It’s delicious to pickle onions for salad in vinegar: 10 step-by-step recipes

Prepared by: Prika

06/20/2019 Cooking time: 20 min

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If you have a cellar or basement for storing preserves, then be sure to prepare pickled onions for salad during the harvest season of this vegetable with a piquant taste. Especially wonderful when served with meat!

Pickled red onion

Pickled red onions cook very quickly. It makes an excellent side dish for main courses. It can also be added to salads and sandwiches.

As you can see, the recipe is not at all complicated. Red onions pickled in this way cannot be left for the winter. It is better to eat it within two days. You can also marinate red onions in garlic vinegar, in which case leave the onions in the marinade for 30 minutes. If you want to pickle the onions faster, simply microwave them for two minutes.

Ingredients:

Red onion - 1 piece (medium sized onion);
Wine vinegar - 100 Milliliters;
Hot water - 100 Milliliters (Heat the water without boiling.);
Garlic - 1 clove;
Sugar - 1 teaspoon;
Salt - 0.5 teaspoons;

How to cook:

Cut the onion into half rings and separate. Chop the garlic. Add sugar and salt. Fill with vinegar and water. Stir and leave to marinate for an hour. Drain the marinade through a strainer. Place in a jar. And you can already serve it to the table!

Classic recipe

For preparation you will need a minimum set of ingredients. After 3 hours the product is ready for use.

1 kg of onion;
1 liter of cold water;
60 g salt;
30 ml vinegar essence 70%
25 g sugar.

Form the peeled vegetable into rings and compact it into a 2-liter jar.
Then pour in the marinade; no need to boil.

Calorie content of 100 g of onion – 54.89 kcal.

Recipe with sunflower oil

Spices are added to the recipe, and oil increases the calorie content and unique taste. The onion will crisp nicely and the bitterness will go away.

The recipe will require:

1 PC. large onion;
100 ml water;
5-7 ml vinegar 70%
15 g sugar;
0.5 tsp. nutmeg and black pepper;
several buds of cloves and peas of allspice;
30-35 ml sunflower oil;

Arrange the peeled vegetable as you wish, but it is better to use thin half rings, this way it will marinate faster.
Fill with hot water for a couple of minutes, drain and rinse under the tap.
Pour liquid into a container, heat it over fire, add bulk ingredients.
When the water has cooled to room temperature, pour in vinegar and oil, mix everything and add the marinade to the vegetable. Cooking time 30-40 minutes.

Calorie content of 100 g of onion – 270.03 kcal.

Pickled Red Onion Recipe

Crimean or Yalta vegetables have less bitterness. It is used for serving and added to salads.

The recipe will require:

3 pcs. onion heads;
15 ml of essence;
10-15 g sugar;
5 g salt;
250 ml water;
4 cloves of garlic;
dill.

Chop the garlic and onion into medium rings and scald with boiling water for 30 seconds, then stir.
Prepare the marinade and pour over the vegetables, leave for 6 hours.

Calorie content of 100 g of product – 65.00 kcal.

Red onion marinated in vinegar, quick recipe made in the microwave. If prepared correctly, it turns out to be an excellent snack.

In tomato juice

This wonderful snack is red in color. This product will decorate the holiday table. You can take any variety: white, onion, leek, shallot.

The recipe will require:

500 g onions;
100 ml sunflower oil;
250 ml water;
30 g salt;
25 g sugar;
10-15 ml of vinegar essence;
pepper, coriander, nutmeg
200 ml tomato juice;
garlic.

Peel the vegetable and cut into thick rings, pour boiling water over it and immediately drain the water. Press the onion into a glass container.
Heat oil in a frying pan, add spices and fry for a couple of minutes.
Then pour in the tomato juice; when it boils, add salt, sugar and vinegar.
Now you need to pour the marinade on the onions for 12 hours.

This snack is also called Korean; the sweet and sour taste with the spiciness of pepper delights with its amazing aroma and stimulates the appetite.

Calorie content of 100 g of product – 193.64 kcal.

How to pickle red onions for salad?

Onions are an integral ingredient in most salads, both fresh and pickled. Moreover, you don’t need to wait for pickled onions for salad: they don’t take long to cook.

