Quick Pickled Cucumbers, Peppers and Onions
Preserve those cucumbers, peppers and onions in your garden by pickling them. This recipe is both quick and easy!
Ingredients
- 2 cups vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons mustard seed
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3 teaspoons dill weed (or 6 tablespoons chopped fresh dill)
- 5 cups cucumber slices
- ½ small white onion, sliced into rings
- ½ red bell pepper, sliced into 1-inch strips
Directions
*Note: This is not a tested recipe for canning. Enjoy them fresh within a week.
Heat vinegar, water, sugar, mustard seed, salt and garlic until sugar and salt are dissolved. Rinse and slice cucumbers. Prepare onion and bell pepper as described. Mix vegetables in bowl and add dill weed, stirring gently to coat. Pour vinegar mixture over vegetables. Refrigerate for at least two hours, stirring at least once to submerge vegetables in brine. Remove pickled vegetables with a slotted spoon to a serving dish and return the remaining vegetables to the refrigerator.