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Easy pickled onions on a fork

Pickled Onions

Learn how to make quick pickled onions and in less than 1 hour you have a delicious, crunchy condiment to add to tacos, salads, and more.

Course Condiment
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword pickled onions
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Cooling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Author Regina | Leelalicious

Ingredients

  • 1 medium red onion thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup red wine vinegar or 1/4 red wine + 1/4 white vinegar (can substitute other vinegar altogether)
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or 2 tablespoons (coconut) sugar
  • 1.5 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Instructions

  1. Cut the onion in half and peel off the outer skin layer. Slice the onion thinly along the ridge lines you can see on the outside of the onion.
  2. Fill the slices tightly into a glass jar.
  3. In a small saucepan, stir together the red wine vinegar, water, maple syrup, salt, and oregano.
  4. Heat on medium low until the vinegar mixture comes to a gentle simmer. Then pour it over the sliced onions in the jar.
  5. Push down the onions with a spoon to keep them submerged in the vinegar. Let them cool to room temperature (about half an hour). Then the quick pickled onions are ready to enjoy.
  6. If not using right away, close the jar and store the onions in the fridge for 2-3 weeks.
  7. Enjoy the pickled onion on tacos, salads, and burgers or anything else that could benefit from crunchy sweet onions.

Recipe Notes

Tip: Be sure to run the exhaust fan and/or open your kitchen windows to minimize the vinegar smell traveling throughout the entire house.