Quick Pickles are delicious, small-batch friendly, and super easy to make. Plus, they require no special equipment and are usually ready to eat within a day or two of preparation.
Quick pickles, also known as refrigerator pickles, are simply vegetables that are pickled in a vinegar, water, and salt solution and stored in the refrigerator. (Depending on the recipe, the solution may also include sugar and other spices.)
Our garden is bursting at the seams right now, and we are hustling to preserve all that fresh garden bounty, and one of our favorite ways to do that is pickling. (Yeah, I know, Portland. We can pickle that.)
Our fridge is crammed with tart, tangy quick pickles that will last us through the next couple of months until our traditionally canned, "real" pickles have had time to percolate in their jars out on the pantry shelves.
Quick Pickle Recipes for Your Garden Bounty
Quick Pickles are delicious, small-batch friendly, and super easy to make. Plus, they require no special equipment, and are usually ready to eat within a day or two of preparation.
Pickled Cucumber Salad
Pickled Cucumber Salad is the traditional Danish side dish to everything from hamburgers, meatballs, and sandwiches to chicken and pork. It’s easy to make, healthy, and can stay fresh in the fridge for a week.
Refrigerator Pickles
These refrigerator sweet pickles with cinnamon and cloves are delicious and easy to make. They are crunchy, sweet, tart and subtly flavored with cinnamon, clove, black peppercorns, bay leaf, mace and mustard seeds.
Swedish Cucumbers
Swedish Cucumbers are a snap to make! Ready to eat in just hours, you will love the fresh, briny sweetness these easy quick pickles bring to the plate. (No canning required!)
Spicy Quick Pickled Cucumbers
Quick Pickles are the answer to a summer bounty of vegetables. These Spicy Quick Pickled Cucumbers are so easy and delicious, you'll want to have a jar in the fridge all summer long!
Homemade Dill Pickle Chips
These Homemade Dill Pickle Chips take a few easy steps to transform simple cucumbers into fresh and crunchy, delicious pickle chips. Perfect for snacking, sandwiches and of course, burgers. These are not like sweet bread and butter pickles. There is very little sugar, so they are more on the tart side with slight sweetness.
Easy Refrigerator Pickles
Easy Homemade Refrigerator Pickles – A super-easy recipe for homemade pickles that cure right in your fridge so there’s no need to preserve them in jars. Ready in just a day or two, these classic dills will be a welcomed addition to your summer time parties and barbecues!
Easy Refrigerator Garlic Dills
These homemade garlic dill pickles produce an epic crunch! Just pour boiling salted water over the cucumbers, garlic and dill and the pickles are ready for crunching the next day!
Spicy Vietnamese Pickled Vegetables
These Spicy Vietnamese Pickled Vegetables provide some crunch, tang, and texture to whatever you put it on.
Quick Pickled Vidalia Onions
Quick Pickled Vidalia Onions ~ this sweet onion refrigerator pickle takes just minutes to prepare, and you’ll reap the rewards all summer long on burgers, brats, steaks, sandwiches and tacos!
Authentic Mexican Pickled Carrots
Mexican pickled carrots are a crunchy delicious snack, often served at Mexican restaurants. Make this easy quick pickle recipe at home!
Grilled Pickles (Zucchini Pickles)
Homemade grilled pickles are a delicious topping on burgers.
Pink Peppercorn Pickled Swiss Chard Stems
A simple little recipe that uses an otherwise throwaway bit, swiss chard stems. Pink peppercorn pickled swiss chard stems are super yummy on top of a salad, as a condiment for a sandwich, or just on their own as a crunchy, salty snack.
Quick Pickled Jalapeños
Quick Pickled Jalapeños ~ your pickles are ready in the time it takes you to slice your peppers, and you’re going to want to load up on these, because jalapeños make everything better!
Russian Grandma's Pickled Tomatoes
Get your pickling on! Try these Russian pickled tomatoes: healthy, delicious and super easy to make. A flavorful and refreshing appetizer or snack made in only 30 minutes that will keep for months on the shelf.
Quick Pickled Watermelon Radish
The pickled watermelon radish is sweet and slightly sour, with a hint of spiciness. It takes only 5 minutes to put together and another 5 minutes to marinate. It works as a fun appetizer by itself and is a great ingredient to add to your salad. {Gluten-Free, Vegan}
Spiced Crunchy Balsamic Beet Pickle
This is the easiest and tastiest Balsamic Beet pickle out there! Crunchy beet, marinated with chilli and caraway and balsamic vinegar.
Refrigerator Pickled Radish & Turnips
There is still time left to savor summer and my favorite way is to make giant batches of refrigerator pickles. Put aside the cucumbers and learn to make Pickled Radish and Turnips.
Small Batch Refrigerator Pickled Beets
Small Batch Refrigerator Pickled Beets – Are extra beets taking over the back of your refrigerator? Break up that rabble and put them to good use with this delightfully simple pickling recipe!
Pickled Vegetables (with Leftover Veggies)
Pickled vegetables are easy to make using cauliflower, peppers, fennel, onions, garlic and carrots. Put any veggies in a simple vinegar and oil brine.
Pickled Red Onions Recipe
Use these quick pickled red onions to add punch to vegan dishes and help cut through the richness of meaty ones. You really can't go wrong.
Prettiest Pickled Onions
This recipe for pickled onions are absolutely the prettiest and easiest thing imaginable. All you need are onions, vinegar and peppercorns!
Pickled Pineapple
Pickled pineapple is perfect when you want something sweet, sour and spicy all at the same time.
Pickled Green Strawberries
Unripe strawberries are too tart to eat. But pickled green strawberries are amazing and so easy to make.
