If you make pickles at home, you might have asked yourself at some point, can you reuse pickle brine? I bet you’ve thrown away quite a lot of them, which seemed such a waste. The good news is you can reuse pickle juice for multiple purposes! You’ll surprise yourself with the many things — especially recipes — you can use for it.
Here are 13 different ways for how to reuse pickle juice, including pickle recipe ideas you might want to do in your next family dinner.
An all-natural sports drink
Homemade pickle juice, while perhaps not as tasty as Gatorade, is filled with electrolytes just like sports drinks are.
They don’t have nearly the same amount of sugar either.
Hiccups remedy
Got the hiccups? Pickle juice can help, although it will then make your breath and burps smell like pickles.
Put on potato salad
If you are feeling as though your potato salad is lacking a little pizzaz, pickle juice might be the missing ingredient.
Dash some pickle juice on that potato salad and go on a taste adventure!
Mix with olive oil for all new condiment
Try mixing olive oil with pickle juice and keeping it in a jar. If you find yourself with a bland-tasting sandwich, give it a boost with pickle juice!
Cocktail booster
If you want some unique recipes using pickle juice, try them on your cocktail.
Some people have tried making a pickle drink or cocktail with good success. After 7-8 of them you hardly even taste the pickles anymore.
Reuse Pickle juice to pickle eggs
Can you use pickle juice to pickle eggs? Of course you can, and it’s one of the simplest ways to add flavor to hard-boiled eggs.
Cure for a hangover
Pickle juice is great for a hangover in the same way Gatorade is. It can help to hydrate you by restoring electrolytes.
Marinate soft cheeses
To spice up your cheese game, you can try marinating soft cheeses in pickle juice. This will add some additional flavor.
To steam or boil vegetables
Steam or boil some of your favorite veggies with pickle juice. It’s a great way to add some taste to items you feel are a little too bland.
Flower fuel
Many flowers need acidic substances to survive and pickle juice can really aid in this.
Sprinkle some pickle juice in your garden to help flowers like hydrangea and rhododendron grow as efficiently as possible. Feed your flowers pickle juice for a lush home garden!
Add to meat or tofu
Pickle juice can be added to meat or meat substitutes for flavor. This is particularly the case for meat alternatives such as tofu or seitan, which can often need a little flavor booster.
Try adding some pickle juice when cooking meat or plant-based meat alternatives for added zest.
Make salad dressing
Pickle juice makes a fantastic and healthy salad dressing! Poor that stuff over your leafy greens and have yourself a healthy lunch.
Pickle more stuff
The best way to reuse your leftover pickle juice is to pickle more food with it!
Cucumbers, sauerkraut, onions, garlic, and more can all be pickled with your leftover pickle juice.
Takeaway
There are multiple ways to reuse pickle juice! Amazing isn’t it? Now that you know all that, you’ll never throw away any pickle brine, and all those ingredients (and time!) in making pickles wouldn’t go to waste anymore.
Source: Farmers Almanac/Yummly