RECIPE
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5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
5 mins
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Soaking Time
30 mins
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Servings
2 cups
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Calories
134 kcal
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Course
Condiments
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Cuisine
Mexican
RECIPE
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Upgrade taste and flavor of your tacos, burgers, salads, and toast with easy to make refrigerator pickled red onion. Add a few slices of pickled red onion for bright, tangy, zippy flavor to any sort of Mexican dish.
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Ingredients
- 2 medium sized red onion
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
- 1.5 tablespoon sea salt
- 3 tablespoon sugar or maple syrup or honey, adjust amount of sweetener according to taste preference
- 3 cloves garlic optional
- ½ teaspoon peppercorn optional
Instructions
- Peel and thinly slice red onions. Cut onions evenly so it pickles evenly.
- Place sliced onions in a clean dry glass jar.
- You can add extra seasoning ingredients like garlic cloves, peppercorns, sliced hot peppers like jalapenos or habanero peppers, fresh herbs like thyme and rosemary. This step is optional.
- Add water, white wine vinegar, salt and sugar to a small sauce pan. Heat it on medium flame until sugar is completely dissolved and pickling liquid comes to boil.
- Pour boiling pickling liquid into the jar of onions.
- Press down onions to ensure it’s completely immersed in pickling liquid.
- Let onions marinade for 30 minutes to 2 hours at room temperature.
- Serve immediately with any Mexican dish or add it to salads, stews, chilies, toasts and beyond.
- Refrigerate pickled red onions in air tight jar for 2 to 4 weeks.
Notes
- Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
- Slice red onions evenly and thin. If you have mandolin slicer, put it to best use to slice onions.
- To mellow out astringent flavor of onion you can soak sliced onions in boiling water for 20 to 30 seconds. This step will result in par boiling sliced onions first hence softens the onions and tame it’s bite. Follow this step if you can’t handle strong pungent flavors of onion and like to have it mellowed down.
- Easily customize the pickling liquid by adding your favorite seasoning like garlic, peppercorns, bay leaves, hot peppers, fresh thyme and fresh rosemary.
- Use premium quality vinegar for pickling liquid. You can use white wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar with the mother or distilled vinegar.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
134kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
31g
(10%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
5246mg
(219%)
Potassium
218mg
(6%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
23g
(46%)
Vitamin A
9IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
10mg
(11%)
Calcium
47mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 134 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 134kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 31g | 10% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 5246mg | 219% |
| Potassium | 218mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 23g | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 9IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 10mg | 11% |
| Calcium | 47mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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3 reviews
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