, or mustard seeds, or even dried herbs or ground spices or garlic. . so adding other things that can help balance and add flavor. Hope this helps! Thank you!