Texas Christmas Pickles
- Prep Time 30 min.
- Cook Time -
- Serves 60
Submitted by KIKI810
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1. Ingredients
- 1 gallon dill pickles
- 1 (5 ounce) bottle hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco(TM))
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 (5 pound) bag of white sugar
Nutrition Info
Per Serving
- Calories: 182 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 46 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g
- Fat: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Sugars: 45 g
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2. Cooking Directions
- Drain the brine from the pickles and discard. Slice pickles lengthwise, and return them to the jar. Pour in the hot pepper sauce, and add the garlic. Pour in about 1/3 of the sugar. Close the lid tightly. Gently tip the jar back and forth several times to allow everything to mix well. Leave out on the counter at room temperature for about 1 week.
- During the week, add more sugar as the sugar in the jar dissolves. Gently tip the jar back and forth to mix. Continue the process throughout the week, until you have used up all of the sugar. When all of the sugar has been absorbed, pickles will be dark green and crispy. Transfer pickles to smaller sterile jars, and divide syrup between jars. Seal with lids and rings. Store in the refrigerator, and consume within one month.
Yield: 60 servings
3. Still Hungry?
These spicy/sweet pickles are a Texas tradition. My mother and I have made these delectable pickles for Christmas every year since I was young. We separate each batch into smaller jars and give them as gifts to friends and family. I would hate to think what would happen if we skipped a year!!
Notes:
Note
You can also use this same process with jalapeno peppers, just omit the hot pepper sauce and use the same process. The result is a sweet/hot jalapeno.
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What can I say, they are great
bbrokofsky - May 30, 2007 01:56:48 PM PSTI got my dills, drained, cut in half, added the hot sauce and garlic and started the sugar. I got all the sugar in in 4 days. Left sit on counter for 14 days( went camping and forgot about them). Came home and thought they would be ruined but the were not. They are fantasic. Don't look much like a pickle but try these, you will love them like we do.. bbrokofsky@yahoo.com
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texas christmas pickles
alphamom10 - May 16, 2008 07:27:08 AM PSTi'm going to try it! we don't have to wait until xmas to make them. how much easier could it be to do them? it's almost like the commercal, "set
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