You will need:

3 heads of red onion;
300 ml water;
70 ml 9% vinegar;
3 tbsp. l. Sahara;
half a tablespoon of salt.

Marinate as follows:

Prepare the onion: peel, wash and cut into half rings.
Place into jars.
Next, prepare the marinade: combine water, salt and sugar. This mixture is brought to the initial stage of boiling, and then vinegar is poured in. And as soon as the marinade boils for 10 seconds, remove it from the stove and pour it over the onions in the jars.
Cover the jars with lids and leave to cool. Once everything has cooled, the onions can be added to the salad.

Before adding onions to the salad, squeeze out the marinade. Cold onions are much tastier than hot ones.

Onions and vinegar - a perfect combination

Pickled onions, red or white, in vinegar are a classic of the genre. Apple flavor is better: it will add sourness and soften the bitterness of the onion.

How to pickle red onions in vinegar will be discussed later, but it’s worth noting right away that such onions take 24 hours to prepare. You can open it earlier, but the taste will be inferior.

So, to prepare, take:

2 heads of red onion;
250 ml of boiled water (not boiling water, but hot, 40 degrees);
add salt to taste;
2 small spoons of sugar;
fresh dill;
50 ml apple cider vinegar, but regular table vinegar will do.

And now, actually, how to pickle red onions:

Wash the dill, shake off the water and chop it finely.
The onion is cut into rings or half rings, as you like.
Add dill to the onion and mix.
Pour vinegar into warm water, add salt and sugar. Mix everything until the bulk components are completely dissolved.
Pour the marinade over the onions, cover with a lid and put in the refrigerator.
As soon as a day has passed (you can wait overnight), the onions are placed in a colander and served.

This recipe can be used when pickling onions for the winter. And to make the snack look more beautiful in a jar, red onions can be combined with white ones.

Pickled red onion (for winter)

Pink rings of pickled onions are sprinkled on prepared meat dishes. Spicy crispy onions are added to meat pates and salads. Onions add some heat to greasy sandwiches. You can use wide transparent glasses instead of a gravy boat: they are filled one third with marinade and onion slices. The pink contents of the glasses look beautiful on the table, the marinade is quite spicy, and is used instead of gravy.

Ingredients:

red onion – 600 g;
water – 400 ml;
vinegar 9% – 2 tbsp;
salt – 1.5 tsp;
sugar – 1 tbsp;
sunflower oil – 2 tbsp;
hot pepper – 1 pod;
garlic – 2-3 cloves;
bay leaves – 5 pcs.;
allspice peas – 1 tsp.

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Note: from the specified amount of products you will get one liter jar of pickled red onions.

Recipe for preparing red onions for the winter:

Red onions are always tastier than their onion counterparts, but in some dishes their color seems out of place. But it is ideal for marinating.

Onions are peeled and washed. Although the onion is considered red, in fact its plates are colored a soft lilac color.

The bulbs are cut into rings, the optimal cutting thickness is 5 mm. Red onions don't have a strong smell, so you won't have to wipe away your tears.

Pour water into the pan, add bay leaves and pepper, add salt and sugar. The peculiarity of this marinade is that sunflower oil and vinegar are poured into cold water. When all the marinade ingredients are in place, place the pan on the stove. The marinade is boiled for 3-4 minutes.

Onion rings are immersed in boiling marinade, the mass is stirred, kept on the stove for 5 seconds, then turn off the heat. If you let the onion marinade simmer longer, you will end up with soft boiled onions. Our task is to prepare thick, crispy pickled onions.

Peppers and garlic are placed in a sterilized jar.

Using a wooden spoon, transfer the hot pickled onion rings and pour all the liquid from the pan. The marinade turned light pink.

The jar is rolled up for the winter, turned over, and covered with a warm “fur coat.” After wrapping, “passive sterilization” takes place inside the jar.

The cooled pickled red onions are taken to the cellar. A “quick” marinade contains fewer spices, but this “winter” marinade provides red onions with an unusually rich taste.

Bon appetit!

Spicy pickled onions in apple cider vinegar

Pickled onions can transform any dish; it gives them a slight piquancy and pleasant spiciness. And most importantly, there is no unpleasant smell, no one will know what you ate a few minutes ago.

