Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup raw apple cider vinegar
- Juice of 1/2 lemon or lime
- 2 Tablespoons honey or sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon canning & pickling salt
- 1 large red onion
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds and a few whole cloves OR 1 teaspoon pickling spice
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, heat the water, vinegar, honey or sugar and salt and stir until boiling and everything is fully dissolved. Set aside briefly.
- Put the spices in a pint (or larger) glass jar. Peel the onion, then halve it vertically and slice into 1/4 inch slices. Stuff the onion slices in the jar, then slowly pour the hot vinegar mixture over to cover the onions.
- Cover and let sit for about 30 minutes, then refrigerate.
Notes
You can use any clean glass jar–it doesn’t have to be anything special, but you do want glass. I used a spaghetti sauce jar after I had removed the label and washed it in the dishwasher.
If you have extra pickling juice, put it in a covered jar and save it for next time.
If you want spicy pickled onions: add whole peppercorns, sliced jalapeno or red pepper flakes. If you want sweeter pickles, double or triple the honey or sugar used here.
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