Hey everyone, it's Sam here from Sugar Spun Run and today I'll be showing you how to make fried pickles.
Everybody loves getting fried pickles at a restaurant, at least
I know I do, but did you know that you can make them at home? No deep fryer required.
Today's recipe is super simple.
I think you'll be surprised how easy it is to make. The first thing you'll need to get started is a medium-sized heavy-bottomed saucepan.
You'll want to fill this about 2 to 3 inches deep with a vegetable oil.
Set that on your stovetop. You want to set the heat just below medium.
You'll also want to fix a thermometer to this, because we're looking for our oil to reach a temperature of 375
degrees. If your temperature is too hot what you'll end up doing is frying and burning your pickles.
They won't be very good if your temperature is too low.
It's going to take forever to cook your pickles, and they could end up really soggy,
so you want to use a candy thermometer.
The reason we started with our oil first, is because it is going to take a while for that oil to come to temperature.
So have that heating while we prepare the rest of our fried pickle recipe.
While that oil is heating, we are going to prepare our pickles.
Now if you prefer you can use pre sliced pickle chips, that will be fine.
You'll need about a cup and a half, but I like to use kosher dill pickles that are whole and just cut these into
pieces that are slightly thinner than a quarter inch.
I'll usually discard the ends.
I'll just gently blot all of the pickles with a paper towel.
Just, you don't need to get all of the liquid out of them, you just want to gently blot them,
so they're not soaked with liquid. You'll also want to do this if you're using pre sliced pickle chips.
I'll set those aside. Now, you'll need a separate small bowl, and we'll combine the ingredients for our coating.
You're going to need 1 cup of all-purpose flour,
1/2 teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of ground black pepper, 1/4
teaspoon of paprika, 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder.
Stir everything together until these ingredients are well combined. Now, you'll need a separate bowl,
and in that bowl you are going to add 1/2 cup of buttermilk. If you don't have buttermilk on hand,
I will provide a link in the description for a buttermilk substitute.
Add one large egg.
We'll just scramble these together until the buttermilk and egg are well combined. At this point,
your oil should be heated to about 375 degrees Fahrenheit. If not, just wait for that oil to reach temperature.
Once it has, we can begin the dipping and frying process.
One thing I like to keep on hand is just a plate that's been lined with paper towels.
After we fried our pickles, we'll transfer them to this.
It's just going to help them drain off that excess grease.
Our hands are probably gonna get a little messy while we're preparing these pickles,
but I do like to use a fork to cut down on the mess.
What I'm going to do is, I'm just going to prep about three or four pickles at a time, and
we'll drop them in our flour mixture, and
turn them until they're coated on both sides with the flour.
Shake off excess flour, drop them in the buttermilk mixture.
Coat them in that, return them to the flour mixture and coat them with our flour mixture once more. Now,
once again, we'll just tap off any excess flour.
You don't need to make a big deal about getting all of it off, but we'll just tap off as much as you can,
and then we'll use another fork to just gently lower each pickle into your oil.
Now you'll want to fry these pickles in batches of just three to four.
The reason for that is because, if you add a lot of pickles your oil temperature is really going to drop too much.
It's going to take too long to fry your pickles and they're going to end up greasy.
So just do three or four at a time, and in between batches, make sure you let your oil come back up to that
375 degrees Fahrenheit.
We'll fry these pickles for about a minute and a half on each side,
but the real way to tell that they're done is they should be turning a nice golden brown color.
You'll want to flip them after about a minute and a half so that both sides get that nice golden brown finish.
Once your pickles have finished frying you can use a strainer, or a slotted spoon to
carefully remove them from the oil, and place them on your paper towel-lined plate.
Don't forget to let that oil come back to 375 degrees Fahrenheit before you do your next batch.
Once you fried all your pickles, they are ready to enjoy.
I like to serve mine with a ranch dipping sauce, or you can check in the description below.
I also have an easy barbecue sauce
I really like as well for serving with these fried pickles, and that is how you make fried pickles at home.
I really hope you guys enjoyed this recipe and if you try it out, please leave me a comment.
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