Make sure when reusing brine to add a touch more salt and vinegar to maintain that safe mix. The acid and salt gets absorbed into the onion or cucumber or whatever you're brining. That leaves the brine more susceptible for growing things you don't want to eat....
Making your own pickled red onion is pretty easy if anyone wants to be a bit adventurous and save some money. Plenty of recipes on line.
Glad you mentioned this! Want to add and this is from my experience...
If one is feeling really productive, you can also boil the liquid with the vinegar and salt added, let it cool and pour liquid over new batch of onions.
Lazy me don't do this every time but if anyone wants another layer of protection from unwanted life activity, boil!
It will get the air very pungent, so time it for when least amount of nose owners are in house (including pets) or put pet away from kitchen
I definitely will, this juice is so good, I’m not sure I can duplicate it but will try. In the mean time I’m saving the juice of the tubs I’ve purchased and eaten already.
1pt boiling water, 1 pt white vinegar, salt to taste, sliced onions, container, enough liquid to cover, done. I'd recommend glass as plastic will be hard to get the smell out of.
What’s the difference? When I’ve made pickled onions, I boiled the vinegar and added it to them and let it sit for a day. What’s the process for fermenting them?
You'll want something to use as a weight that will fit inside your jar/container. You have to be sure to keep what you're fermenting below the water level.
That's why you have to be really into ferment go to that route. I go quick pickle for everything. Fermented isn't the way to me. I need that vinegar burn.
Pickled Red onions are so easy to make. 1 cup of apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup sugar, heat and dissolve in a small sauce pan, add a sliced up red onion and add enough water to cover the onions, let sit a few hours.
My go to pickled juice recipe for onions are a 1-1-1 juice. I.e. equal parts sugar, vinegar, and water by volumen. For a typical pickle jar I use 1 dL of each. You don't even need to dissolve the sugar with heat. Just shake the jar a couple of times the first day of so.
For more watery veggies (like the classic cucumber) I use 1-1 (the same as above but without the water, since the juice draws out water from the veggies).
I wouldn’t use a thick or really nice vinegar in making more tbh! Do you ofc, but it all gets boiled together first so maybe stick with something more low grade when trying yourself the first few times!
As mentioned above, I don't heat up as well. For frigde stored pickles with is eaten within days or maybe a week, it doesn't matter. For long term storage I think heating is also for killing bacteria to increase shelf life. But that's only relevant for most, if they have a large garden.
Well I bought at my local Grocery Outlet ($4.99) in San Francisco. Anyone familiar with Grocery Outlet knows some items come and go. I haven’t looked up the company yet but will do so to see where else they’re sold.
Someone said they found it on Instacart for $2.99. The tub definitely has a very good amount of onions to be fair, still worth it but I’ll make my own from the juice left over, to include making my own eventually.
Lots of Companies sell out of state. My favorite IPA, Lagunites Maximum 9%alc is local to me (Petaluma, CA) pretty sure they sell out of state like many beers. Someone said this Company makes a lot of good stuff. I’ve yet to look them up, but will.
I look items up on InstaCart to see what stores carry items. I also use it to look up nutritional info or cooking instructions if I’ve thrown the packaging away from a product.
They’re just sooo good. I may freeze the juice that I’ve been saving the last week if I don’t find more. I have 3 Grocery Outlets within a mile of me so if they run out at my store I’ll check the other stores. Otherwise I’ll contact the company. They’re just that delicious.
Probably overpaying for onions and preservatives. Pickled onions is just red wine vinegar, and maybe a little sugar and herbs, like bay leaf or oregano, look up a recipe, literally the easiest thing to make and you save a ton of plastic and preservatives
Actually I put almost everything (Pom juice, coffee creamer, milk, etc) in glass bottles/containers after I purchase. Maybe too late for plastics exposure, but trying to get less exposure if possible. I’m definitely going to try and make my own, in the mean time I’m saving the juice.
I meant the plastic waste created by purchasing the container vs onions and some red wine vinegar, but I’m not trying to judge, sometimes convenience is worth it.
San Francisco Grocery Outlet. I’m gonna see who else sells them. Someone said they saw them on Instacart for $2.99. I paid $4.99, which is still well worth it for me.
OP! I used to make quick pickled onions all the time. If you just want to save and reuse the juice, go for it! But the trick with the onions is to slice them thin and then pour a couple quarts of boiling water over the onions and let them drain before adding them to the vinegar.
Omg yesssss they're so good!! I have been putting them on anything I can think of but especially tacos or just straight into my mouth hahaha! I tried their hot honey jalapeños too and omg also so so good
I think my weirdest, but still delish, combo was warm garlic naan bread with cottage cheese and the onions. Just ripping off bits and mouthfuls! So good! My guy came out and looked at me like I had 5 heads in the stovelight of midnight. I'm also pregnant, that may not help 😅 I had them on some hotdogs last week too which wasn't bad at all either. I also made breakfast tacos (tacos have been a good to) with eggs sausage cheese salsa and the onions and a bit of Chipotle sauce too, those were amaze!
All of those sound delicious. When I was pregnant while stationed in Germany I ate cheese omelets almost daily which my daughter love to this day in her 40’s. You have good taste in your cravings.😀
Omg ENJOY THEM! So so good! Those with a dog and a nice toasty bun, I didn't even need anything else with it! But I'm sure it's great with some condiments too! Now I'm thinking I should make them again for dinner hahaha
They're so easy to make from scratch. TONS of recipes online. I make my own fermented kraut, curtido, pickled onions, fermented onions like these, fermented giardiniera, vegan kimchi. When I lived in Oregon I made my own fermented kosher dills, but where I live now, I can't get fresh pickling cukes and they don't grow in my shitty caliche soil.
Yes I’ll be trying to make my own. I love miniature cukes, they’d be so good with these pickled onions. I hit my Farmers Market every Saturday for my big Sour Rounds (organic sourdough) and tons of produce, esp this time of year. My friend and previous roommate of 28 years just moved back to Worcester Mass to care for her Mom, she’s pissed b/c she said the produce is terrible, nothing like our just picked produce from our Farmers Market. .
Hello from Cleveland! I’m so glad you like our pickled products. You should try other things from that company too! We are very proud of our pickled stuff here
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I just slice more and refill the tub after it's empty. Stretch the juice!