How to Make Pickled Red Onions. How to make pickled red onions, its EASY Thinly sliced red onions pickled in vinegar with spices. Print. Photography Credit. I keep on making things that when I think about it, would be enhanced with some pickled red onions. Bean soup, liverwurst, salmon, and especially hot dogs and hamburgers would all be terrific with some pickled onions on the side. All you really need to make pickled red onions is some sliced red onion, vinegar and sugar. These quick and easy pickled red onions add lots of flavor to roasts, burgers, beans, and sandwiches. The pickled onions take just minutes to make, and theyre fat free. Whisk first 3 ingredients and 1 cup water in a small bowl until sugar and salt dissolve. Place onion in a jar pour vinegar mixture over. Let sit at room temperature. Theres lots of leeway with the spices and herbs used. For this batch I used cinnamon, cloves, star anise, bay leaf and red pepper flakes. You could easily thrown in some ginger, swap out the chile flakes for some cumin, or allspice for the cloves. How to Make Pickled Red Onions Print. Ingredients. 1 lb red onions about 2 med or 1 large, thinly sliced. Pickled onions are a food item consisting of onions cultivars of allium cepa, pickled in a solution of vinegar and salt, often with other preservatives and. Cover onions with boiling water and allow. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Makes about 3 pints or 6 half pints. These are a gem. When I saw pickled onions, I thought they would take forever, but theyre actually a very quick, lovely addition to dinner. I got them soaking while. Crescent Roll Recipes Taco Ring there. Spices. 12 cinnamon stick. Dash red pepper flakes. More spices optional Fresh ginger slices, allspice berries, oregano, garlic, cumin seeds, mustard seeds. Method. 1 Blanch red onions in a saucepan of boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain in colander. While the water is heating in step 1, in a separate saucepan combine the vinegar, sugar and spices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add blanched, drained onions to the vinegar mixture. Simmer for 1 minute. Transfer to a glass jar. Allow to stand until cooled. Will keep several weeks refrigerated. Hello All photos and content are copyright protected. Please do not use our photos without prior written permission. If you wish to republish this recipe, please rewrite the recipe in your own unique words and link back to How to Make Pickled Red Onions on Simply Recipes.