How To Make Pickles Without A Recipe

You know , some things are just better when they're kept simple .

I think pickles fall under this category .

Let's not overcomplicate this one .

This is technically still a recipe , but it's also not consider to choose your own adventure recipe , but not a recipe .

You see , there's a certain beauty to this kind of pickling a beauty in simplicity if you will , because all it requires to pickle .

This is vinegar , water and salt and a frickin jar .

And then you can pick up just about any vegetable .

You can think of anything .

Well , not anything .

And now instead of drinking your morning cup of coffee out of a mason jar , you can actually use it for what it was intended to be used for .

Just say , don't get me wrong .

I've been guilty of drinking coffee out of a mason jar .

It's good for the plant at the end of the day .

So , thank you .

I'll stop .

OK , I'll stop .

Now , first things first , we're gonna make our universal all purpose pickle liquid .

So it's essentially gonna be equal parts vinegar and water .

So for me , I'm doing two cups of vinegar and two cups of water , which is about 400 g each .

Now , once you've done that for every cup of pickling liquid that you have total , you'll add two thirds of a tablespoon or 11 g of kosher salt .

In my case , I needed 2.5 tablespoons and 45 g .

Now , we're gonna bring this to boil .

But before we do that , I wanna talk about aromatics really quickly .

Now , these are some aromatics that I like to use , but you don't have to use any at all .

It's totally personal preference .

I've got some herbs .

I've got Sichuan peppercorns .

I've got pink peppercorns , coriander seeds .

You can flavor it with just about any whole spiced fresh herb or any aromatic that you can think of .

You can do it .

Now , the last thing I wanna talk about before we actually pickle these is what kind of vegetables should you use ?

Right .

You can use pretty much any hearty vegetable that you want .

Just as some examples for my favorites .

I've got red onion , green onion cucumbers , carrots .

And you know , that's actually , well , that's all I got on the table .

Since you're gonna be pouring boiling pickling liquid over these , they need to be able to stand up to that heat .

So you wouldn't wanna do anything like spinach or lettuce .

That would be gross .

If it's your first time , I would start with one of these , you know , just , oh , lastly , I'm gonna show you how to actually pickle a vegetable Now I'm gonna give you some spice examples for my Sichuan pickles .

But you can use whatever you want .

Now , to my pickle liquid , I like to add 1.5 teaspoons of toasted Sichuan peppercorns , two teaspoons of toasted coriander seeds , one tablespoon of mustard seeds .

And that's about it .

I might add a crushed garlic clover too and just to reiterate this is my personal preference of spices .

Four pickled cucumbers anyway .

Now , all you need to do is bring it up to the boil .

Now , if you're choosing not to use spices , then you wouldn't put any spices in at this point .

But if you do , you add them to the liquid , bring it up to the boil and then as soon as it comes to a boil , you're gonna immediately turn the heat off , fill your jar with whatever you want it to have .

So , in this case , I have some cucumbers and some fresh sage leaves .

These are pickling cucumbers .

Then you're gonna pour your hot pickling liquid directly over your vegetables just enough to complete cover and submerge your vegetables .

That is it .

Now , I will say that a lot of vegetables have the tendency to float to the top and poke out of the top .

You wanna keep them submerged .

So what I like to do is I'll take a little paper towel and press it down to soak the paper towel and keep them submerged .

That is it .

And then once you've done that , just let this cool naturally at room temperature until it is completely cool .

Once it is done that you can put the lid on , close the lid and place them in your and they'll stay good for a very long time .

Oh , and please remove the paper towel before you put the lid on , by the way .

And that's pretty much it .

The same method will apply to literally any other vegetable that you wanna pickle .

The only thing that's gonna change is maybe the way that you like to cut the vegetable or the type of spices that you like to use .

But it's the same method and the same pickle base every single time .

So there you go .

Now that we all know how to make pickles , I think it's time for a sensual pickle .

So now you know how to pickle just about anything you have the power but use it with great responsibility .

And by that , I mean , please don't go and try and pickle lettuce or something like that , please .

But as always , if you enjoy this video , leave a like , subscribe and I will see you next week .

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