Quick Homemade Refrigerator Pickles
You want homemade pickles without all the canning fuss? This is for you. These are quick, easy, and sooooo tasty. All you gotta do is throw all the ingredients together, mix well, and slap ’em in the fridge . Viola! – pickles -homemade by you. Let’s go!
Here’s the recipe:
| Prep Time: 30 Minutes | Ready In: 90 minutes Difficulty: Easy | Servings: 40 |
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INGREDIENTS:
- 7 cups cucumbers, peeled and sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup diced red onion
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
Put the peeled and sliced cucumbers in a large mixing bowl. I left some of the peeling on – adds color and interest. Add the salt and mix well.
Put the cukes in the fridge for an hour. While they are hanging out in the fridge, dice your onion, and measure out your other ingredients. When the cukes are done resting in the fridge, get them out, add the diced onion,
sugar,
vinegar,
and celery seed.
Mix well to make sure the sugar dissolves. And that’s it – you’re done. Put the pickles in a container and refrigerate. I put mine in canning jars so they look pretty.
Your homemade pickles will keep in the fridge for about 3 weeks, if you don’t eat them all by then.
I doubled this recipe as I’m swimming in cucumbers from the garden. And I used onion from the garden too. So satisfying to enjoy the fruits of one’s labor.
Tomorrow I’ll share my recipe for Roast Chicken and Homemade Stuffing with onion.
Roast chicken?
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They ~do~ look pretty, I will definitely make some! I didn’t grow up with refrigerator pickles, but it seems everyone native to MD (where I’ve lived for the last 20 years) eats them. I’ve never had measurements before, so NOW maybe I can make them too 🙂 Thanks!
Hi Janet,
Happy Pickle making!
Wow, I love this. I make something like this but more I’m kind of winging it so they never come out the same. Id love to try these!
Tracy
Hi Crazy Suburban Mom,
Please do – they are so easy and tasty.
Mmmm, they look good. My mom used to make something very similar except she combined the sugar and vinegar in a saucepan, heated it to a boil where all the sugar dissolved, then cooled it and put the cucumbers/onion in. Either way, it’s a delicious treat in the hot summer. I’ll bet they won’t last 3 weeks!
Hi Vivian,
I heard of doing the sugar and vinegar that way, but I tried just mixing it all together cold, and it worked out fine.
Our pickles aren’t going to last the 3 weeks either.
Yay, Yay, Yay!!! 🙂 They look delicious! Can’t wait to try them.
Hi Girl with a Camera,
Go for it.
Oh Suzanne!! Those pickles look heavenly!! I love pickles, and I know I will love these even more!! I did not grow cucumbers this year, so as soon as I can get to our local farm and buy some….I will be making them pronto!
Hi Bonnie,
I hope you like them!
Thanks for stopping.
I love refrigerator pickles, and I just picked my first cucumbers today! I love the way you peeled them to leave some color–very creative!
Hi Teresa,
Thank you!
Your pickle is cool. And it’s sweet-sour! I must try it. Our Indian pickles come loaded with red chillies, devised to set the tongue on fire. I’m sure your next recipe will be delish too although, being a vegetarian, I fully agree with the look of the chicken in the cartoon.
Hi Shailaja,
Oh dear, I’d rather not have my tongue on fire so I’ll pass on the chillies.
Thank you for dropping by.
Hello Suzanne,
Thank you for posting this recipe. I just love cucumbers and can’t wait to try it 🙂
Hi Noelle,
Thank you!
Those look so yummy and so pretty! This was really my first year with a container vegetable garden, and ours did not produce nearly as well as the ones in the book we purchased on container gardens. lol We still have some work to do before I can start jarring things, I guess.
Hi Topaz,
Cheat and go buy them from a farmer’s market. 🙂
This sounds really amazing. I think it will goes well with many of my dish! I love it 🙂
Hello Tes,
Thank you!
Will do have tons of cucumbers in the garden! They pickles look so pretty in the jars!
Love your post, as always,
-Kristina-
Great directions and very easy to follow step by step. I bet they are good.~~Dee
Hi Dee,
Thank you for stopping by. I took a peek at your blog – very informative and great pics too!
