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Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes

June 10, 2014 by Brett Youmans 10 Comments

Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes I planted a few different varieties of radishes this year and I’ve decided the Easter Egg radish is my favorite.  Easter Egg radishes are not actually a specific variety of radish but a mix of different varieties with different skin colors.  They develop into these beautiful hues from purple to white and look like little hidden jewels in the garden.

Radishes develop so quickly they’re the perfect veggie to grow to introduce little ones to gardening.  I’m sort of an impatient gardener and the early rewards from something growing in my garden gets me really excited.  Some varieties are ready — from seed to harvest — in 21 days!  How’s that for almost instant gratification?  And while radishes are often relegated to a salad garnish, this year I decided I wanted to do something special with them so I decided to try pickling them.  They’re mild and crisp and I thought they would work great in a brine.

Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes

The mandolin slicer is indispensable in my kitchen.  It makes quick work out of cucumbers, carrots, radishes — just about anything that you need sliced up quickly and precisely.  As many jars of sliced pickles I have canned over the years, I can’t believe I cut my thumb like I did.  It was a rookie mistake and you don’t realize how much you use your thumb until you can’t use it for awhile.

But, I always try to find the positive in situations like this:

  • My mandolin is sharp.
  • The cut was so fast and clean that I didn’t bleed all over the lovely radishes.
  • I got out of a speeding ticket heading to the drugstore to get bandages.  Thank you Mr. Officer for not fainting at the sight of my blood as I showed you my thumb to prove I had a valid excuse to be in a hurry.

I was going to call these “ER-adish Pickles” but since I didn’t actually go to the ER, I thought it would be disingenuous.  “Drugstore Pickles” just didn’t have quite the same ring to it.

Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes

These Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes are best if you let them chill out in the fridge for a few days but if you’re like me, that’s not going to happen.  This recipe is so easy that you don’t even have to boil the brining mixture.  You can just add all the ingredients to a jar and wait.

…and wait.

…and wait…

Or, you can heat up the brining ingredients, pour over the thinly sliced radishes, and in no time you’ll be hiding them in the fridge so nobody else discovers them!

Besides vinegar and water, here’s all you need to make my Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes:

Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes

 

Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes
 
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Prep time
5 minutes
Cook time
5 minutes
Total time
10 minutes
 
Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes are so easy that you don’t even have to boil the brining mixture — just add ingredients to a jar, shake, and refrigerate!
Author: Brett@MisterMartha.com
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 12 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 1 shallot, thinly sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
  • 1¼ cup white vinegar
  • ¾ cup water
  • 1 tablespoon pickling spices
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
  1. Pack the radishes, shallot, and garlic in a pint-sized glass jar with a lid.
  2. Bring the vinegar, water, pickling spices, sugar, salt, and red pepper flakes to a boil in a small saucepan. Pour the brining liquid over the radishes, cover, and allow to cool to room temperature before refrigerating.
Notes
Alternately, place all ingredients in a jar with a lid, shake, and place in refrigerator for at least 48 hours. Heating the brining solution speeds up the process but either method works great.

For the pickling spice mixture, I used a premixed variety I had on hand but you can experiment with mustard seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, whole cloves, allspice berries, dill seeds, celery seeds, crushed cinnamon sticks, peppercorns, crushed bay leaves, etc., to create your own signature blend!

Recipe yields a little extra brining solution.
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Crispy Quick Pickled Radishes

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Comments

  1. Lynn says

    June 10, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    Disingenuous. Ha! 🙂

    Reply
    • Brett says

      June 16, 2014 at 1:27 pm

      Ha, indeed, Lynn! 😉

      Reply
  2. Bill says

    June 11, 2014 at 9:49 am

    Big radish fan here, but have never had radish pickles. Love the idea! Having slice my finger on a mandolin too, it’s a lesson I only had to learn once! 🙂 Great post, Brett!

    Reply
    • Brett says

      June 16, 2014 at 1:26 pm

      Thanks, Bill! I am addicted to these little pickles!

      Reply
  3. Janice E says

    June 11, 2014 at 10:08 am

    Can’t wait to try these – what a clever (and simple) idea! I too have had my ‘mandoline’ experience. They are useful, but they demand respect!

    Reply
    • Brett says

      June 16, 2014 at 1:26 pm

      Thanks, Janice! I’ve been adding additional radishes to the brining solution in the fridge for a never-ending jar!

      Reply
  4. Crista says

    June 17, 2014 at 11:05 pm

    i just stumbled upon your blog – i think you’ve got a new follower! i just bought radishes at the farmers market and wasn’t quite sure what to do with them – now i know! thanks! xox

    Reply
    • Brett says

      June 21, 2014 at 8:52 am

      I’m so glad you found my little piece of the web Crista–I hope those radishes turned out great! I still have lots and going to try roasting a few today to see how they turn out. 😉

      Reply
  5. Andrea B says

    July 22, 2017 at 6:45 am

    I came across this brilliant recipe!
    I have never tried no boil brine and got really curious so I made it just now.
    Although I tweaked the recipe (sorry!) switched the amounts of salt and sugar. My husband and I prefer salty and soup pickles.
    Really looking forward to have a taste of the pickled radishes 🙂
    Thank you so much for the info!

    Reply
  6. Julia Edwards says

    May 22, 2018 at 1:14 pm

    By the look of your posts, you don’t seem to be very active anymore but just wanted to say I love this recipe. I’m munching on a jar of radishes while I post and I’ve got another after this one is finished. I’ve also used this recipe for cucumber because the brine reminded me so much of kosher dills I used to eat as a kid.

    Reply

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