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Phil says
Thank you for the small recipes. I do a lot of canning but sometimes am put off because my recipes are a lot larger and I don't want to get the big water bath ready...I can do most of these easily, even the recipes calling for a water bath...just use one of my larger pots. And I can try one recipe to see if I/we like it...to see if I want to make more.
Garry says
These look great
Hannah says
I didn't even know you could pickle all these things. I am super intrigued and planning to try a few. Thanks for the idea, I am super excited to try this
Holly says
I love pickling veggies...these are awesome!
Tanya Schroeder says
These are lovely and i bet they taste delicious!
Danielle says
I love pickled food! And so many of these I've never had before, such as pickled pineapple. Now I definitely have to try it 🙂
Renée ♥ says
The pickled pineapple was new to me, too!
Leigh Suznovich says
I love pickled anything, this is my dream post! Can't wait to try some.
Heather says
I am so glad you posted this! I've been trying to find some good pickling recipes!
Kristina says
This post is definitely going to be my go-to post for pickles, can't wait to try them all.
Suzy says
I've never had pickled fruit before! It sounds amazing! Love the list!
Chris Collins says
I'm always on the hunt for new pickle recipes, so this post is right up my street! Thanks so much for sharing!
Krissy Allori says
As a family that loves pickles, I can't wait for us to try all of these!
Ayngelina says
Pickled pineapple! I need to try this one!
Sheila says
This is gold. I love these quick pickle recipes and I can't wait to try them. Never thought it was easy to make. Going out today to grab ingredients.
Billy says
This is such a great list of quick pickle recipes for those who love quick pickling! Its so easy and such a great way to have some pickles ready for any dish and any condiment. I am excited to give some of these a try! Thank you so much for sharing!
StylishGeek says
Fantastic! I have never tried making this before, but recently I got a few mason jars and was wondering what to do. I think I just might try this!
Toughcookiemommy says
I had no idea that you could include pickles in so many recipes. I'm surprised to see that it is such a versatile ingredient.
Ayana Pitterson says
Didn't realize that you can make pickled items so easily, at home! I am actually not a huge pickle fan, but I will be honest and say that I didn't realize so many items can be pickled. I am going to pin to try a few that seems like I might like. Thanks for sharing.
Angela @marathonsandmotivation.com says
Yum! These all look so fabulous!! I pinned this to try everything, I LOVE pickled anything 🙂
Cindy Ingalls says
My grandmother use to make pickle her own cucumbers and veggies. I never learned how to do it but I've always been curious about it. I love that these are quicker then the traditional recipes.
Carolyn says
These look like something I could handle. We have cucumbers in our garden too that we need to use up.
Kristen says
Oh my gosh I am pinning all of these. I am a huge fan of pickles and have never made them myself due to lack of time and I am the only person in our house who likes them. I am totally trying to make these this weekend!
Hillary Harper says
I've never tried pickling anything, but I know I would love it! Right now we're in a small apartment in the city, but I can't wait to have a garden someday so I can pickle away 🙂
Renée ♥ says
Just so you know, a lot of these recipes are very small batch (one or two jars) -
completely doable in an apartment.
AnnMarie John says
I've never made pickle recipes before, at least not like the usual cucumber! It would be nice to try the different kinds and just enjoy them whenever! Thanks for the recipes! They all sound lovely.
Erica says
I've never made my own pickles but this is such a good idea. It's so much better than just watching your food go bad. Thanks for sharing how easy this can be!
Katie says
Who knew that there were so many options when it comes to pickling things? Everything looks/sounds so delicious!
Eva Tweedie says
What a great selection of pickle options! I have to do that pineapple asap.
Flossie McCowald | SuperMomHacks says
Oh. My. Goodness. I cannot WAIT to try these! I LOVE pickled things, but like someone else said, always thought of it as a long, drawn-out process. I am definitely pinning this post so I can try some of these sometime!!!
Meg says
Love refrigerator pickles - I make ones with zucchini and dill sometimes. They are so easy and so good! And it's nice not to have to crank up the stove for the water bath canning process, which really makes the kitchen hot in the summer (though I do it, don't get me wrong). Thanks for reminding me about refrigerator pickles. I gotta make a batch before summer is over! Plus, it's always nice to have pickled onions on hand for tacos, scrambled eggs, sandwiches, etc.
Megan Joy says
Beautiful photos! I didn't know you could pickle things like that in just a few days. They look delicious 🙂
Pech says
You really can pickle it all!! I am most drawn to the pickled jalapeños
Renée ♥ says
I know, right?!? Mr B is waiting for me to make some!
Marlynn | UrbanBlissLife says
Confession: I've never pickled anything at home because it's never been my jam (not a fan of pickles or of the flavor of most pickled foods). BUT: I had the most amazing pickled raspberries and pickled strawberries this summer that totally challenged my view! I love this roundup because it has so many different foods -- especially love the idea of pickling pineapples and blueberries!
Melissa Chapman says
I love fresh vegetables so I would love to try this method of pickling them. I never knew you could pickle fruit, so I have to try that too.
Angela Tolsma says
Pickled green strawberries or pineapple or blueberries, sounds so amazing. I would never have thought to pickle any of those! I am terrified of canning but trying one of those might be worth it!
Renée ♥ says
You should try one of these (my Swedish Cucumber recipes literally takes five minutes!) Plus, there's nothing scary here: none of these recipes require traditional canning. Just make them up and put them in the fridge!
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh says
I've never made pickles. It's one of those things that I remember my mom canning when growing up, so I always thought it was a long drawn out process. Thanks to Chopped, I learned otherwise. I still need to make something pickled!