Recipes
Homemade Pickled Onions
You know those pickled onions served in Brazilian bars? Make them at home!
Prep: 8 minYield: Serves 8
Ingredients
- •2 kg small onions (I’m using palito onions)
- •15 glasses of water, 200 ml each (3 L)
- •2 1/2 glasses of vinegar, 200 ml each (500 ml)
- •3 1/2 glasses of water, 200 ml each (700 ml)
- •2 crushed garlic cloves
- •Black peppercorns to taste
- •2 bay leaves
- •1/2 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes (3 g)
- •1 heaped tablespoon salt (12 g)
- •1/2 tablespoon sugar (5 g)
- •1 tablespoon oregano (6 g)
- •4 tablespoons olive oil (40 ml)
Instructions
- 1
Bring the water to a boil in a large saucepan, add the peeled onions and boil for about 3 minutes.
- 2
Remove the onions from the water and set aside.
- 3
In another saucepan, combine the water, vinegar, garlic, black peppercorns, red pepper flakes, bay leaves, salt, sugar, oregano and olive oil, and bring to a boil.
- 4
Place the onions in a large glass jar, pour the boiling pickling liquid and seasonings over them, seal the jar and leave to pickle for 1 week or longer.