Fried Pickles Recipe
This recipe for Fried Pickles makes a perfectly pleasing palatable plate of goodness. Serve them as an appetizer or a fun side dish at your next party, and watch them disappear!
It seems that just about every food known has been fried. Some successful. Others, not so much. Most fried foods I can take a bite or two and that’s enough, I can take it or leave it. but there are other fried foods, like mushrooms, onions, or these Fried Pickles have a flavor and texture combination that just seems right. And to take one bite or two isn’t the easiest thing to do. For that reason, we don’t prepare fried foods on a regular basis. Everything in moderation and all of that.
When we do fry something, we make sure that it’s worth the extra calories and fat. These Fried Pickles are worth it in our opinion, or as they refer to tasty things around our area, they’re “good eating.” Of course, don’t forget the Comeback Sauce (very similar to Zax Sauce) for dipping. It’s an essential partner for Fried Pickles. It just is.
Tips for Fried Pickles Recipe:
- One of the most important steps of this recipe is allowing the pickles to dry off. The batter will adhere to them better and reduce spattering too.
- These Fried Pickles are little on the spicy side—not too hot, but subtly spicy. I think it’s just the perfect amount of kick (it’s a small itsy bitsy teeny weeny kick), but if you’re concerned about the amount of heat, adjust hot sauce amount to preference, or delete the hot sauce altogether substituting a little pickle juice or water in it’s place.
- A thermometer to monitor oil temperature when frying is a must. Guessing when the oil is the correct temperature isn’t a good idea.
- The right tools make all the difference in a smooth frying experience or a huge mess. A large spoon strainer or Chinese Spider is so helpful when deep frying at home.
- Serious Eats has a great article about wok deep frying. You’ll find some great tips for deep frying at home with a wok that work for any deep frying.
Fried Pickles are a wonderful flavor and texture combination and perfect for an appetizer or side dish.
Fried Pickles Recipe
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I love fried pickles!!!!! Omg. So excited for this recipe right now!!
These are my favorite, I’m from the south have been eating these for about 40 years. They make me happy too!!!!
My mouth is TOTALLY watering right now!
This recipe makes me happy!
These look completely dreamy!
Just had my ever fried pickles this summer in Glens Falls, NY. These look delicious! Hope to make them this fall.
So happy to see this wonderful recipe right as football party season is starting! I have friends that will die for fried pickles, and I’m going to surprise them with these – they look delicious!
I love fried pickles! But I’ve never tried them at home, after seeing yours I am definitely going to have to try them, they look fabulous!
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alternatives to hot sauce?
They say to use water or pickle juice in the recipe if you do not want to use hot sauce ????
Have heard how good but never had them will try soon
I love fried pickles
I love fried pickles and tried them at home my recipe is just not quite right. So glad to find this one.
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I just made these and all I can taste is the pickle. It had no flavor. They are also soggy. Any ideas why?
I made these and had the same thing happen so I added a teaspoon of baking powder and they were perfect
I tried fried pickles for the first time last year and they were delicious! These look really good.
We made these fried pickles today, and they were amazing! Perfectly crispy and great flavor. We followed the recipe exactly and made the suggested dipping sauce. We used Mt Olive Simply Pickles dill pickle slices.
I made these tonight. The flavor was there, however they were not crisp once cool enough to eat. Any suggestions on keeping them crispy?
Random thought perhaps I might suggest if you were to freeze them longer if that would help? Thinking the breading would have a “tougher barrier” so the grease/frying process would not penetrate into the pickle? Also have the frying temp a bit higher so it sears the outside & cooks the breading faster. The cooking processes is shortened as to not allow much grease to penetrate into the pickle, still het warmed just enough + be crispier? Kind of like if you were to make homemade cheese curds – if they are not frozen long enough (overnight or 24 hrs) . So if you cook this or similar on a low temp it would therefore take longer to get done & chance to be not as crispy. Lower temps risk chance of the cheese melting as well as breaking thru the coating barrier allowing that cheese a greater chance to become greasy & soggy? Note: be MORE CAUTIOUS at HIGH FRYING TEMPS so grease does not burn you when attempting this suggested method. That’s why I ALWAYS use my FRYER INTENDED for that purpose. It has a basket with a long handle I use to dump the food item down into the HOT oil. I’ve gotten burned by “jumping hot oil” too many times over the yrs when I used the stove/pan method. Trust me.
My husband and I made these last night (with a few jalapeños thrown in) and they were perfect! As she states, make sure your pickles are as dry as you can get them, let any excess batter drip off, and use something to know exactly how hot your oil is. Ours turned out crispy and delicious.
My granddaughter and I tried this recipe tonight, it was fantastic, I fried my pickles in olive oil
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Had to add a bit extra water to get a batter that was thin enough to work with but otherwise a+. Everyone loved them and destroyed them.
Slady1013. GOING TO TRY THIS FOR TOMORROWS ALA. FOOTBALL GAME
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I made these in my air fryer and they turned out great! Only adjustment was adding a couple tablespoons of oil to the bottom tray so they would “fry”. Delicious!
how long in the air fryer? and what tempature?
Can these be air fried?
Kelly above did & worked for her. She said to add a little bit of an oil substance to the bottom so they didn’t stick.
Can these be air fried?
Fried pickles are my guilty pleasure! I am excited to try this recipe. I especially love how you added hot sauce to the recipe, that is such a brilliant idea! Thank you for sharing!
Can I do onions in this batter ?
Just made these. Super easy and delicious!! I don’t like spicy things so I used 1 tsp of hot sauce and they were so good!
This recipe was SO great!!!! It turned out so crunchy! I left it in the pot for a long time until it got super golden and crispy! Highly recommend making this!
My wife tried it yesternight. She always do anything best ever even for the first time. Thanks to your recipe much – she said
Great recipe for fried pickles. Made some yesterday and I will definitely be making them again. The only thing I didn’t add was the sugar.
Can I use buttermilk instead of regular milk? How much? 1 cup also?
You may use regular milk, but it will taste different. Substitute with same amount.
I made these in my air fryer and they turned out great! Only adjustment was adding a couple tablespoons of oil to the bottom tray so they would “fry”. Delicious!
Love these!!!! They turned out great!! They were a hit at the super bowl party!!! Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!!
These were so darn good!! I had to be careful because I almost bit my finger while eating them. Very easy to make too! Thanks again for making simple things interesting.