HOW TO Make Pickled Red Onions | Preserving your Harvest

For this, we started by peeling and slicing about 10# of Red Onions into rings. We grew these onions in our garden last summer, and have been storing them in our house after curing them in the fall. Unfortunately, a few were starting to sprout, so it was time to preserve them for long term storage. For the brine / juice, we used 6 cups Red Wine Vinegar, 4 cups Apple Cider Vinegar, 1/2 cup Sugar, and just shy 1/4 cup Salt. Several of the jars had spices added as well, including: 1 Bay Leaf, 8 Peppercorns, 1 Allspice Berry, and 1 Clove. After packing, they went into a water bath canner for 10 minutes. These will get better, much better, over time. So store in your pantry, and forget about them for at least a couple of weeks.
Hope you enjoyed! ♥ Todd & Rachel
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[@7Wiggles]

I like the way you interact with each other, and it's like we're your guests. Cheers

[@bjornmundt5801]

I would like to have both of them as neighbor.

[@gbarbecue2399]

This totally has the feel of sitting round the table chatting with mum and dad. Love it.

[@UKhomestead]

We don't have much if anything mexican food wise in the UK but when I came across this I knew I had to try it. I bought a massive bag of onions the other day and copied this and they have come out amazing gonna do another lot this weekend thanks 👍

[@deeatwood4048]

thx's for giving me inspiration, at the young age of 67 planted my first garden, and started canning...my problem is when my family wants to try something I lie and say it's not ready, it's just so nice sitting on my shelves. I know the reason to can was to have food, and preserve what we grew, but I'm so proud I want to stare at them for a few weeks/months.

[@ryanr.719]

Yes, definitely get yourselves a mandolin haha! I make pickled red onions and my Latino neighbors love them. To the jar I add a couple bay leaves, black pepper, 5 smashed garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, a couple pinches of dried Mexican oregano, a jalapeño sliced thin on the mandolin, and about 2 red onions also sliced thin on the mandolin. Then I add the juice of about 12 fresh limes and add white vinegar to cover everything in the jar. After about an hour, you’ll have perfect Mexican pickled red onions.

[@rhondasmithis]

What size jar does this make? Do you put in any water? TIA

[@ryanr.719]

I believe the pint size? Whatever the most common size mason jar is, but you can certainly make more or less if you prefer and just adjust the ingredient amounts to your liking. No, you do not add any water.@@rhondasmithis

[@XOjmmXO]

I know it has been years but I just dill pickled some red onions as I don't like sweet pickles, and they are AMAZING!! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@kevintadd500]

Great video, I hope your deployed children are staying safe out there, god bless them for serving!!! Thanks

[@FaithHopeLoveMom]

You two remind me of my husband's and my relationship. Makes me smile. Be so blessed. 😊

[@1870s]

Must be a perfect pair

[@FaithHopeLoveMom]

@@1870s we are. He makes me so very happy. So blessed.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

"A mix of recipes" - after my own heart! Just look at a bunch of recipes to get the basic idea of how it's done. Then I make something from what I have in the pantry! Thanks for the idea. I will put it on my list! I am making batches of soup now because, with the heat, my cellar stored vegies are sprouting.

[@myscrog]

You could make an onion marmalade! It freezes well too. 2 pounds red or yellow onions, sliced 2cloves of garlic minced 2 T. extra virgin olive oil ¾ cup granulated sugar ¾ cup balsamic vinegar 1 orange zest plus the juice of the orange 1 tsp. sea salt ½ tsp. pepper, crushed

[@lisabrown8026]

Hi guys, try lighting a candle and sit it near your work area when cutting onions , works for me! Great video.

[@jessicaherley8481]

I definitely rock onion goggles when ever I'm making a large canning batch of anything with onion. My husband laughs but I get the job done without interruption!

[@Immostlysunny]

Just finished making these! Thanks for the great recipe. It was a perfect Michigan day to throw open the windows, cut onions and boil that water.

[@lnbjr7]

Great video! You can also Use the jar funnels to make getting the onions in the jars a lot easier and with less mess.

[@Hollowhomestead]

I have made so many of your recipes, and we have enjoyed the ones we made SO much! You are my favorite homesteaders❤️ Happy that I found you!!

[@theblacksheepgardener]

I am so happy that I found your channel just in time for canning season! Your videos are very well put together; super easy to follow, and I love that you share your modifications and your reasoning behind them. Thanks for sharing, friends!

