Beer Battered Pickle Chips

Beer Battered Pickle Chips are a crispy appetizer that make an excellent snack for gameday, parties, or Oktoberfest.

Beer Battered Pickle Chips

By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime

I’ve enjoyed fried pickles since the first time I had them some years ago. I’m not sure if they are authentically German, but I did try the ones at the Hofbrauhaus in Newport Kentucky while sipping beer in their biergarten.

I’d been meaning to make them for awhile, but do admit I don’t fry foods that often, so these are just an occasional treat. And it seems Oktoberfest is quite the occasion!

These will go with most pub foods as you can imagine and are great for parties. I served mine with ranch dressing but think they would also go well with 1000 Island dressing, remoulade sauce, ketchup or even horseradish sauce as a dipper.

I hope you enjoy these as much as we did and kick off this year’s Oktoberfest with lots of fun foods! I am planning to do eleven Oktoberfest recipes this year between now and October 2nd (as many as I could fit in). Let me know how you like the recipes! Until tomorrow-

~Sue

Beer Battered Pickle Chips

Servings: 4-6
Time: 25mins
Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients:

2 large barrel dill pickles, sliced and patted dry
1 cup all-purpose flour (for dredging)
cooking oil (as needed)

Batter:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup German beer
1/4 cup dill pickle brine
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon dill weed

Method:

Heat oil 1-2 inches deep in a large skillet.
Whisk together ingredients for batter.
Dredge pickle slices in flour, shaking off excess, then dipping in batter, letting excess drip off.
Fry battered pickles on both sides until golden, then drain; season with salt as desired.
Serve with ranch dressing, or something else like ketchup or thousand island dressing if desired.

From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com