Quick Pickled Red Onions
These quick and easy to make pickled onions add a tasty zing to everything they're added to.
Equipment
- airtight container or glass jar with lid
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar or white vinegar (5% acidity)
Instructions
- Place sliced onion in a glass jar or airtight container. Set aside.
- Combine hot water, sugar and salt in a small bowl.
- Stir until sugar and salt are completely dissolved.
- Add vinegar and stir to combine.
- Pour the brine over the onion slices. Make sure to completely submerge the onion slices in the brine. Add more water or vinegar if needed.
- Seal with a lid and shake to combine.
- Let the mixture cool to room temperature on your kitchen counter.
- After the mixture has cooled down (about an hour) place the jar it in the fridge.
- Allow onions to "pickle" for two days in the fridge before using them to enhance their flavor.
- Pickled onions will keep in the fridge for up to 3-4 weeks, if they last that long.