How to Make the Best Pickled Red Onions

How to Make the Best Pickled Red Onions

from eatingwell.com
Side Dish
13 kcal / serving

These pickled red onions take on a beautiful pink hue. The slivers have just the right amount of sweet, tangy and salty flavors for use in salads, sandwiches and more.

Ingredients

  • 1 cupwhite-wine vinegar
  • ½ cupwater
  • 2 tablespoonsgranulated sugar
  • 1 largeclove garlic, very thinly sliced
  • 1bay leaf
  • 2thyme sprigs
  • 1 teaspoonkosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoonblack peppercorns
  • 2 ½ cupsthinly sliced red onion

Directions

  1. 1

    Combine vinegar, water, sugar, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, salt and peppercorns in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring until the sugar and salt are dissolved.

  2. 2

    Meanwhile, place onion in a quart-size mason jar.

  3. 3

    Pour the pickling liquid over the onion in the jar. Press the onion with the back of a wooden spoon to fully submerge it in the pickling liquid.

  4. 4

    Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Seal the lid. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to 1 month.