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Sliced cucumber marinade in sugar, salt and spices for 1-2 hours to release extra liquid before they're stored overnight in vinegar to become pickles.

Overnight Pickles

These no-cook refrigerator pickles are easy to modify. Choose to make a sweet or spicy pickles overnight in your refrigerator.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 16
Course: Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 32
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For all variations of dill pickles (except for sweet pickles)
  • 8 Cups Cucumbers, sliced or cut into spears
  • ⅓ Cup Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Salt
  • 2 Cups White Vinegar
  • ¼ Cup Fresh Dill OR dried dill
  • 1 Tsp White pepper Or black pepper
Basic Dill Pickles
  • 5 Cloves Garlic Sliced or minced
Green Pepper & Onion
  • 1 Cup Onion Thinly sliced (about 1 onion)
  • 1 Cup Green Bell Pepper Sliced (about 1 pepper)
Pickled Veggies (reduce the cucumber to 4 cups)
  • 1 Cup Cauliflower Cut into florets
  • ½ Cup Carrots Sliced
  • 5 Cloves Garlic Sliced or minced
  • 1 Cup Onion Sliced
Bread & Butter (Sweet pickles)
  • ¾ Cup Sugar
  • 1 Cup Sweet Onion
  • 1 Tsp Mustard Seed
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 1 Cup Vinegar

Method
 

  1. Wash your cumbers really well.
  2. Score the sides of them with a fork making long lines on the cucumbers. (Optional, but this will allow the brine to penetrate the cucumbers better).
  3. Slice the cucumber (and other veggies you choose).
  4. Place the sliced cucumbers, dill, garlic pepper, spices and/or any other veggies you choose in a large mixing bowl.
  5. Sprinkle the sugar and salt over the veggies. Give a good stir and allow them to sit for 1-2 hours. This marinading step allows the cucumbers to release their liquid - don't pour off this liquid!
  6. Portion out cucumbers into a storage container. I like to use mason jars with reusable lids.
  7. Pour the vinegar over the watery cucumbers and stir allowing air bubbles to leave.
  8. Store in the fridge for up to 2 months.

Notes

  • The sugar and salt levels aren't going to be eaten, per se. They're used to create the brine which you will not be eating... unless you like to drink pickle juice. 
  • Ensure your air tight container is clean to ensure longer lasting pickles.
  • These are not shelf-stable pickles and must be refrigerated.