Onions marinated in vinegar are not only a gourmet treat and an integral part of some salads, but also a way to preserve this vegetable in the winter. There are a lot of ways to pickle it, we will dwell on some of the most popular.
When choosing a method for pickling onions in vinegar, consider which onions you will use. It can be sweet, medium-sharp and spicy. To remove the characteristic unpleasant bitterness, first it should be poured with boiling water. This does not apply to the sweet type, as this bitterness is absent in such a vegetable.
Onions marinated in vinegar are prepared using apple, wine, grape or ordinary vinegar. You can also use any additives, such as spices and herbs. If you do not have vinegar or you do not use it, you can use lemon juice.
First recipe
It is suitable for sharp varieties. Peel and chop 1 kg of onion. Add to it 1 bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste, 100 grams of any vinegar and 3 tbsp. tablespoons of any vegetable oil. Pour onion with hot water so that it is completely covered with it. Next, put the pan with onions on fire and heat to 75-80 degrees, then quickly cool. You can store such onions with vinegar for up to 6 days in the refrigerator.
The second recipe (for sweet onions)
Since there is no bitterness in such varieties, it is enough to peel, chop, add salt and vinegar to taste and leave in a cool place for several hours.
Third recipe
Onions marinated in vinegar, according to this recipe, are not only very tasty, but also unusually beautiful. And all because he will marinate with beets, so he will get a beautiful beetroot shade. So, we need 1 kg of onions and beets. Peel and cut vegetables. Pour onion over boiling water and put in a bowl. Shift it evenly in layers with beets. For marinade, mix water and wine vinegar in a 1: 1 ratio, add salt and pepper to taste. Pour the marinade over the dishes with vegetables and leave to marinate for 24 hours.
Fourth recipe
In Georgia, various spices and spices are used to prepare such delicacies as onions marinated in vinegar. For the marinade, water and vinegar are mixed in the proportions 1: 1, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and hot pepper, sugar and salt are added here. Pour onion with boiling water for 2-3 minutes. Then it is cooled in salted water, then it is poured with the resulting marinade and marinated for several hours.
Fifth recipe
As mentioned above, pickling onions is used for storage in the winter. How to do it?
First, onions are peeled and put in salted water (200 grams of salt per 1 liter), left in the cold for several days. During this time, the bulbs become translucent.
Such onions are stacked in pre-prepared jars, which are poured with boiling marinade. Cans are corked, flipped, covered with a blanket and left to cool completely.
For the marinade you need (based on 1 liter of water):
- several bay leaves;
- 7-10 peas of black pepper;
- 1 tablespoon of salt and sugar;
- 200 ml of vinegar (table).