ACIDE: Hot, Sour & Slightly Sweet Cucumber Chips

The bread-and-butter jar's hotter sibling

This is what happens when ACIDE's sweet Bread & Butter recipe meets its hottest chilli pickles. Same crinkle-cut crunch, same apple cider vinegar and turmeric backbone, but with a proper dose of hot chilli stirred through — so every chip lands sweet, then sour, then hot, in that order. Bold, acid-forward and genuinely hard to stop eating.

The flavour

Sweet and sharp up front — the same bread-and-butter backbone of apple cider vinegar, sugar and turmeric that made the zucchini famous. The mustard and celery seed hum sits in the middle. Then the hot chilli arrives late and stays: a clean, building burn that lands after the sweetness rather than instead of it. Crinkle-cut, so every chip holds a load of brine and keeps its crunch.

How to cook with it

• Pat a couple dry and stack them on a burger — sweet, sour and hot in one slice, no extra sauce required.
• Lay them through a cheese toastie so the heat and acid cut the fat as the cheese pulls.
• Serve them next to fried chicken — the chilli and vinegar reset your mouth between bites better than any slaw.
• Chop and stir a few through mayo for an instant spicy burger sauce or hot-dog relish.
• Rogue move: the brine is a ready-made hot-sour shrub — splash it into a bloody mary or over a smashed cucumber salad.

In the jar

Crinkle-cut cucumber chips in a turmeric-gold brine, flecked with mustard and celery seed and shot through with chilli. The ridges hold the brine; the chips stay firm and loud rather than slumping soft into the liquid.

Ingredients & Dietary

Ingredients: Cucumbers, Apple cider vinegar, Filtered water, Sea salt, Sugar, Hot chilli, Mustard seeds, Celery seeds, Turmeric.

Dietary: Contains mustard seeds and celery seeds. No gluten-containing ingredients and suitable for vegetarians — always check the physical label.

FAQ

How hot are these? Medium-hot. There's real chilli here — it builds after the sweet-and-sour hit rather than blowing your head off, but it's a genuine warmth.

How are they different from the Bread & Butter Zucchini? Same sweet-sour backbone, but made with crinkle-cut cucumber and a proper dose of hot chilli. Think of them as the bread-and-butter jar's hotter sibling.

Are they gluten free? No gluten-containing ingredients are listed, but ACIDE don't carry a certified gluten-free claim, so we list them as gluten friendly. Always check the physical label.

Do they need refrigerating? Keep them chilled once opened and use a clean fork — they'll hold their crunch far longer.

The Rub Smuggler's Verdict

Straight up: these are the bread-and-butter pickles after a couple of drinks. Build the burger properly — Low N Slow Basics Beef Bounce on the patty, Kosmos Q Apple Chipotle brushed on late — then stack these on and skip the sauce. Sweet, sour, hot, gone.