Quick Pickled Onions

Name: Quick Pickled Onions
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 1/2 cup vinegar; 1 cup warm water; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 tsps salt; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; 1 tsp whole peppercorns; 1/2 tsp chilli flakes, optional; 1 bay leaf

2 steps

Prep:10min

Pickled onions to put on anything! Prep in 5 minutes - ready in 3 days. The perfect topping to put on salads, sandwiches, burgers or to have alongside curries, casseroles. Delicious and crunchy. Stores for a few weeks in the fridge.

Updated at: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 02:30:50 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories32 kcal (2%)

Total Fat0 g (0%)

Carbs7.4 g (3%)

Sugars7 g (8%)

Protein0.2 g (0%)

Sodium466.1 mg (23%)

Fiber0.2 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

BRINE

½ cupvinegar

1 cupwater

warm

⅓ cupsugar

2 tspssalt

PICKLE THINGS

1red onion

thinly sliced

1 tspwhole peppercorns

½ tspchilli flakes

optional

1bay leaf

Instructions

Step 1

Slice onion and pack into a clean glass jar. Sprinkle in the peppercorns, chilli flakes and place a dried bay leaf inside.

Step 2

Make the brine: add sugar, salt and vinegar into a jug and add warm water. Stir until sugar and salt is dissolved then pour over onions making sure they are fully submerged. Make more brine if there isn't enough liquid. Place lid on and keep in fridge - onions should be ready in 3 days!