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Pickled Onion

By Natalie Estrada

Published on August 6, 2019

Time

15 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

Yield

Serves 6 to 8 (Makes about 1½ cups)

Pickled Onion

Ingredients

1 small onion, halved and sliced thin1 cup white wine vinegar 5 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon table salt

Before You Begin

For more spice, add 1 thinly sliced jalapeño chile to the onion before pouring over the vinegar mixture.

Instructions

  1. Place onion in medium bowl. Bring vinegar, sugar, oregano, and salt to simmer in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Pour vinegar mixture over onion, cover loosely, and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Pickled Onion
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Pickled Onion

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Time

15 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

Yield

Serves 6 to 8 (Makes about 1½ cups)

Ingredients

1 small onion, halved and sliced thin
1 cup white wine vinegar
5 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

1 small onion, halved and sliced thin
1 cup white wine vinegar
5 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon table salt

Ingredients

1 small onion, halved and sliced thin
1 cup white wine vinegar
5 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon table salt

Why This Recipe Works

For the best results, we sliced the onion thin so that it absorbed the pickling liquid quickly and evenly. A mix of white wine vinegar and sugar provided the perfect acidic yet sweet balance. A little dried oregano gave the onion some herbaceous complexity. After only 30 minutes of cooling, the pickled onion was ready to serve.

Before You Begin

For more spice, add 1 thinly sliced jalapeño chile to the onion before pouring over the vinegar mixture.

Instructions

  1. Place onion in medium bowl. Bring vinegar, sugar, oregano, and salt to simmer in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Pour vinegar mixture over onion, cover loosely, and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.

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