Cooking time: 70 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings: 3-4.

Ingredients:

Onions – 1-2 pcs.
Apple cider vinegar – 1 tbsp.
Olive oil – 1-2 tbsp.
Salt – 0.5 tsp.
Ground black pepper – 0.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

Remove the skins from the onion, rinse it and cut into thin rings or half rings.
Place the onion in a bowl, add salt and ground pepper, stir.
Next, add apple cider vinegar.
Then add olive oil and mix well.
Marinate the onion for 40-60 minutes, after which you can add it to dishes according to your taste.

Bon appetit!

With garlic

Peel 600 g of red onion and 3-4 cloves of garlic.
Cut the onion into rings (up to ½ cm thick), cut the garlic cloves lengthwise into 4 parts.
Pour 0.5 liters of water into the pan, add 1 tbsp. l. sugar, 1 ½ tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 2 tbsp. l. table vinegar, garlic, 5 bay leaves, 5 black peppercorns.
Place the pan on the fire and bring the marinade to a boil. Place the onion into the boiling marinade, hold for a minute, then place the onion in clean, sterilized jars and pour in the marinade.

Cover the jars with lids and sterilize for 10 minutes. Roll up the jars with lids, turn them upside down and wrap until cool.

Marinate onions in wine vinegar for salad

For this recipe, wine vinegar is used; fresh thyme adds a unique smell and taste. Pickled vegetable is different from all other options.

Required:

0.5 liters of vinegar;
0.5 kg of onion;
30 g salt;
thyme.

Pour vinegar into the container, add salt and thyme.
Decorate the onion into rings.
Place the bowl with salt and vinegar on the flame and bring the mixture to a boil.
Pour the marinade into the onion rings.

This dish should be allowed to stand for a couple of hours, then the taste will be amazing.

The energy value of 100 g of cooked onion is 39.50 kcal.

With lemon juice

Lemon juice is known to often replace vinegar. Let’s use this substitution in the matter of pickling red onions.

We take:

1 PC. red onion;
half a medium lemon;
100 ml water;
salt, sugar and vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon each;
black pepper to taste and desire.

Cooking:

The onion is cut into the usual rings or half rings and poured into a bowl.
Season with lemon juice.
Season with black pepper.
Salt and sugar are dissolved in water, and the onion is poured into the solution. Next add oil.
Marinate everything for half an hour.

The taste goes well with fish dishes.

With mayonnaise and apple cider vinegar

You can prepare vegetables in marinade in various ways. Each time, onions delight you with their rich taste and pleasant aroma. An onion appetizer with mayonnaise is more nutritious; the sauce adds softness and piquancy. It can also be prepared as a stand-alone dish for children who usually don't like the evil vegetable.

The recipe will require:

2 pcs. onion heads;
¼ tsp. Sahara;
black pepper to taste;
30 ml vinegar;
salt to taste;
250 ml water;
50-70 ml mayonnaise.

How to cook:

Form the peeled vegetable into thin half rings and pour the prepared marinade over it for half an hour.
Then drain the liquid, add mayonnaise and stir.

It is not recommended to store the dish at room temperature; it must be refrigerated.

Calorie content of 100 g of snack – 208.39 kcal.

Seasoned onions

This recipe will answer the question of how to deliciously pickle red onions. However, to try the appetizer, you will have to wait several hours. The following ingredients will be used for preparation:

3 medium red onions;
15 ml table 9% vinegar;
30 ml vegetable oil;
half a teaspoon of salt;
400 ml hot boiled water;
2 pcs. peppercorns and bay leaves;
a teaspoon of coriander seeds;
1/2 spoon of sugar;
3 garlic cloves.

Without forgetting anything, start preparing:

Onions are peeled. They wash. Cut into thin half rings.
The garlic is peeled and cut into thin slices.
Onion half rings are divided into separate strips. Place into jars without compacting.
Place several garlic cloves in each jar.
Prepare the marinade: place salt and sugar, coriander, pepper and bay leaf in a separate bowl.
Add water, oil and vinegar to the dry spices. Mix everything thoroughly.
Pour the prepared marinade into the onions in jars so that the vegetable is completely immersed in the liquid.
The jars are tightly closed with lids and shaken a couple of times. Leave on the table to cool.
After this, put the jars in the refrigerator. The first sample can be taken after 12 hours. You can leave it for a day. And those who prefer a spicy taste should wait 7 days. By the way, even after a week the onion does not lose its crunch.

