One of my blogger friends, Jessica from The Jey of cooking, is expecting her second child –a girl, due mid October. Jessica and I have been friends in the internet world for the past couple of years now—and I was really honored when I was invited to participate in her Virtual Baby Shower, hosted by Joelen. The theme is an All-Star Baby-Shower, and while I had originally thought about making some sort of “food” normally found at baseball games, I really wanted to make fried pickles. It seems like pregnancy tends to be associated with craving for unusual food; and I consider this fried pickles to be so fitting.
My sister introduced me to fried pickles earlier this summer when I visited her in July. There is a barbecue restaurant about five minutes from her house that has awesome fried pickles on their menu. When I tried them, I didn’t really care for them—but it was mainly because I thought the pickle flavors was too strong. So after I made this homemade Bread and Butter Pickles, I thought that I should use them and see if I like them. The use of cornmeal provided a nice crunchy texture to these sweet and tangy coins. Obviously, you can use whatever pickles that you like. They were best eaten shortly after fried, and they didn’t reheat well. I got a little too excited so I made a ton of them. Please check out Joelen’s website to see what other delicious dishes that everyone else makes for the shower in honor of Jessica. BIG congratulations Jessica on the upcoming arrival of your daughter, I can’t wait to meet her! 
Ingredients
Peanut oil
1 quart of your favorite pickles
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups plain cornmeal
1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus more for sprinkling, if desired
Directions
Place enough peanut oil in a 4 to 5-quart cast iron Dutch oven to come halfway up the side of the pot. Place over medium-high heat and bring to 390 to 400 degrees F.
Remove pickles from their brine. If using whole pickles, cut them into quarters, so they look like spears. If you use the coins-style like I did, lay them flat on a sheet pan lined with paper towels and pat them dry. Try to get all of them as dry as possible.
Place buttermilk in a shallow dish and mix together the cornmeal and salt in a separate shallow dish. Glass pie plates is ideal for this task.
Dip each pickle, one at a time, first into the buttermilk, then into the cornmeal and then repeat. You will end up dipping the pickles twice, alternating between the buttermilk and cornmeal.
Carefully place each pickle into the hot oil and cook until golden brown, approximately 2 minutes. You can fry several pickles in the pot at a time depending on how big your fryer and pickles.
Adjust the heat, if necessary, in order to maintain a constant temperature of 390 to 400 degrees F. Transfer the pickles to a cooling rack set in a half sheet pan and allow to cool for 5 minutes before eating. Season with additional salt, if desired.
Adapted from Alton Brown via Food Network
I have always wanted to try these!
AWESOME! I’m from Oklahoma where we deep fry EVERYTHING so this is a perfect addition to my recipe book
Especially when there’s a game on!
Hi Yudith!
how cool is that, deep fried pickles! I love the idea and I bet my husband is going to love me double for that. lol Interesting that u use peanut oil, u get that here but its very expensive. Do u think I could use some other type of oil in your recipe?
Okay I love a good deep fry recipe, but I have not gotten around to eating deep fried pickles. I think I will just need to take the plunge and give it a try
These fried pickles look so golden brown and crunchy.
I just had my first batch of deep fried pickles yesterday! What luck to stumble upon a recipe for them – bookmarking these!
These pickles are the best looking I have ever seen
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Ohhh! Fried pickles! I have seen it on other blogs and I always want to try them but haven’t! My son is into pickles lately and I think it’s a great surprise if I make this. He hasn’t know the existence of fried pickles yet.
Kids love fried food and I think I just make them start a new craving. 
I’ve heard of these! How fun!
Oh how I LOVE fried pickles! These are perfect.
Thanks for being a part of my shower!
oh my gosh this sounds amazing!
I could easily eat a million of this — no joke.
I could eat a HUGE bowl of these! Tried my first fried pickle a couple of years ago and became addicted. I’ve never made them for myself, but you certainly have inspired me to change that. These look SO good!
Another new thing for me, looks really good
Mmm, pickles! My favourite, and they just got even better with some deep-fried goodness. I wonder what they’re like with a little addition of some delicious, sinful cheese!
What a great idea for a virtual baby shower! Perfect recipe. I’ve eaten fried pickles before, but never tried them. Now, of course, you have me intrigued – definitely something I need to do! Thanks for this.
I’ve actually never had deep fried pickles, but I should! These look awesome!
I’m not a fan of pickles… but deep fried is another story!