Quick-Pickled Red Onions

Quick-Pickled Red Onions

from bonappetit.com
5 min

Make this easy recipe for pickled onions, then use them to garnish a week's worth of meals; they're the ideal condiment for tacos, grain bowls, and more.

Ingredients

  • ½ cupapple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp.sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp.diamond crystal or ¾ tsp. morton kosher salt
  • 1red onion, thinly sliced

Directions

  1. 1

    Whisk ½ cup apple cider vinegar, 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar, 1½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¾ tsp. Morton kosher salt, and 1 cup water in a small bowl until sugar and salt dissolve. Place 1 red onion, thinly sliced, in a mason jar with a tight-fitting lid; pour vinegar mixture over. Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour. Do Ahead: Pickled red onions can be made 2 weeks ahead. Cover and chill. Drain onions before using.  Editor’s note: This recipe for pickled onions was first printed in our June 2012 issue. Use up your stash with our best sandwich recipes →