Homemade Dill Pickle Chips
These Homemade Dill Pickle Chips take a few easy steps to transform simple cucumbers into fresh and crunchy, delicious pickle chips. Perfect for snacking, sandwiches and of course, burgers. These are not like sweet bread and butter pickles. There is very little sugar, so they are more on the tart side with slight sweetness.
Labor Day is the last hurrah before the official end of summer and the final cookout of the year. This year I’m making Slow Cooker Beer Brats along with these pickle chips are the perfect accompaniment for those.
These are dill refrigerator homemade dill pickle chips. This means I did not use the canning method for a long preservation because they don’t last long in my house. If you want to properly can these, you can find the instructions in the step by step above the recipe card further down this page.
A little word of caution when you start the pickling liquid. Do not put your head anywhere near the pan when the vinegar has heated up because a vinegar steam facial is not fun.
The pickling liquid has mustard seeds and dill seeds. I opted to add fresh dill for looks and also for extra dilly flavor. I could not find proper pickling cucumbers so I tried it with English cucumbers and they work just fine. This recipe yields 2-20 ounce jars so if you have the nice giant jars, you can double the recipe.
The sweetness can be altered to suit your palette. This recipe is the perfect balance of vinegar to sweet, but if you like your pickles on the sweeter side, you can add more sugar to taste and that’s it! You’ve made your own homemade dill pickle chips.
These homemade dill pickle chips will keep sealed and refrigerated for 5 days.
Homemade Dill Pickle Chips – Step by Step
First step is to sterilize your jars. Fill a large stock pot with water and add the jars and lids, make sure they’re submerged. Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes. Use tongs to remove and set on a towel to dry.
Wash an English cucumber and cut into slices.
Chefs tip
Soak the cucumber slices in ice water and refrigerate for 2 hours. This helps keep them crispy.
While the cucumber refrigerate make the pickling liquid. Add white vinegar, mustard seed, dill seeds and salt and sugar. Bring to a boil, remove and allow to cool completely.
Add fresh dill and cucumbers to a sterilized jar and pour over the pickling spice.
If you are using the jars I did (pop top style), seal and refrigerate. They will keep up to 5 days.
If you want to use canning jars to keep them longer, you will need to boil the jars after filling and sealing them. Submerge the sealed jars in the pot of water and bring to a boil, simmer for up to 30 minutes. Carefully remove using tongs.
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Homemade Dill Pickle Chips
These homemade dill pickle chips take a few easy steps to transform simple cucumbers into fresh and crunchy, delicious pickle chips.
Ingredients
- 18 ounces (510 grams) pickling or English cucumbers
- 1 3/4 cups (450 ml) distilled white vinegar
- 3/4 cup (200ml) water
- 1 tablespoon mustard seed
- 1 tablespoon dill seed
- 1 teaspoon pickling or kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar (see note)
- 4 large or 8 small dill sprigs
Instructions
- Slice the cucumbers and add to a bowl of ice water, refrigerate for 2 hours.
- To a stainless or non-stick pan add the vinegar, water, mustard seed, dill seeds, salt and sugar. Bring to a boil, remove and allow to cool completely.
- Once cooled add the fresh dill and cucumbers to 2-20 ounce (556 gram), sterilized jars and pour the vinegar over the cucumbers until covered. Seal and refrigerate for at least 3 days, up to 1 week.
Notes
These are not sweet pickles. If you want them sweeter, taste the vinegar mix and add more sugar accordingly.
Nutrition Information
Yield
1Amount Per Serving Calories 35Sodium 293mgCarbohydrates 3g
26 Comments on “Homemade Dill Pickle Chips”
Another note….I add 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract to liquid while bringing to a boil. Mellows it out more.
Thank you, I’ll give it a try next time.
Just finished canning 7 jars! Can’t wait for them!
Yum, enjoy 🙂
Just made these, waiting a few more days to try them out!
Two questions: do you ever add crushed garlic or sliced chili peppers for flavor? Also, I love sour, h8 sweet, so I like that this is a recipe specifically for sour chips but I was wondering why sugar has to be used at all?
Thanks so much!
The little amount of sugar doesn’t add any sweetness, it’s just enough to take away a very harsh vinegar bite to the pickles. I haven’t had a chance to try different versions, but I love both of your ideas. Enjoy the pickles 🙂
This is a shot recipe the vinegar should be diluted with water,don’t waste your time.
There is water in the brine.
Could you please state your grlpe a little more clearly so I can understand what you are trying to say? How would you adapt the ingredients and qtys?
Can I pressure cook or cold pack these pickles so they last longer?
Yes, any of your favorite canning method can be used.
NOTE…Don’t pressure cook pickles. Hot water bath only.
I don’t know enough about canning, so than you for this tip.
I followed the recipe as stated and mine came out incredibly sour!
The flavor is amazing, and I actually love sour pickles but the hubby not so much.
This is my first time picking anything, any pointers for next time?!
I’m convinced I made some sort of rookie mistake 🙂
This is not your fault, the vinegar brings out the sourness in the cucumber. This recipe is not for sweet pickles so you will need to add more sugar next time, maybe up to 1/4 cup. I hope this helps.
Are these sweet pickles? I want the sour dill hamburger slices but you’ve added sugar to this recipe. I can’t stand sweet pickles except in relish for deviled eggs. I don’t want to waste my time if these are going to turn out sweet. Can the sugar be omitted?
I don’t like sweet pickles either. There is very little sugar in comparison to the amount of vinegar so you hardly know it is in there. I added it to tone down the intensity of the vinegar. To be on the safe side, you can leave out the sugar. Enjoy.
How much fresh dill per jar?
I usually add 2 large or 4 small sprigs to each jar. Enjoy.
Looks like a good recipe,and thank you for telling everyone to sterilize the jars first,as some bloggers leave out this step.
You’re welcome. I hope you enjoy the pickles.
I cut them lengthwise and thin and have been enjoying them in my sandwiches. Definetly making them again.
I love them in sandwiches too 🙂
I loved everything about these. Crunchy and the the seasonings are perfect. I’m making them all summer.
I’m so glad, thank you
Thank you for the guidance through what looks like a delicious recipe! I love dill pickle chips and definitely want to start making them at home instead of buying from the store. This looks like a recipe I could use to get started! I’ll report back with how they turn out.