Pickled Celery

Add a ‘wow-worthy’ addition to your chicken, egg and tuna salads with this homemade pickled celery recipe (or just eat it as a snack!). It’s really easy to make and requires no canning.

this RECIPE

If you’re a fan of pickled celery, you’ll also love this homemade giardiniera recipe.

Pickle Recipes

Giardiniera

Pickled Celery Ingredients

(View more: Refrigerator Pickle Recipes)

How to Make Pickled Celery

1. Cut the Celery and Pack the Jars. Place the celery, garlic, dill, mustard seeds, and peppercorns into your jars.
   
2. Make the Pickling Brine. Bring the white vinegar, water, sugar, and salt to a boil, then simmer until dissolved.
   
3. Pour and Let Pickle. Pour the hot pickling brine over celery, seal, and cool.
   

Pickled Celery Uses

• Tuna Salad, Egg Salad and Chicken Salad: Make the best tuna/egg/chicken salad of your life with this pickled celery! Seriously, your life will be changed. Just try it.
• Add to a Bloody Mary: Your cocktail will thank you.
• Eat them as a snack: Keep them as sticks and add them into your snack line up! Crunchy, tangy and salty.

Refrigerator Pickled Celery

Add a 'wow-worthy' addition to your chicken, egg and tuna salads with this homemade pickled celery recipe (or just eat it as a snack!). It's really easy to make and requires no canning.

Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Cook Time: 7 minutes mins

Total Time: 12 minutes mins

Servings: 32

Pin Print Review

Equipment

• ▢
  2 small 8oz jars

Ingredients 

1x2x3x

• ▢ ¾ cup white vinegar
• ▢ ¾ cup water
• ▢ 1 ½ tsp kosher salt or pickling salt
• ▢ 2 tsp white sugar
• ▢ 2 cups fresh celery, thinly sliced
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves, sliced or smashed
• ▢ 1 tsp black peppercorns
• ▢ 1 tsp mustard seeds
• ▢ 4 dill sprigs

Cook ModePrevent screen from sleeping

Instructions 

• To make the brine, add the vinegar, water, salt and sugar to a pot.
• Stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce the heat and simmer until dissolved.
• Remove from the heat.
• Pack the celery, garlic, dill, mustard seeds and black peppercorns into a jars.
• Pour the hot brine over the celery, leaving 1/2″ of headspace.
• Close each jar with a nonreactive lid.
• Gently rotate to move the spices around.
• Allow to cool to room temperature then refrigerate until needed.

Notes

How long should I pickle this celery before eating?

Let pickle for at least 1-2 weeks in the refrigerator before enjoying.

Nutrition

Serving: 32g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Like this recipe?Leave a comment and review below!