Ready red onions are good as a snack, as a filling for sandwiches, and as an addition to main courses.

If the marinade is not enough to completely cover the onion rings, then add hot water to dilute and increase the amount of marinade.

How to pickle onions in salad vinegar

The vegetable for the salad is marinated in a separate bowl. If you put fresh onions in a dish, it will taste bitter, and the smell in your mouth will last for several hours. The pickled product can be used at any time, there will be no smell.

Do onions improve appetite and food absorption?

Not really

When working with fragrant vegetables, housewives adhere to the following rules:

Onions are decorated depending on the recipe. For herring and shish kebab, decorations are made with a ring, for cold appetizers with half rings. Onions for salads are cut into cubes. Proper cutting affects the texture of the vegetable. To make a strip, the onion is divided into two parts, then cut crosswise. To decorate with rings, take large heads.
To quickly marinate the vegetable, cut it thinly.
If onions are used, first scald them with hot water.
The standard of products used is the one indicated in the recipe. Follow the sequence of adding products, changing the amount proportionally.
The ingredients are first dissolved in liquid, otherwise the onions will not be saturated with the pickled mixture.

Author's note

Agapov Vladislav

To prevent your eyes from watering from the pungent smell, wet the knife in cold water or hold the onion in it for several minutes.

Correct cutting for quick marinating

With hot pepper

For a liter jar of pickled onions you need:

600 g onions,
400 ml water.

Peel the onion and cut into half rings.
Pour water into a saucepan, add 1 tbsp. l. sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. allspice peas and 5 bay leaves. Pour in 2 tbsp. l. table vinegar and vegetable oil.
Place the pan with the marinade on the stove and bring the marinade to a boil.
After 3 minutes, add the onion into the pan for 5 seconds (no longer!).
Place 2-3 peeled cloves of garlic, 1 pod of washed hot pepper in a clean, dry, sterilized jar, add the onion and pour the marinade over it.

Roll up the lid of the jar, turn it over, wrap it up and leave to cool.

A quick and easy way to marinate onions with lemon

Pickled onions are added to many salads; there is no bitterness or unpleasant odor. We will tell you about a very tasty and safest way to pickle onions without vinegar.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings: 2-3.

Ingredients:

Onion – 100 gr.
Water – 70 ml.
Lemon – 1 pc.
Salt – 1 tsp.
Sugar – 2 tsp.
Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
Spices - to taste.

Cooking process:

Remove the skin from the onion and rinse it with water. Cut the onion with a knife dipped in cold water.
Squeeze the juice from the lemon in any convenient way.
Heat the water to a temperature of 60 degrees. Dissolve salt and sugar in water.
Mix water and lemon juice, add spices to taste. Pour the resulting marinade over the onion. Leave it to marinate for 20-30 minutes.
Drain the pickled onions in a colander.
The pickled onions are ready; you can use them in salads and add them to meat and fish dishes.

Bon appetit!

Instant pickled onions for barbecue

Onions prepared according to this recipe can be used not only for barbecue, but also for salads, sandwiches, shawarma, etc. It can be prepared in two ways. The first one is dry. For five medium-sized onions you will need:

1.5-2 table. spoons of grape or apple cider vinegar;
1/2 tsp. spoons of salt;
1-1.5 tsp. spoons of sugar.

Peel the onion, cut into rings or half rings of medium thickness, squeeze with your hands. Add the remaining ingredients, mix thoroughly and leave for 15-20 minutes. Instant pickled onions are ready!

The second, liquid method, will take a little more time. For three large onions you will need:

water – 250 ml;
vinegar 9% - 7 tablespoons;
1-3 bay leaves;
tea spoon of salt;
3-5 peppercorns.

Peel the onion, cut into rings or half rings, place in a container with a closing lid, add bay leaf and pepper. Dissolve salt and sugar in water, pour in vinegar, mix everything and pour in onion. Shake the contents of the container several times and leave in a warm place for 1-3 hours. If the onions are being prepared for tomorrow, put them in the refrigerator.

