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    Home | Recipes | Cocktails

    Pickle Shot

    Dated: February 19, 2023 Last Modified: February 19, 2023 by Sarah Mock Leave a Comment. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post contains affiliate links.

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    A vodka pickle shot is a delicious way for pickle lovers to enjoy the pickle vodka combination all in one salty swallow. If you love a dirty martini, pickleback shots or any briny cocktails this dill pickle vodka shot is for you!

    Pickle shot with mini pickle garnish, seasoned rim.

    If you have pickle fever and can't get enough of the salty flavor that dill pickles add to recipes you are going to want to add dill pickle pasta salad and dill pickle chex mix. And deep fried pickle spears that taste just like they were made in Disneyland.

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    • 🥫 Ingredients needed:
    • 📝 Ingredient notes:
    • 🔄 Substitutions
    • 🥣 Helpful Kitchen Tools
    • 🔪 How to make pickle shots
    • 📷 How to make Dill Pickle Vodka Shots, photo instructions
    • 📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:
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    • Pickle Shot
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      🥫 Ingredients needed:

      ingredients for dill pickle shots, vodka, pickle juice, garnishes.
      • Dill Pickle Juice (brine)
      • Vodka

      Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.

      📝 Ingredient notes:

      • Vodka: I am using Smirnoff vodka but my sister like to use Tito's handmade vodka.

      Optional Garnishes

      • Extra Pickle Juice
      • Tajin Seasoning
      • Celery salt
      • Lime Wedges
      • Round Pickle Slice with small slit in it to sit on the glass rims
      • Gherkin Pickles
      • Worcestershire sauce in place of pickle juice on the rim of the shot glass!

      🔄 Substitutions

      Switch out good quality vodka with a shot of whiskey. Now you have a pickleback shot! Swap out your favorite vodka brand for a shot of Irish whiskey or a shot of jameson.

      If you would like your pickle shot not to hit you all at once, you are going to want to shake it with ice. Add a scoop of ice to your shaker and shake vigorously until the cocktail shaker becomes frosty. The ice will chill the vodka and allow it to be released into your system slowly.

      🥣 Helpful Kitchen Tools

      🔪 How to make pickle shots

      1. Combine equal part pickle juice with an equal part vodka in a shaker.
      2. Shake to combine and pour into shot glasses.
      3. Serve with a garnish of your choice. (see suggestions below)

      📷 How to make Dill Pickle Vodka Shots, photo instructions

      pickle juice being added to the cocktail shaker.
      1. Add the pickle juice to a cocktail shaker.
      vodka being poured into a cocktail shaker from a jigger.

      2. Add vodka to a cocktail shaker and shake to combine.

      3. Prepare the shot glasses by dipping the rim of the glass in a bit of pickle juice and then pressing them into the garnish of your choice.

      Pickle shot with tajhin rim and gerkin garnish in a clear glass being held by a hand.

      4. Pour the pickle shots into the prepared shot glasses and garnish with a pickle chip or gherkin, if desired. 

      3 pickle vodka shots no garnish.

      5. Enjoy responsibly.

      📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:

      What kind of pickles and pickle juice is best?

      Depending on the brand, type, and flavor of the jar of pickles you buy, the juice will taste differently, causing your shot to have that flavor base as well. So, mix it up and go spicy, maybe a little sweet, etc.

      👩‍🍳 Chef Tip

      Don’t salt the rim! A salted rim on this drink is WAY too salty when combined with the pickle brine. Be sure to run a lime wedge along the rim of the glass and then add the tajin before pouring the liquid to them. 

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      Pickle shot with mini pickle garnish, seasoned rim.

      Pickle Shot

      Sarah Mock
      If you love a dirty martini, pickleback shots or any briny cocktails this dill pickle vodka shot is for you!
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      There is more to a recipe than just the recipe card. Frequently Asked Questions within the blog post that you may find helpful. Simply scroll back up to read them!

      Prep Time 2 mins
      Total Time 2 mins
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      Course Cocktails
      Servings 6 Shots
      Calories 61 kcal

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      Ingredients
        

      • 5 Ounces Dill Pickle Juice (brine)
      • 5 Ounces Vodka

      Optional Garnishes:

      • Extra Pickle Juice
      • Tajin Seasoning
      • Pickle Chips
      • Gherkin Pickles

      Instructions
       

      • Add the pickle juice and vodka to a shaker, small cup, measuring glass, or whatever you have on hand.
      • Stir or gently shake.
      • If you would like to use the tajin garnish, dip the rims of the shot glasses in a bit of extra pickle juice and then dip it in the tajin seasoning to coat the rims.
      • Pour the juice and vodka mixture into the shot glasses and garnish with a pickle chip or gherkin, if desired.

      Notes

      • Extra Pickle Juice
      • Tajin Seasoning
      • Celery salt
      • Lime Wedges
      • Round Pickle Slice with small slit in it to sit on the glass rims
      • Gherkin Pickles
      • Worcestershire sauce in place of pickle juice on the rim of the shot glass!

      Nutrition

      Serving: 1shotCalories: 61kcalCarbohydrates: 2gSodium: 355mgPotassium: 0.2mgIron: 0.002mg

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      Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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