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Glass jar filled with sliced pickled red onions in pale brine with peppercorns and seasonings at the bottom.

Quick Pickled Red Onions (Refrigerator Pickles)

This quick pickled red onion recipe is ready in as little as an hour. A simple, sweet, and tangy brine gives you that classic pickled onion flavor with almost no effort!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Refrigerate 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Serving Size 24 servings (2 pint jars)

Ingredients

  • 4 medium red onions
  • 1 1/2 cups white vinegar
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons pickling salt
  • 2 teaspoons peppercorns 1 per jar

Instructions

  • Place 1 teaspoon of peppercorns into each pint jar.
  • Slice the onions thinly and pack into 2 pint-sized jars.
  • Add the vinegar, water, sugar, and salt to a medium-sized saucepan and heat over medium heat. Stir until the sugar and salt have dissolved.
  • Let the brine cool, and then pour it over the onions.
  • Place the lids on and let the jars cool to room temperature before refrigerating.

Notes

Thinly sliced onions will be ready to eat in an hour, thicker onions will need to sit overnight. They will keep in the fridge for about 4 weeks.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 27kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.04g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 583mg | Potassium: 32mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 0.1mg

These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.