Fried Pickles

This recipe works with pickle chips or spears but I much prefer chips as they are easier to prepare and fry and the batter sticks to them better.

Ingredients

• 1 jar hamburger dill pickle chips
• 1 egg
• Cajun seasoning. Store-bought is fine. There is the regular kind which is good or the nicer one that is a bit more expensive but less sodium and very tasty. It's also very easy to make.
• Cayenne pepper
• Hot sauce of your choice. I recommend basic Tobasco sauce or chili garlic Cholula sauce.
• 1 cup buttermilk (I just eyeballed it)
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (I just eyeballed it)
• Canola oil (enough to get about 1/2inch in a pan)
• Salt
• Pepper

Instructions

1. Drain the pickles well. I tossed mine around in paper towels to make sure they were pretty dry
2. Mix the flour, cajun spices, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper into a bowl
3. Mix the buttermilk, egg, and hot sauce (I probably used about 2tbsp but I like some heat) and whisk together
4. Bring oil up to medium or medium-high heat
5. Cover the pickles in the flour mixture (make sure to thoroughly cover - this helps the batter to stick)
6. Dip into the batter covering both sides
7. Safely dip into the oil (test oil temperature first - if you don't have experience frying things, it can be very dangerous)
8. Fry about 45-90 seconds on each side (depending how big the pickle chips are and how crispy you like them)
9. Let dry on paper towels or a rack and enjoy!

Finished product: