This family favorite chicken salad is made with celery, bell pepper, green olives, apple, lettuce, and mayo—plus a secret ingredient that makes all the difference!
Chef John's Bread And Butter Pickles
Celery stalks, dill, dill pickles, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard and 3 more.
Recipe Summary Chef John's Bread And Butter Pickles
At the end of summer during the Great Depression the excess cucumber crop was sliced, salted, pickled, and put up in jars for the cold, lean months ahead. I can just imagine what a treat it was to fill a sandwich with these sweet crunchy coins (bread and butter pickles, as they came to be known). I'm sure it was a wonderful break from what must have been a fairly flavorless existence. For longer storage, you can process the pickles in canning jars in a boiling water canner.Ingredients | Traditional Chicken Salad Recipes With Pickles
2 pounds pickling cucumbers, sliced
½ yellow onion, sliced
2 red jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced into rings
3 tablespoons kosher salt
2 cups distilled white vinegar
2 cups white sugar
¼ cup water
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1 teaspoon celery seeds
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
Directions
Combine cucumbers, onion, and peppers in a bowl; pour kosher salt over the top and stir to coat completely. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, 2 to 4 hours. Rinse cucumber mixture in a colander under cold water until all salt is washed away, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain.
Stir vinegar, sugar, water, garlic, mustard seed, celery seed, peppercorns, turmeric, and ground cloves together in a saucepan; bring to a simmer and cook until brine flavors combine, about 2 minutes. Add cucumber mixture to brine; heat until almost boiling, remove from heat, and cool completely. Transfer to jars and store in the refrigerator.
The nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of salt. The actual amount of salt consumed will vary.
Info | Traditional Chicken Salad Recipes With Pickles
prep:
15 mins
cook:
5 mins
additional:
2 hrs
total:
2 hrs 20 mins
Servings:
48
Yield:
2 pints
TAG : Chef John's Bread And Butter Pickles
Side Dish, Sauces and Condiments Recipes, Canning and Preserving Recipes, Pickled,
