Hello Sons!
We are going old-school today! This is a full-on Granny M. recipe (with just a few Mom tweaks).
Granny M. would make this all the time in the summer. There always seemed to be a bowl in the refrigerator, tightly covered with plastic wrap. She called this a cucumber and onion salad but it is really more of a quick refrigerator pickle.
Granny M. only used cucumbers and onions. I like to spice things up and always add a couple of fresh hot peppers. I really like the taste of rice wine vinegar so I use that instead of white distilled vinegar. However, either will work great. I have even used apple cider vinegar and they turned out FABULOUS!
We all love this salad…
or is it these pickles?
Pickled Salad!
Good thing it is so quick and easy to make.
These go great with just about anything, but I really like them with grilled meats. If you have extra, cover them tightly and store in the refrigerator. Use them on a sandwich the next day for that extra flavor punch!
Love you both!
Mom
- 2 whole English cucumbers
- 1 large SWEET onion Georgia Vidalia Onions are the best!
- 2 - 3 whole hot peppers jalapeno or Korean hot pepper are the two I usually pick from
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups Rice wine vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 1 Tbsp kosher salt
- 1 Tbsp fresh black pepper
- In a small saucepan add water, salt, sugar and vinegar. You want to heat it to a gentle boil. When it first starts to bubble, turn the heat down and simmer for 10 min. You are reducing the liquid just a bit.
- Prep your vegetables. Slice the cucumbers into thin rounds. Slice the onions into thin half-moon slices and slice the hot peppers into thin rounds (I keep the seeds in).
- Pour saucepan mixture over cucumbers, onions and hot peppers. Add LOTS of fresh black pepper.
- Cover with plastic wrap and allow to cool. Move to refrigerator, and let it hang out in the fridge for a couple of hours. The flavors really come together if you give it a couple of hours.
You don’t have a unit of measurement for the rice wine vinegar beyond the number 2. I’m guessing from the photo that this is 2 cups?
Thank you so much for pointing that out to me! I will correct that asap.
Yes it is two cups.
Yep — my mom used to make this all the time when we were little. Loved it then. Have no idea why I haven’t made it myself. Now that I’ve read your recipe, it’s on my menu! Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up!
I hope that it taste as great as you remember it! Thanks for stopping by!