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Home » Recipes » Dressings, Sauces & Condiments

Homemade Relish

Published: May 13, 2022 | Last Updated: August 29, 2022 | Lisa 2 Comments
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Last Updated August 29th, 2022 at 10:19 am by Lisa

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Homemade Relish is a mix of clean crunchy fresh produce. Sure you can buy it at the store, but once you have the real thing, you can't go back. You can make it coarse or fine as you prefer. Top hot dogs or load-on burgers as part of your cookout menu.

There is a whole list of hot dog toppings with this recipe too. Make a bowl of this cool crisp condiment in minutes, it elevates classic grilled foods to a whole new level...

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  • Relish can consist of a single type or a combination of vegetables and fruit, coarsely or finely chopped.
  • Relish texture will vary depending on the slicing style used for these solid ingredients. One of the best things is you can chop the ingredients course or mix them in a Cuisinart for a finer texture.
  • It's a good way to use up extra ingredients like cabbage, pickles, and vinegar.
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Homemade Relish Recipe

  • 1 green bell pepper chopped fine
  • 1-2 dill pickles chopped fine (or use finely chopped cucumbers)
  • 1 cup green cabbage finely shredded
  • ¼ cup onion (chopped fine)
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper

Finely chop all the bell pepper, dill pickles, cabbage, and onion on a cutting board or in a food processor. Add to a medium bowl. Stir in vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper.

Seal in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for at least a day. Use within a week on hot dogs and hamburgers. This relish is safe at room temperature for cookouts.

PRO TIP: For a finer texture, pulse all ingredients in a food processor until it becomes a fine mix. If you like relish chunky and course, hand chop it on a cutting board.

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Homemade Relish Variations & Swaps

Homemade pickle relish can be made in so many ways with different flavors by adding ingredients you have on hand or prefer.

Kinds of Peppers: You can swap in different types of peppers; any sweet pepper including mild red bell peppers, green bell peppers, pickled hot peppers, or spicy red peppers like serrano.

Spices: Any seasoning addition like a sprinkle of mustard seed, celery seed, coriander seed, celery salt, dill seed, or red pepper flakes will turn up the flavor.

Onions: You can use any large onions,white, yellow, or red onion. Milder sweet onions are also nice and don't have the strong bite that white onions do.

Pickles: Add some homemade pickles! You can add diced English cucumbers, sweet pickles or your own pickle recipe for extra crunch.

Vinegars: Any regular white vinegar, white wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar or even lemon juice will work.

Tomatoes: use up green tomatoes, or even a bit of red tomato for extra color.

Sweetness: Adding brown sugar, maple sugar, or white sugar to your relish will up the sweet level.

Why Make Your Own Relish?

Sure you can just buy relish at the grocery store, but when you read that label who wants all the additives like xanthan gum (a thickening agent), corn syrup, food coloring for the bright color, and many other preservatives?

  • hot relish - add spicy peppers like habaneros, cayenne, red jalapenos, and serranos.
  • dill relish - load more dill pickles, use a good tart pickle variety
  • onion relish - Add a majority of Vidalia onions or other sweet onions
  • chow chow relish - has tomatoes and other spices, popular in the South
  • classic sweet relish - add more sugar and finely diced

Relish FAQs

What to use relish on?


A popular condiment, most recipes are typically a chopped combination of vegetables, herbs, seasonings, and even fruit.

In America, pickle relish is made with finely chopped pickles, cucumbers, vinegar, and seasonings, then cooked and pickled to make it shelf-stable. You can find sweet dill or dill varieties in the stores.

Try relish on grilled hot dogs, toss into salads for a crisp crunch, and mix into coleslaw for a nice tang, stir into potato salad, load onto a sub sandwich, top grilled fish, or put on a grilled hamburger.

What kind of relish goes on hot dogs?



-Sweet Pickle Relish - classic and sweeter of course.
-Dill Pickle Relish - for people who prefer a tart tang.
-Chicago-style Relish is a type of sweet pickle relish typically used on the windy city Chicago dog. The unique green color of the relish often referred to as "neon green", is created by adding blue dye to regular pickle relish.

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Homemade Relish Recipe

Mix up this fresh crunchy homemade relish recipe, to top grilled hot dogs or hamburgers. Serve this condiment at your next cookout or BBQ.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 9kcal
Author Lisa Hatfield

Equipment

Chef Knife
Epicurean Non-Slip Cutting Board
Cuisinart Food Processor

Ingredients

  • 1 bell pepper chopped fine
  • 1-2 dill pickles chopped fine
  • 1 cup green cabbage finely shredded
  • ¼ cup chopped onion chopped fine
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper

Instructions

  • Finely chop all the bell pepper, pickles, cabbage, and onion on a cutting board. Add to a medium size bowl. Stir in vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper.
  • PRO TIP: For a finer texture, pulse all ingredients in a food processor until finely mixed.
  • Seal in a container and keep refrigerated for at least a day. Use within a week on hot dogs and hamburgers.

Notes

Hot Dog Toppings

  • chili
  • grated cheese
  • coleslaw
  • relish
  • mustard
  • ketchup
  • chopped onions
  • chopped tomatoes
  • green onions
  • pickles
  • sauerkraut
  • pickled jalapenos
  • caramelized onions & mushrooms
  • crumbled bacon

Cookout Party Checklist

  • Serving Trays - regular or ones that stay chilled 
  • Pop-Up Food Tents/Covers (keep critters off your food!) 🐜🐜🐜
  • Small Bowls
  • Serving Spoons
  • Grilling Tongs
  • Napkins
  • Utensils
  • Plastic Baskets/Paper Liners or Paper Plates
  • Red Solo Cups
  • Cooler/Ice
  • Beer, Wine, Drinks/Cocktails
  • Bottled Water
  • Iced Tea, Lemonade, or Soda
  • Chips, Dips, Pretzels, Snacks
  • Cookout, BBQ, and Grill Items
  • Pressed Sandwiches
  • Cocktails and Drinks
  • Desserts
  • Bottle opener/Corkscrew

Nutrition

Calories: 9kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 174mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 328IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg
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  1. Linda Evans says

    September 04, 2021 at 12:42 pm

    5 stars
    Great relish recipe, I added more pickles and everyone loved it at our cookout.

    Reply
    • Lisa says

      September 04, 2021 at 12:46 pm

      Thanks for making the recipe Linda!

      Reply

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