William’s Mill Spicy Pickle Bomb

Easy Spicy Pickle Recipe from a Jar

This spicy pickle recipe starts with something deliberately simple: a regular jar of dill pickles. Keep the original brine, add William’s Mill Spicy Pickle Bomb, shake the jar, and let the seasoning work its way into the pickles overnight.

Dill pickles already belong all over American food. They sit beside barbecue, fried chicken, burgers, and deli sandwiches because their cold acidity cuts through rich food. Adding chile, garlic, and extra seasoning turns that familiar dill pickle into something louder without changing what makes a pickle useful on the plate.

You can taste one immediately, but these spicy dill pickles are better after time in the refrigerator. The brine carries the seasoning into the cucumber, the heat settles in, and the flavor becomes much more even by the next day.

If you want an easy spicy pickle recipe without making a fresh brine or canning anything, this is the point: start with a good jar of dill pickles and make that jar considerably more interesting.

Spicy Pickle Bomb

Turn an ordinary jar of dill pickles into bold, spicy American-style pickles with one pouch of William’s Mill Spicy Pickle Bomb. They taste good right after shaking the jar. Leave them overnight, though, and that’s when they really come together.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Resting Time 8 hours hrs

Servings: 1 Jar

Course: Condiment, Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine: American

Equipment Method Notes

Equipment

• 1 Jar of dill pickles

Method

 

1. Start with a jar of dill pickles in their original brine.
2. Open the jar. If it is filled right to the top and there isn’t enough room for the seasoning, remove a little brine first. Or eat a pickle. Or drink a little brine. We’re not here to judge.
3. Pour the entire 20 g pouch of Spicy Pickle Bomb into the jar.
4. Close the lid tightly.
5. Shake the jar thoroughly until the seasoning is distributed throughout the brine.
6. Refrigerate.
7. The pickles are good immediately after shaking, but for the best flavor, leave them in the refrigerator overnight.
8. Give the jar another shake or turn it over a few times before serving.

Notes

Keep the original brine. Spicy Pickle Bomb is designed to season the pickles and the brine already in the jar.

A jar around 550–700 g is a good starting point for one 20 g pouch.

The amount of pickle relative to seasoning controls the heat:

Smaller jar = hotter.
Larger jar = milder.

Our Heat Meter rates the standard preparation Hot. If you want less heat, simply use less Spicy Pickle Bomb.

How the pickles are cut matters too. Sliced pickles absorb the seasoning faster and more intensely because more surface area is exposed to the seasoned brine. Spears fall somewhere in the middle. Whole pickles will generally develop more slowly and taste a little milder.

Keep the seasoned pickles refrigerated.

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