Easy Pickled Red Onions

Name: Easy Pickled Red Onions
Total time: 600 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 medium red onions; 2 cups white vinegar; 2 cups water; 1/3 cup cane sugar; 2 tablespoons sea salt (I decreased to 1 tablespoon as my salt was very coarse); 2 garlic cloves (optional); 1 teaspoon mixed pepper corns (optional)

cindybear @cindybearcooks

#August2026 I love pickled eggs, pickled jalapeños, and pickled onions.

cindybear @cindybearcooks

#August2026 I love pickled eggs, pickled jalapeños, and pickled onions.

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Ingredients

10 minutes

2medium red onions
2 cupswhite vinegar
2 cupswater
1/3 cupcane sugar
2 tablespoonssea salt (I decreased to 1 tablespoon as my salt was very coarse)
2garlic cloves (optional)
1 teaspoonmixed pepper corns (optional)

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Thinly slice the onions by hand or mandolin.
2

Use 2 16 ounce or 3 10 ounce jars. Add garlic cloves and peppercorns to each jar if using.
3

Fill jars with sliced onion.
4

On medium heat in a medium sauce pan heat vinegar,water,sugar and salt. Stir until sugar and salt are dissolved. Let cool then pour over onions. Cool to room temperature then refrigerate. They are ready to eat when they are bright pink and tender. 1-24 hours.
5

These keep up to 2 weeks refrigerated. You can also process in water bath for 10 minutes using canning jars and lids. Let lids seal. Store in cool dry place for several months.