Quick Pickled Red Onions

Quick pickled red onions are sweet, tangy, and a welcome pop of flavour for so many meals. So easy they take only 10 minutes of prep!

Course Jams, Sauces, Dips & Spreads

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 18

In a pot, add the vinegar, water, sea salt, sugar and peppercorns. If using any other additional seasonings, add them now too. Stir together. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes.
Add in the onions, and allow to boil for 1 minute with the onions.
Remove from heat, let cool for 1 minute, then pour into a mason jar large enough to hold everything but that allowed the onions to be completely covered in the vinegar mixture. Add in the lime slices and swirl together to mix everything together.
Allow the mixture to cool completely to room temperature. You can serve immediately once cooled, but if you let it sit and continue to pickle, the flavours meld incredibly. I tried mine three days later and they were perfect. A week is even better. They will last several weeks in your fridge in a mason jar that has the cover tightly screwed on.
Enjoy!

You can use a wide variety of seasonings in this recipe. You could add mustard seeds, fennel seeds, more sugar, jalapeños, anything. It’s really up to you.
You can use the basic recipe and replace it with your vegetable of choice to pickle any vegetable you want. If pickling peppers, PLEASE use gloves and try not to inhale the fumes of the boiling peppers.
To store: Store quick pickled red onions in an airtight jar in the refrigerator. They will last for up to 2 weeks, and the flavour will continue to develop over time.