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Pickled Red Onions

Published: Sep 1, 2014 · Modified: Sep 16, 2014 · About 2 minutes to read this article. · By Kim Nielsen

Recipe for Homemade Pickled Red Onions

This recipe for pickled red onions is really easy to make and they are super delicious. At first we wasn't sure where to use pickled red onions - but we quickly realized that they can be used everywhere where we use our cucumber salad or just normal pickles. They go perfectly as topping for burgers or hotdogs. We have also used them as a side dish for cooked pork and beef. The recipe only consist of 4 different ingredients, red onions, vinegar, sugar and some pepper, and it's so easy to make - you dissolve the sugar in the vinegar, slice the onions and let them soak in the vinegar/sugar mixture for some time and that's it! Super simple! Besides that great taste, the red onions get a beautiful pink color after some time in the vinegar mixture.

Pickled Red Onions

2 glass jars
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Danish title: Syltede rødløg

Ingredients:
3 red onions
4 dl (1.75 cups) vinegar
1 dl (0.5 cup) sugar
Some pepper grains

Instruction:
Step 1: Pour the sugar and the vinegar into a bowl and stir until all the sugar has dissolved.
Step 2: Clean a glass jar using boiling water. This will kill all bacteria and make sure that the onions stay fresh longer.
Step 3: Slice the onions and put them in the glass jar.
Step 4: Pour the vinegar/sugar mixture in the jar and add some pepper grains.
Step 5: Place the jar in the fridge for some hours and they are done. Keep the jar refrigerated.

Tip: Serve them as topping for burgers, hotdogs or just as a side dish for pork or beef meat.


Recipe for Homemade Pickled Red Onions

Recipe for Homemade Pickled Red Onions

By Kim Nielsen
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  1. Linda

    May 13, 2015 at 12:53 am

    Help! My mom was from Denmark. When I was little she made pickled sweet red onions, but I can't find a recipe. I recall her adding yellow mustard and it seems that there was a bit of oil in the jar...not just vinegar.

    Do you know of this recipe?

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      May 16, 2015 at 8:19 am

      Hi Linda, We are sorry we have never come across this recipe you are looking for. However, if you find it we are very interesting in getting it - it sounds very interesting.

      Reply
  2. Nadia P

    June 25, 2018 at 11:04 am

    What kind of vinegar should be used? Thanks.

    Reply
    • Kim Nielsen

      June 26, 2018 at 6:57 am

      HI. You should use the normal white vinegar which can be found in most supermarkets. It's clear and colorless. Sometimes it is called 'pickling vinegar'. I hope this answers your question.

      Reply
      • Nadia P

        June 30, 2018 at 8:53 am

        Thank you!

        Reply
      • Debra Ellenwood

        September 15, 2018 at 4:56 pm

        I have some lager vinegar, would this work also? I used it all the time when I lived in Denmark and find it has a good flavor for pickles.

        Reply
        • Kim Nielsen

          September 17, 2018 at 6:32 am

          Hi. Yes that would work. I normally just use what I have :-)

          Reply

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