This one makes me think of my pink-loving little one, and because of that, it will always make me smile. You should’ve seen her face when I showed her the jar of bright pink pickled onions for the first time. Instant light. Instant Smile, and a big giant “PIIINK!”. Who couldn’t use a little more light, smiles, and pink in their life?
Edited (4+ years later) to add that that pink-loving little one is now almost 7 and she and her sweet now 2-year-old baby sis both still LOVE these pink pickled onions, and lovingly refer to them as “snakes.”
As a family we seek to find joy and silver linings in the day-to-day moments. So, when I could only find a huge bag of organic red onions, instead of turning lemons into lemonade, we turned onions into pink pickled onions. I am quite pleased with the final product and excited to share these delectable morsels with you. Prebiotics, pop of color, and SO MUCH punchy flavor. We LOVE these in our sourdough tortilla tacos (tortilla recipe in my Sourdough Sisterhood book), as pulled pork taco bowl toppers, atop easy baked fajita quesadilla slices, in sandwiches, on salads, you name it!
Enjoy, friends! Sending love and health through this season and beyond. Because there will be a beyond.
Pink Pickled Onions
WHAT YOU NEED:
- 1 large glass mason jar with lid
- 2 red onions, peels and sliced into rings
- 2 cups water to boil
- enough apple cider vinegar to cover them in a jar (about 1 cup)
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1-2 tsp honey
WHAT YOU DO:
add apple cider vinegar, honey, and salt to a mason jar and shake it up real well.
bring water to a rolling boil and pour over sliced onions in a colander to blanch them.
move them to a bowl of ice water or simply run the coldest water your sink offers over the onions till they are fully cooled down.
add onions to your mason jar and push them down into the jar so they’re fully covered (I like using a fermentation weight).
top tightly with lid and move to the fridge.
let them sit at least 45 minutes and then ENJOY! These just get better with time but they’ve never lasted more than a week in our house.
If you make these, I’d love to hear about it; share in comments! Hugs, friends!
Yum! Making these today! They are so delightfully pink!
Thank you! I so hope you enjoy them!