How To Make Pickled Red Onions

Flavorful and bright pink, pickled onions add zip to everything they touch.

There’s lots of leeway with the spices and herbs used.

Are These Pickled Onions for Canning?

A jar of pickled red onions and a fork set on top with red onions on it.

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No, they aren’t for canning.

These are refrigerator pickled onions.

Do not use plastic for these pickled red onions.

how to blanch red onions

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Blanch red onions in a saucepan of boiling water for 2 minutes.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, then cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

Draining blanched onions to make a pickled red onion recipe.

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Add the blanched, drained onions to the vinegar mixture.

Simmer for 1 minute.

Allow to stand until cooled before putting the lid on and storing in the refrigerator.

vinegar and spices for pickled red onions recipe

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The pickled red onions will keep for several weeks refrigerated.

simmering spices and vinegar for pickled red onions recipe.

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Adding blanched onions to vinegar and spices in a pot to make a pickled red onions recipe.

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A pot of finished pickled red onions on the stove.

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A jar of refrigerator pickled onions on a linen with sliced red onion next to it.

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