Peanut Butter Sandwich With Sriracha and Pickles
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Nicky Dover
This was really great! I made two of these for my girlfriend and myself while we're social distancing and trying to make use of stuff in our pantry. We decided to skip out on the sriracha, pickles, and soy sauce, but replaced it with some jelly that we had leftover. It still worked out perfectly. It's definitely going to become a staple quick-meal for us!
LJ
Day 1 of the Coronavirus lockdown. My roommates and I stumbled upon this recipe with low expectations. We just made this sandwich once with PB, sriracha, and thinly sliced dill pickles. It was so good that we made it again immediately after -- this time with thicker cut dill pickles, sambal, red onion, and PB. It was even better. THIS SANDWICH SLAPS.
maggie m.
What kind of pickles...sour or sweet?
Alex
A revelation! Let's face it: for adults, the strength of classic PBJ (for hiking and such) is convenience. But PBJ is too sweet, even with marmalade. THIS is an adult sandwich and just as easy. Don't forget the tamari as suggested. And next time, to achieve the "next level", I'm adding a delicate mist of---wait for it----fish sauce. (I know, I know. But I can't wait. In fact, I think I might just
Thomas Sherman
Bread & Butter Pickles are the way to go. I have tried them all, and the combination with peanut butter is surprisingly delicious!
NHStormie
As a kid we ate pb & pickle sandwiches because that's what was in the cupboard. We also ate brown sugar & bean sandwiches, saltine cracker cereal, and cocoa made from Nestlé Quik, hot water & evaporated milk.
Sprout-high
Did a taste test comparing PB (Jif) & bread & butter pickles to PB & kosher dills, same amount of sriracha added to each. Both were tasty and crunchy, but had too much sriracha (my fault!), the heat dominating the other flavors. Sample with kosher dills was salty and sour and mildly sweet. With B & B pickles, it was sweet, salty, with an end note of sour, a more complex flavor mix. Next time I’ll put just a very small dab of sriracha with the PB and stick with the B and B pickles.
Renee
My dad used to do a peanut butter and bacon sandwich - you broil it until the little slivers of bacon are done and the pb is cooked and brown on top. Heart-attack on a slab of bread, I know, but insanely delicious. And, for me, nostalgic.
SDS
Toasted whole grain bread + natural p.b. + sliced pickled jalapeños = :-)) !
David
He mentions in the narrative that the sandwich combines "sweet and salty," and I think the pickles are the only ingredient that could bring the sweetness. So I think those are sweet gherkins in the photo.
Alphanunu
Can we get a definitive answer on what kind of pickles?
Golda
I made this today for lunch - it did not disappoint. I like regular peanut butter and pickle sandwiches, but this took it up a notch. So many flavors in every bite! It will definitely go into my rotation for lunches. I used bread and butter pickle slices.
snacknuts
I have been making peanut butter and gochujang sandwiches since I saw Mr. Sifton mention them once in an article. It's really outstanding. I can't wait to try the addition of pickles.
mmartinATX
Try adding a little fresh cilantro in there, too. Yummy
nhmama
I grew up eating pb and tomato sandwiches. I don't know where this originated from but it's something my parents ate and served. It's quite good. Try it.
Linda
OMG. Brilliant! Enjoying many variations for breakfast. Breakfast of champions!
Emily
PB and pickles sandwich was a lunch bag favorite as a kid, always on mom’s homemade bread. On a lucky day there might also be a small bag of leftover potato chips, which if they weren’t smashed already, my sister and I would crush and add to the sandwich filling. Salty and crunchy, unctuous, and sour, nothing wrong with that.
PMD
This changed me. I eat it all the time now! I do open-faced on toast, and always bread and butter pickles! It’s so good!
Monique Stevenson
For me, it has always been natural style crunchy peanut butter on toast with chopped black olives. Sometimes with the addition of lettuce.
Lee
I found this combo on my own on a desperate evening when I needed dinner quickly and was sick of ramen and egg dishes. Fast, relatively healthy, and quite delicious! Try it.
Gina
Crunchy PB, preferably Teddy’s no salt extra crunchy. Wickles pickles, sweet and hot. Bacon, fried crisp. A couple of thick slices of ripe tomato and a shmear of mayo. Sub banana for the tomato for a sweeter vibe. These are a family tradition of long standing.
Ellen Shook
I have been enjoying peanut butter and pickles -- always sweet -- all my life. Yes I am from Alabama, and am almost 79 years old. Now I am more likely to do it on Ritz crackers instead of bread, and my favorite pickle for this is the hot sweet pickled jalapeños from Trader Joe's. The beverage of choice is always ice cold Coke Classic. My favorite lunch when there are no good tomatoes. That's another story.
gigi
i have been eating p.b. and dill pickle sandwiches on toast my whole life (I don't like p.b. with jelly or honey). adding the sriracha made for a nice zip.
Dave in Seattle
My first attempted this was very good! I’m looking forward to adding more pickles and a little more Sriracha next time. Based on a similar NYT article several years ago, I put a bunch of pickled jalapeños on a peanut butter sandwich. It’s a staple for me now; this sandwich seems to be a slightly more complex version of that.
Elisabeth
I've been eating these for decades (since the 1960's) - It started out when I was about 10 years old and put pickles on my PB sammy cuz I love pickles! In about 3 years I added hot Chile sauce (Thai style). My recipe: natural PB, Dill pickles sliced, hot Chile Sauce (I've use one from my local Korean store), a dash of curry powder spread on some lovely, slightly toasted dense bread. YUMMO!!
Megan Elizabeth
Extremely good!
One-Off
Peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches were a family classic growing up but I found it lacking as an adult. I realized the the type of peanut butter made the difference. Jiff or Peter Pan containing sugar was the perfect amount of sweetness to balance the dill pickle. These days I use non-sweetened natural peanut butter so the slightly sweet bread & butter pickles work better.
Karen
I’ve been devouring pb and the hottest salsa you can find open-faced sandwiches for decades! Try it.
moodyfoodie
Sweet gherkins, crunchy peanut butter, low sodium soy sauce & sriracha are definitely the way to go. The sweetness, the crunch, the spicy and saltiness remind me of an Asian spicy peanut sauce. Absolutely oddly delicious.
Olga
A great pantry meal or snack! I used siracha, gluten-free soy sauce, Wickles Pickles (spicy + sweet), and crunchy Jiff on Carbonaut toast. The point, at least for me, is to use what I have on hand rather than copy someone else's pickles or bread. I expected to throw it away but didn't!
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