Drain the liquid before use.

Advice! Add some fresh herbs to the pickled onions. This will make it more flavorful.

Barbecue onions: a tasty addition

As experienced barbecue makers say, meat should be marinated not in vinegar, but in regular onions, which release juice. But if you marinate red onion separately and then add it to the kebab, then there will be no end to the exclamations of admiration.

So, how to pickle red onions for barbecue? First let's start with the ingredients:

2 large red onions;
3 tablespoons vinegar 9%;
200 ml water;
salt - to taste.

There will be no difficulties in cooking. Simply cut the onion into rings and pour it with a water-vinegar solution. Salt if necessary.

The red onions are left to marinate for a day or overnight. But if you wait 3 days, the taste will be simply incredible.

After the onion is marinated, it can be used in two ways:

Drain the marinade from it and place it on a skewer along with the meat.
Eat it as a bite with ready-made kebab.

By the way, you can sprinkle the marinade on grilled kebab. It will turn out no worse than wine.

How to pickle red onions for the winter

To pickle onions, it is more convenient to take small jars so as not to leave the jar open for a long time.

Depending on the volume of the jars and the size of the onions, they can be pickled whole or cut into 4 parts, slices, rings, half rings.

Classic recipe

Place the chopped onion in jars, put 1-2 peas of black and allspice, a clove bud, and a washed bay leaf in each jar.
Pour boiling water over the jars, cover with lids and leave for 10 minutes. Drain the water into a saucepan or deep bowl.
Add to it (per 1 kg of onion): 2 tsp. sugar, 2 tsp. salt, bring to a boil.
Pour in 80 ml of table vinegar and remove from heat.
Pour the marinade over the onions in the jars, roll up the lids of the jars, turn them upside down, wrap them up and leave until they cool completely.

How to deliciously pickle onions for herring at home?

A simple but very popular appetizer of lightly salted herring is not complete without aromatic onions. You can use raw onions or take a little time and pickle them.

Cooking time: 70 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings: 5-6.

Ingredients:

Onion – 400 gr.
Vinegar – 65 ml.
Sugar – 90 gr.
Salt – 15 gr.
Water – 200 ml.

Cooking process:

Peel the onion and cut into thin half rings.
Pour water into the pan, add the required amount of sugar and salt. bring the marinade to a boil, pour in the vinegar, boil for 1-2 minutes and remove the pan from the heat.
Pour the resulting marinade over the chopped onions.
Cover the onion with a lid or cling film and leave for 20-60 minutes.
Drain the marinade from the pickled onions and arrange it beautifully on top of the salted herring.

Bon appetit!

Red onion with honey

A very tasty and unusual dish – pickled red onions with honey.

Peel 400 g of red onion, cut into half rings, place in a deep bowl.
Mix 2 tbsp. l. honey, 2 tbsp. l. vinegar 9%, ½ tsp. salt, ground black pepper and ground sumac. Pour the dressing over the onion and stir.
Prepare small jars, wash and sterilize them. Place the onions in dry jars and roll up the lids. Store in a cool place.

Onions prepared according to this recipe go perfectly with meat, vegetables, and serve as an addition to salads. In addition, it serves to treat colds; onion juice with honey helps with cough.

Pickled onions, garlic, honey, apple preservative

This composition of products is medicinal in nature. Honey serves as a healing agent, garlic and onions fight viruses. Apple preservative, due to its high potassium concentration, improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Pickled onions prepared in this way are called “health elixir” and are a tincture of the above products.

The recipe will require:

300 ml apple cider vinegar;
100 g chopped onion;
50 g garlic;
200 g of May honey.

How to cook:

Finely chop the onion, also chop the garlic, add a preservative and leave everything for a day.
Then the composition is filtered and honey is added.

Store the product in the refrigerator. Use 2 tbsp. l. before breakfast.

Calorie content of 100 g of drink is 126.54 kcal.

This set of products is a wonderful medicine

With lemon juice

If one of the family members does not like the pungent smell of vinegar, the ingredient is replaced with lemon juice. This appetizer goes well with a fish dish.

Products:

2 turnips (medium size);
1 lemon;
100 ml water;
salt and sugar - 1 tsp each;
vegetable oil - 1 tsp;
a pinch of ground black pepper.

