Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 3-3½ pounds small to medium pickling cucumbers
  • ¼ cup coarse kosher or pickling salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon peppercorns
  • 1 Tablespoon coriander seed
  • 8 dried chiles (like chile de arbol)
  • 4 cup white vinegar
  • 20 garlic (whole cloves, halved)
  • 4 teaspoon dill seed (or fresh dill heads)

Instruction

  • Slice cucumbers into either spears or rounds. (see post for photos)
  • Add half of the spices and sugar and salt to each jar.
  • Pack jars with pickles. (Load spears with jars turned on to their sides.)
  • Bring vinegar to boil in small pot.
  • Pour hot vinegar into jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace.
  • Wipe rims of jars with damp paper towel.
  • Place lids on jars. Tighten bands, fingertip tight.