Suzanne
YUM. I think I will make some to go with my supper tonight. Thank you for sharing
My grandmother and mom made refrigerator pickles when I was a kid, and have always loved them. They used white vinegar, sugar, andd sometimes just a bit of water, mixed together cold and popped in cuke slices and onions cut into rings. The onions always go fast around me. Saw this yesterday and had to make up a batch, which we will enjoy with ribs tonight.
Hi GinMT,
Wonderful, hope you enjoyed the pickles!
Suzanne,
I made these this evening and they are wonderful! I got 2 big mason jars from just 3 big cukes from the Farmer’s market. I also halved some small tomatoes and included them (I remember a Russian friend of mine who made this with cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and red beets – she would also add a little sweet relish… absolute heaven!)
Anyway, I would like to post pictures of them on my blog. May I link back here to your blog?
Thanks,
Tiffany
Hi Girl with a Camera,
So glad you are enjoying the pickles. And yes, please do link back here – Thank you!
Suzanne,
Made these Thursday, brought a jar to work Friday. After a 12 hour shift 2 nurses and myself ate the whole jar within 5 minutes, wishing we had more.
Thank you.
Hi Judith,
So glad you enjoyed them.
Thanks!
Be still my heart. I can not wait to try this.
I have the cukes setting for an hour..the onions, sugar, vinegar and celery seed are waiting patiently to marry with the cukes.. it sure smells good.. i will let them set til morning and then try them.. ☺
i waited til morning to try the pickles.. most people want coffee first thing ..lol.. not me i tried the pickles..
They get 100 gold stars.. they are a perfect blend of sweet and sour.. and they are so pretty in the jar too.. these would work for just about any occasion..
Simple+Easy+Pleasing=A Perfect Winner
Hi Frosty,
Wonderful! So glad you liked them.
Tried these and they are wonderful!
We had company on saturday for dinner.. I put some out and they disappeared.. I refilled the dish and it emptied again.. I printed the recipe for my friends and they made them yesterday.. now mine are all gone and i need to make more…☺…this recipe gets gold stars..
Hi Frosty,
Wonderful. Glad you and your guests enjoyed them!
The pickles sound great! Is there a way to adjust the sugar for Diabetics? I soooo want to try them…
Lisa in La Crosse
Did some research on this and you can use a sugar substitute but since they have a sweeter taste you would use less than the recipe calls for. How much less would kinda be up to you and your tastes.
Hello Suzanne, I would like to try your recipe, but I am not a fan of sweet pickles, can I do without the sugar or at least most of it? and can I add other raw veggies like carrots,garlic cloves and peppers? Thank you.
You could leave out the sugar, but you would have to add more vinegar as you add more veggies. Thanks!
i made a fresh batch of these this morning..my husband loves these and suggested garlic cloves and peppers so i added a couple of the cloves and i only had a yellow pepper so i added it .. they should be ready for supper tonite..
Oh Great! Enjoy!
Hi Suzanne, just wondering how long you refrigerate the pickles before you can eat them. Thanks!:))
I would let them sit in the fridge for 24 hours so the flavors can mix and mingle.
I cant remember how many times I have made these.. they are so good.. we had a family reunion last month and I took 2 gallons jars of these.. my jars came home empty and clean as a whistle.. what was left after the meal was divie’d up to take home and the recipe demanded..
Yay! Glad these were a hit!
Thanks Frosty.
Can you just water bath can these – as prepared – so they can be preserved longer?
Not sure, never tried it.
Hello, up late making a batch of these pickles looks great! Well, I did not have enough juice to fill my jars. I used (4) pints so the juice is only 3/4 full on each? What
went wrong? Is this okay or did I need to double my liquids? Will the top cucumbers be okay?
This is my first time at this can you tell? Do you have a hot line :)? Really!!! Well, I hope tomorrow they taste good my neighbor gave me these cucumbers out of her garden and I wanted to surprise her with a jar pickles. Thank you
I would go by the recipe amounts. When I make the I store them in a plastic storage container in the fridge, not in jars because we eat them all within a few days. Hope this helps.
I was noticing your picture at the top for pickle recipe and your measuring cup is a 2 or three cup so did you double the liquids for the 7 cup cucumbers recipe? And the sugar looks more like 4 cups? This could explain why I did not have enough juice for my jars? Just wondering!! Thank you
Update to my pickle juice, I just smashed the pickles down into the juice that was in the jars. These pickles are easy and delicious.
Thank you for the recipe and love your website.
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My recipe calls for mustard seed and tumeric…can you tell me why….