Preparation:

Cut the onion into thin half rings and place in a deep bowl.
Cut the lemon in half, squeeze the juice out of each half one by one, and pour it over the vegetables. They are then seasoned with black pepper.
Dissolve sugar and salt in water and pour everything into a bowl. Vegetable oil is also added there.
Mix all ingredients thoroughly, cover the container and leave for half an hour.

The onion is sliced as thinly as possible, otherwise marinating will take much longer, and the finished appetizer will taste bitter.

How to marinate onions for shish kebab with vinegar

So many people like to say in my family that onions cure seven ailments. Because this is really true. But the most interesting thing is that you can easily and instantly create a cool dish from it, which can be served as a salad or appetizer.

Such a miracle is done very quickly, which undoubtedly pleases everyone, especially those who can’t wait to try it. There are quite a few ingredients here, and everyone definitely always has them on hand.

All you need is to take everything you need and in a couple of hours you will taste this unrivaled and wonderful product with juicy and soft kebabs with a hint of smoke. Where's better? It is in this combination that this dish looks chic and is tucked into both cheeks.

We will need:

onion - 1 head
vinegar essence 9% - 1 tbsp
sumac - optional
hot and ground black pepper - optional
dill, parsley or cilantro

Cooking method:

1. Start by choosing the best head possible so that it is free from flaws and not rotten. It is best to take vegetables from the new harvest, not last year's. Peel off the husks.

Chop into pucks so that they turn out quite smooth and beautiful.

Interesting! To reduce tears when cutting, put the vegetable in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.

2. Then carefully separate with your hands and place in a deep bowl, season with everything necessary according to the list.

3. Stir and pour in one spoon of vinegar.

If you want to remove bitterness, you can first scald the onion with boiling water for 5-10 minutes. And then drain the liquid and proceed to the spices and vinegar.

4. By the way, vinegar essence can be replaced with 1-2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Let it brew for a couple of hours in a warm place with the lid closed. Can be served after 30-40 minutes.

Top with cilantro or other herbs. Bon appetit!

Marinating for herring with potatoes

It’s difficult to imagine herring with potatoes and without pickled red onions. With it, the dish will become even tastier and more appetizing. How to prepare pickled vegetables for herring? Each housewife has her own marinade recipe. But for variety, you can try to prepare this option:

Cut the red onion into thin half rings.
3 tbsp. table vinegar and 6 tbsp. water, 0.5 tsp. mustard and 1 tsp. Stir the sugar and pour the resulting mixture over the vegetable.
Let it sit for 10 minutes. Drain off excess liquid, place the pickled half rings on the herring and serve.

Or a less spicy marinade:

Cut the red onions into half rings. Place in a colander and pour boiling water over it. Cool.
Add 3 tbsp to a glass of water. 9% vinegar, one teaspoon of sugar. Pour the resulting marinade over the cooled vegetable.
Wait 10-15 minutes and drain the liquid. Place on the herring, add finely chopped herbs if desired.

When choosing a pickled vegetable recipe, you need to focus on what dish it is being prepared for. By changing the main preservative, you can achieve a variety of tastes and choose the most suitable method.

Onions for Korean salad

Crispy onions are a common ingredient in Korean salads. Such dishes have a special taste - they contain sourness, but at the same time it is softened by sweet spicy notes.

To soak onions for Korean salad, you will need a marinade of the following ingredients:

1 glass of water;
1 cup soy sauce;
½ cup sugar;
½ cup vinegar 9%.

All components of the marinade must be mixed and brought to a boil. Then pour in the onion, previously cut into large slices. For spiciness, it is fashionable to add pepper.

The cooled onion is placed in the refrigerator for 1.5-2 hours. This product can be used as a separate dish or added to a Korean vegetable salad.

To add originality to the recipe, regular table vinegar can be replaced with apple or wine vinegar.

Pickled onions are an appetizer that is appropriate at any feast. There can be a great variety of cooking options, you just have to use your imagination. Salt, sugar, lemon, pepper, spices, fresh herbs or any other additives - all these ingredients will help diversify the classic recipe with new variations of taste.

