What do you all add to your refrigerator pickles? Outside of vinegar, sugar, and onions. What do you like to add to give it a more complex flavor?

** 2cups water, 1cup vinegar worked well. KAC 2022-06-30

Quick Dill Pickles

Pickle more than just cucumbers! Some of our favorite vegetables in the Test Kitchen are cauliflower, okra, asparagus, summer squash, and carrots. Makes 12 pickles Total time: 15 minutes + draining and chilling

SPRINKLE:

Kosher or pickling salt

6 Kirby or small cucumbers, trimmed and halved

8 sprigs fresh dill

1 jalapeño, sliced

BOIL:

2 cups water

1 cup distilled white vinegar

1/2 cup slivered onion

6 cloves garlic

4 tsp. kosher salt

1 Tbsp. dill seeds, toasted

2 tsp. black peppercorns

2 tsp. mustard seeds

Sprinkle kosher or pickling salt over cucumbers in a colander; set aside to let drain 20–30 minutes.

Rinse salt from cucumbers and blot dry with paper towels; tightly pack in a clean jar, crock, or glass bowl with dill sprigs and jalapeño.

Boil water, vinegar, onion, garlic, 4 tsp. salt, dill seeds, peppercorns, and mustard seeds in a medium nonreactive saucepan, 5 minutes.

Pour mixture over cucumbers; let cool to room temperature.

Cover container and chill until cold. Refrigerate pickles up to 1 month.