Curry Boys BBQ Tangy Pickled Cucumbers

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    2

    quarts
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Asian Smoke: Thai and Southeast Asian Barbecue from the Curry Boys

By Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia and Sean Wen

Published 2026

  • About

Pickles are an oft-forgotten but absolutely quintessential part of Texas barbecue. When I see them cast to the side of the plate like they’re the dregs of BBQ society—I shed a single, solitary tear. I’m the kind of person who takes a bite of brisket, then takes a bite of a pickle, then takes another bite of brisket, then takes another bite of the pickle, and so on, until I’m either out of pickles or out of brisket. We prefer our pickles to be just sweet enough, just crunchy enough, and most