Red onions and cucumbers for the winter

Delicious and healthy salad of cucumbers and red onions:

Wash 1.5 kg of small fresh cucumbers. Cut them into thin circles and place in a deep enamel pan.
Peel 500 g of red onion, cut into rings, place on top of the cucumbers.
Wash the greens - onion feathers (100 g), dill leaves (70 g), finely chop, pour into a pan with vegetables.
Wash the hot pepper pod, cut into thin rings, and place in a saucepan. Add 1 tbsp. l. salt, 3 tbsp. l. sugar, 3 bay leaves, 1 tsp. black peppercorns.
Mix 1 tbsp. vegetable oil and 150 ml of salt vinegar, pour the vegetables into the pan, stir and leave for 6-10 hours.
Place the pan on the stove, bring the marinade to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes.
Transfer the salad into sterilized jars, roll up the lids, turn over, wrap the jars and leave to cool.

Marinate white onions with water and 9% vinegar - for salads and snacks

Required:

fresh onion – 250 g (2-3 onions);
vinegar 9% (any) – 7 tbsp. l.;
sugar – 3 tbsp. l.;
table or sea salt - 0.5 tbsp. l.;
cold drinking water – 250 ml.

How to do:

Pour sugar and salt into one bowl, add vinegar and water. Stir with a whisk or spoon until smooth. You can also mix the marinade components in a jar, close it tightly with a lid and shake vigorously so that the dry ingredients dissolve faster.
Chop the peeled and washed onion as you like. For puff salads, it is usually chopped into cubes; for other dishes or serving as an appetizer with meat, it can be chopped larger - into rings or half rings.
All that remains is to immerse the slices in the resulting brine, seal it tightly and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

After half an hour, the snack is completely ready to eat. You can store it in the marinade or drain the liquid.

With mustard

This onion loses its bitterness and acquires a delicate taste and aroma. It is suitable for adding to salads, decorating dishes, or as an independent snack.

List of ingredients:

3 onions;
1 tsp. mustard powder;
2 tbsp. l. vinegar (9%);
2 tsp. salt;
2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
350 ml boiled warm water.

Preparation:

The vegetable is cut into thin strips or rings.
The marinade recipe for red onions is simple: mix water, sugar, salt and dry mustard. Vinegar is added last.
Pour the marinade into a container with chopped onions, close it tightly, and leave for 30 minutes.
Before serving the snack, the liquid is drained.

For a snack

You can also make pickled onions at home as a separate appetizer. It has a bright original taste, so it can serve as a self-sufficient dish at the holiday table. It is also suitable as an addition to barbecue or other hot dishes.

To prepare an onion appetizer, it is recommended to take different types of onions - red and white. The combination of bitter and sweet tastes will make the snack more colorful.

To prepare you will need:

2 red and 2 white onions;
vinegar essence 9% - 2 tbsp. spoons;
sugar, salt;
water - 50 ml;
allspice;
chopped greens.

In this case, the marinade is prepared similarly to the classic method: water, salt and sugar, one tablespoon each, and vinegar are mixed in a bowl.

The onion is cut into thin half rings for more thorough soaking. The prepared product is poured with marinade, after which allspice, chopped herbs and other spices are added to it to taste.

These pickled onions serve as a versatile appetizer for any occasion.

Quick recipes with vinegar

How to pickle onions for salad even faster if not in vinegar! Cut the rings, mix the marinade, and by the time you have time to deal with the rest of the ingredients of the dish and put the rest of the appetizers and pickles on the table, these rings will become crispy and fragrant.

NB! To ensure that onions do not become bitter, pour boiling water over them before marinating, just for about 10 seconds.

Basic ingredients for a quick recipe with hot marinade

3 large onions (traditionally white, but you can also use red - however, I will write about this in more detail below),
250 ml water (cold),
¼ cup vinegar (9%),
3 tablespoons sugar,
½ tablespoon salt.

The onion is cut into rings, half rings, cubes, or “feathers”, and placed in a jar with a lid. The marinade is mixed and heated until boiling. Pour it over the vegetable, cover the jar, and leave for about 1.5 hours. Ready! Before serving or adding to the salad, it would be a good idea to drain it in a colander to drain off excess vinegar.

