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One day, as I finished off a jar of my favorite bread & butter pickles and was about to pour the leftover brine down the drain, it occurred to me that there must be something better I could do with those delicious liquids. It seemed such a shame to waste it like that! After a little searching, here is what I have found: there is a LOT you can do with leftover pickle brine!
- www.ilovepickles.org recommends: “Mix it with your favorite barbecue sauce to intensify the tangy flavor. Add 2 tablespoons per 1 cup of sauce and combine well. Spread over grilled chicken during the last few minutes of cooking on the grill.â€
- For a delicious potato salad, add 3 tablespoons juice to ¾ cup mayonnaise and mix with 3 pounds of cooked potatoes. For a classic macaroni salad, add 3 tablespoons to ½ cup mayonnaise and mix with 2 cups of cooked macaroni.
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Easily mix marinades and salad dressings in this measure-mix-and-pour bottle. Available at Lehman's in Kidron or online at Lehmans.com.[/caption]
Use as a marinade to soak your favorite veggies in while refrigerating.
- Combine ¼ cup pickle juice with one jar of barbecue sauce and one large bag of little beef sausages in a crock pot. Heat thoroughly and serve in crock pot to keep warm.
- Use to marinate chicken. Add 1 cup juice to ½ cup olive oil, 1 clove minced garlic, and ¼ cup fresh chopped cilantro in a zip-lock bag. Add one pound of chicken, roll it in the liquid and marinate for 1 hour before grilling.
- Put sliced cucumbers, onions, carrots and/or pieces of cauliflower in leftover pickle juice and in a couple of days they will be pickled.
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Nutritious and delicious heat and serve chicken is ideal for quick meals, sandwiches and salads. Available at Lehmans.com or Lehman's in Kidron, Ohio.[/caption]
Slip sliced onions into a jar of sweet-hot bread and butter pickle juice. The “pickled†onions liven up turkey, chicken or ham sandwiches, as well as hamburgers.
- Use leftover pickle juice to spice up deviled eggs, tuna salad and chicken salad.
- Being a strong acid, pickle juice can also be used as a weed killer!
- Drinking 1/4 c. of pickle juice has been found to help relieve muscle cramps.
- Some claim that drinking 1-2 ounces of pickle juice stops the hiccups.
- There are actually recipes out there which call for the use of pickle juice, such as this one for Pickle Soup, and even this one for Pickle Bread!
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