Description
A quick and easy sweet and tangy zucchini pickle made in the fridge!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds fresh zucchini (about 2–3 medium zucchini), cut into spears or slices (choose your favorite – I love spears)
- 3/4 cups erythritol
- 1/2 tablespoon Kosher salt
- 1 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoons ground turmeric
- 2 tablespoon mustard seeds
- 2 tablespoon whole coriander seeds (or 2 teaspoons ground)
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
- 3/4 tsp Ball “pickle crisp” granules (calcium chloride) (divided) (see note)
- 2 wide mouth pint and a half jars (24 oz) or 3 (16 oz) pint jars (zucchini may need to be cut down to fit if using shorter jars)
Instructions
- Clean jars thoroughly. (Sanitizing is not required for fridge pickles.)
- Fill jars with sliced zucchini, packing them in tightly.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon pickle crisp granules to each jar and set aside.
- In a pot, bring erythritol, vinegar and spices to a boil.
- Remove from heat and cool.
- Pour mixture over pickles in jars, diving evenly, leaving just a 1/4 inch of space at the top. You can top the jars off with extra vinegar if there’s not enough liquid to fully cover the pickles.
- Screw lids on jars and shake to make sure zucchini is coated.
- Place in fridge for at least 3 hours before tasting, though best flavor is reached after at least 24 hours.
- Store the pickles for up to three weeks in the fridge.
- Makes about 32 spears or 3 pints of pickles.
- Macros per spear (30g): Calories: 11, Fat: 0g, Carbs: .5g net (1.5g carbs – 1g fiber), Protein: 1g*
Notes
- *Macros count includes all carbs from spices, however they are used to infuse the liquid for flavor and are usually left behind in the brine when pickles are eaten. Sugar alcohols are not included in carb count.
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar can be swapped for erythritol if you’d prefer (adjust nutrition info).
- Pickle Crisp granules are used in place of an overnight soaking and lime crisping process. These are not optional if you don’t want rubbery pickles.
- Gluten-free: These are gluten-free.
- Vegetarian/Vegan: These are vegan.