NB! This snack can be stored in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks. The main thing is to screw the jar tightly.

Recipe with wine vinegar and soy sauce

How to pickle onions for salad not only quickly and tasty, but also beautifully? Fill it with reddish, aromatic vinegar! Firstly, the appetizer will not be as spicy as with the table one (9%), and secondly, it will have an interesting “smoked” color. For 3 onions you need to take 4 tablespoons of wine vinegar, 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 0.5 teaspoon of salt (the latter is not necessary, because the sauce is already salty). The marinade is mixed and poured into the chopped onion. The vegetable is ready in 15 minutes!

Apple Cider Vinegar Recipe

For the same amount of onion, take: 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (it is not too strong, as it has 6% pungency), 50 g of sugar (about 3 tablespoons without a pea), a pinch of salt. Stir the marinade well and pour over the onion for the same 15 minutes.

NB! A little trick: to ensure that it marinates exactly as it should, when pouring, “massage” the vegetable rings a little with your hands - like cabbage before pickling.

Spicy onions marinated with vegetable oil

There are quite a lot of ingredients in this recipe: juice from 1 lemon, 50 ml of boiling water, a teaspoon (small heaped) of sugar, a teaspoon of salt (preferably sea), the same amount of vegetable oil (preferably refined), a pinch of fresh herbs, black pepper (preferably freshly ground). Pour the marinade over the onions for 30 minutes (covered). When the liquid has cooled, you can taste the snack.

Recipe with dill

An ideal addition to boiled potatoes, and even with herring (and also, shhh, with a glass, if your spouse likes that.). So! For 1 hefty onion you need: 4 tablespoons of table (9%) vinegar, 1 tablespoon of sugar, the same amount of salt, a glass of boiled water, a tablespoon of chopped dill (preferably fresh, but if not, take frozen, or even dried) . The marinade is mixed and poured into the onion. The jar is placed in the cold (refrigerator, on the balcony) for 30 minutes - and it’s ready. Fast and hassle-free!

NB! What salad goes best with quick pickled onions in vinegar? Personally, I think it should be something like Greek. That is: lettuce, fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, a couple of olives, olive oil + balsamic (but very little of the latter, because the onion will also give a lot of its “vinegarity” to the vegetables).

Is it possible to pickle red onions?

And how! You can use any of the recipes described above, except add a little less sugar, because this vegetable itself has a slightly sweet taste. By the way, there are recipes that will make your onions turn red, even if they turned out completely white in the garden.

False red onion (with beets), quick recipe

You will need boiled beets. Place the onions in a wide glass bowl, alternating balls of onion rings with balls of thinly sliced beets (you can also add garlic). Pour boiling marinade: 50 ml of 6% vinegar (say, apple cider vinegar), 250 ml of water, 2 teaspoons of sugar, a spoonful of salt, spices - say, thyme, allspice, chili pepper, dill. Press down with a press. It is advisable to marinate this appetizer longer (even for a day), but what a beauty it will turn out!

Korean method (kimchi)

An option for those who are not lazy and are ready to bother for the sake of an interesting culinary experiment. So! Make a “paste” from 200 ml of water and 1 spoon of rice flour (this is not difficult - the water is heated over low heat, without reaching a boil). Grate a couple of cloves of garlic, a small piece of fresh ginger, sprinkle in a little pepper (Koreans use kochukaru), sugar, and sesame seeds. The final touch is 100 ml of soy sauce. Mix the sauce with chopped onions (you will need about 4 pieces), keep in the refrigerator for about a day.

The most successful recipes for pickled onions: for appetizers and salads

Hi all! Most salads are prepared with onions. This is a healthy, but unfortunately, a very pungent vegetable, the taste of which not everyone likes (and the smell after it is not at all “romantic”). Meanwhile, if you don’t like onions, you can quickly and deliciously marinate them for salad; I’ll tell you exactly how. Such rings will turn out to be almost not spicy (unless you yourself want to strengthen the onion with vinegar), and if you wish, they will also have a funny color. Without it you cannot prepare “Russian Beauty”, “Men’s Whim”, it will ideally “fit” into homemade shawarma. And, importantly, these rings in their pure form can also serve as an excellent “solo” snack. With barbecue or just fried chicken - just the bomb!