Mexican•budget
Best Tasting Pickled Onions
Cooking in Chinglish recipe - Mexican
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 cup water
- 1 medium purple onion
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- ½ tbsp sea salt
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup lemon juice
Instructions
- 1
Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan.
- 2
Meanwhile, slice the onion against the grain thinly and put it in a heat proof bowl.
- 3
Once the water boils, pour 3⁄4 cup into a glass jar and the rest to the bowl with onions and soak for 10 minutes.
- 4
Add sugar, honey, salt, apple cider vinegar and lemon juice into the jar and mix well.
- 5
Once the onions are done soaking, drain and place the onions in the glass jar, press down with a spoon to submerge all the onions in the pickling solution.
- 6
Let the onions sit in the solution at room temperature for at least an hour before eating. After an hour, keep it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.