Food Friday: Instant Pot Pickles

An new rub for the Instant Pot: pickles!  I found a recipe called Sweet Heat and saved the recipe but for some reason I cannot find it now.  It was made in the Instant Pot. OH!! I just found it on Mealthy.

These are the ingredients:
1 pound small cucumbers, sliced into ¼- inch rounds  (this was four pickling cucumbers for me)
 2 cups white vinegar 
1 cup water
 ½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
2 cloves fresh garlic, chopped  (I used jarred chopped garlic, about 2 Tablespoons, which is probably a little much...)
 2 tablespoons pickling spice
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon cumin


Put the cucumber slices in the stainless steel inner pot.  Pour the water and vinegar over the top of the cucumbers.  Add the brown sugar, the white sugar, pickling spice, salt, paprika, and cumin into the pot and gently stir until the sugar is dissolved.  Put on the lid in Sealing mode.  Cook on HIGH pressure for 4 minutes.  Mealthy says to do a quick-release venting.  Using tongs or a slotted spoon, place the pickle slices in a hot quart jar.  Pour as much of the pickling liquid over the slices as possible then put on the lid and give the jar a little shake to be sure the pickles are all surrounded by juice.  Cool to room temperature then store in the refrigerator.

Mealthy says these get better the longer you let them sit.  Ours have been sitting for three days. I am going to try to let them sit until the weekend, then give them a try.  I will report on the taste test after that. 

While looking for this recipe I saw a recipe for watermelon rind pickle.  I must say that watermelon rind pickle is the only good use for watermelons!  These fruits are on sale for $2.99 for a whole watermelon this week. Dear One wants me to get on.  Maybe I will shake him up and get two, cut out all the red flesh then make the pickles.

Newsy bit about the Instant Pot.  I gave away the first one and immediately ordered a different one.  It came on Monday, which is when I made the sweet heat pickles. After they were done, I washed the inner liner then put in the steamer basket I purchased and filled it with broccoli. I remembered I had not put on the condensation collector before making the pickles so I turned the pot around to install the condensation gadget.  To my horror, the back of the pot was all dented it. I am shocked that I did not see it before using it.  Well, I contacted Amazon and they will replace it.  Hopefully this week because I NEED THAT POT!!!

This is what it looks like. And no, I did not do it.  It was like that.

Supposedly the replacement will be here tomorrow.