Recipe for pickled red onions

Pickled red onions are the favorite topping of them all! Whether it's as a topping on a salad, tacos or delicious simmered dishes, the tangy, pink onions add just that extra bit of flavor. And best of all: They're super easy to make yourself. The ingredients are also quite few, and you probably already have some in your cupboard:

• Red onion - The star ingredient! Cheap and super easily available.
• Vinegar - The cheapest is to use stock vinegar, but you can also use white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar, depending on what you have on hand.
• Sugar - or honey. To give a nice taste and balance between sweet and sour.
• Peppercorns - Whole peppercorns are used so they can be sorted out when you eat the red onions.
• Bay leaves - They can be omitted, but they add a nice flavor to the salad and thus also the red onions.

TIP: Try the red onions above this beautiful summer salad with quinoa and strawberries or as topping on a delicious dhal or on a chili sin carne

Pickled red onions with honey or cane sugar

Pickled red onions can easily be made with honey and apple cider vinegar instead of sugar and stock vinegar. It's a little twist with slightly healthier ingredients, but the taste is pretty much the same. You can also use regular stock vinegar and sugar for the recipe. Both taste really great, so just use what you like and have on hand. 

TIP: Try the pickled red onions over a delicious mexican bowl with salmon or this recipe with chicken.

Recipes with pickled red onions

It's so delicious to use the beautiful pink red onions on salads or casseroles for a fresh and colorful twist. They are truly versatile! For example, try topping the beautiful red onions on one of these recipes:

• Salmon meatballs with quinoa salad
• Rösti with squash and halloumi
• Lentil stew with tahini and pickled fennel
• Trout mousse canapés
• Braised drumsticks
• Canitas tacos