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Lightly Pickled Onions

July 12, 2011 by Debi 5 Comments

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Lightly Pickled Onions

Lightly Pickled Onions: An easy and quick condiment that adds a nice bit of crunch and acidity to your dishes

An easy and quick condiment that adds a nice bit of crunch and acidity to your dishes (as well as that pretty pink color!). Try sprinkling some on your favorite Mexican dishes like tacos and tostadas, or toss some in your salad.

Lightly Pickled Onions: An easy and quick condiment that adds a nice bit of crunch and acidity to your dishes

The vinegar, water, sugar, and salt have been added to the onions, and they’re pickling

Lightly Pickled Onions: An easy and quick condiment that adds a nice bit of crunch and acidity to your dishes

 

Lightly Pickled Onions Recipe

Lightly Pickled Onions

Debi
A quick and easy pickled onion recipe that's really pretty on tacos!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
Course condiment
Cuisine American, Mexican
Servings 6 servings
Calories 63 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium red onion thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • ½ cup warm water
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Place onion slices in a medium glass or ceramic bowl. Pour vinegar and water over onion. Stir in sugar and season with salt. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes to 2 hours. Onions will turn a nice pink color and soften when pickled. Drain. Serve.
  • Pickled onions can be made 2 weeks in advance. Cover and refrigerate.

Nutrition

Calories: 63kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 1gSodium: 9mgPotassium: 160mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin C: 8.2mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 0.5mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

Keyword onion, pickled
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Filed Under: Mexican Food, Sauces, Condiments, & Preserves Tagged With: condiment, Cooking, DIY, Food, gluten-free, healthy, ingredients, Mexican, onions, recipe, unprocessed, vegan, vegetarian

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Hello! I’m Debi, the girl behind Life Currents where I write about mainly healthy vegetarian dishes. My husband eats meat, so occasionally I share some of his dishes as well. And, I’ll share tasty treats and projects that we do. Read more...

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  1. Leckeres für Mensch und Katze - Goodies for a pleasant life

    September 16, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Good idea for pink 🙂 They are very tasty.

  2. emzkie

    September 16, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    tasty but smelly. hehe

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  3. Jeri

    December 21, 2018 at 8:06 am

    How far in advance can this be made?

  4. Debi

    December 21, 2018 at 10:53 am

    Jeri, Pickled onions can be made 2 weeks in advance. Cover and refrigerate.

  5. Jeri

    December 21, 2018 at 11:47 am

    Thank you. They look awesome!

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