Mondo's Hot & Spicy Pickles Recipe #65005
This recipe was created by my husband Armando (Mondo) who has come up with this recipe after searching for a good hot & spicy pickle and couldn't find one that was spicy enough! People beg for jars of these and my friend Stacey claims that they cure any cold!!HA!
by Monica in PA
2¼ hours | 2 hours prep
10 canning jars
- 30-40 medium pickling cucumbers
- 4 cups vinegar
- 3 quarts water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- fresh dill
- alum
- 1 garlic, bulb whole cloves and some chopped
- 3/4 cup kosher salt or sea salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons peppercorns
- red dried hot chili peppers
- 1 tablespoon pickling spices
optional
- Clean cucumbers in cold water.
- Place water, vinegar, sugar, salt in large pot.
- Place sprigs of dill (stems and all) and pickling spices in cheesecloth. Knot the cheesecloth and place in pot with the rest of ingredients.
- Bring to a boil to make a brine solution.
- Place a few peppercorns, few garlic cloves or chopped garlic, 1/8 teaspoons Alum, a couple dried whole chile peppers in each empty canning jar that is going to be used. If you desire hotter pickles, add optional 1 - 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes to each jar.
- Then place pickles in jar and fill with brine solution.
- Can for 8 minutes in water bath.
- COOL JARS VERY QUICKLY.
- Pickles are ready to eat in about 2 weeks. Enjoy!
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