[@1870s]

A new friend! Yay! Happy you found us 😊

[@charmc4152]

Enjoyed your video! A couple of years ago, I got my first taste of pickled red onions on a pub burger at a Culver's restaurant. Most of the time, for YEARS, if I have a cheeseburger, I will just eat it plain because I just want to taste the meat, the cheese, and bun, but after I had the pub burger I was hooked on pickled red onions. (I wonder how many people were introduced to pickled red onions at a restaurant 🤔 😉😁) Anyway, this summer, I made some quick refrigerator pickled red onions, and I almost always have a jar of them inthe fridge now. They are so good on burgers, salads, sandwiches, or just plain as a little side dish or snack. I think I need to can some pickled red onions!

[@susanhartwig2216]

The onions and juice are fantastic in Cole slaw!

[@rhondasmithis]

I was. Panera Bread had served them with a sandwich.

[@lauren705]

Lovely to see a couple making these together. 💕 So lucky to have each other! Also, thanks for the recipe!

[@ScottHead]

Nice work! And congrats on using a tool until it rusts out! That's a mark of a hard worker.

[@r.m.4653]

You can also dehydrate them and with a vitamix you can grind it into powder for onion powder. It’s great.

[@mariannerapp411]

I can"t wait to make these. A great trick to avoid crying over onions, is to light a candle close to your cutting board. Two candles is even It really works! better

[@carolynmoody9460]

When I have extra onions I make a bread an butter brine an pickle them ..blessings

[@jacktomberlin7976]

A little trick that I use to keep the tears at bay! Leave the root end intact. It will help hold back those gasses. Cut off the stem end, peel and slice all the way to the root. Awesome recipe. I really enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@susanhartwig2216]

Pickled onions and the juice is fantastic in Cole slaw! I don't throw away the pickle juice either. Use it in place of regular vinegar for Cole slaw or other things.

[@lolitabonita08]

for the first time i tried pickled onions and looooove it...the taste is fantastic

[@LADYLINKA]

The sharper the knife, the less the tears!

[@knottedup3711]

It looks so easy when u do it

[@cbass2755]

Funny story…I just started pressure canning last September 2021. I had to change the gasket the other day! I wore out the original gasket already…May 2022….

[@ShelleyArtist]

Making some canned red onions today. Ty for the inspiration. I'm gonna try adding a little picking seasoning to one and see how it tastes

[@darlenerossiter9511]

Good to watch you both can together.

[@TheLeisamarie]

Ohhh, this is right on time! We need to use/save ours or there's going to be a funny smell in the root cellar! Thanks y'all!

[@1870s]

Oh good glad we could help

[@triciasklodowske5653]

We love onions, so will be doing these. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

[@williamgallaher9969]

Those are an inspiration 🙌. Looks delicious. Thank you 😊.

[@Jewnas123]

Man I do love me some red onions! I often eat one raw with my meals, shout out to my fellow onion lovers

[@posypoodle6034]

Jewnas123 Seems to be giving you a hairy chin

[@MrZakazeeko]

I eat raw oingon raw garlic and a raw chili with my meals

[@HannahMattox]

@jewnas123 I do that with Vidalia onions! I slice one up with peas, cornbread, and potatoes! 😋😋

[@kayemcnamara3132]

I use an OXO mandolin for ALL a kinds of canning processing as well as making kraut, etc! But a word of caution, I have sliced my thumb open when I am doing it a long time for huge batches of produce. SO, buy yourself some cut proof gloves (i call them my shark gloves). They are a GAME changer! And that mandolin is wonderful!

[@Aymers34]

You two are so cute and I enjoyed watching you both.

[@michelleshorey1399]

Got these in the canner right now! I’m excited! Every time I watch this I crack up laughing at Todd’s comment about “We could just eat these later” and his nostrils full of vinegar! 🤣

[@traceye3488]

Family of 4 and we plant 500 onions. Last year they lasted till March and I had to buy 1 bag from the store. We were so close! I use onions in almost every meal. I haven't needed to freeze them yet.

[@denisedonaldson6679]

Love!!!

[@rolliecrafts255]

Thanks!

[@tonyarueff3230]

Red pickled onions are yummy on salad too!

[@angelenerash5160]

Love this! They look delidious!!

[@terryfinley7760]

Thank you for your two children serving in the military! 👍

[@1870s]

Our pleasure! We're honored and proud

[@rachealgullett1352]

Making them today supper excited

[@gogogardener]

We love onions here too. Would you can them this way again? The recipes that i can recall, pickling recipes with onions usually soak them in cold salt water before processing. These sound delicious.

[@lethaharris1608]

I love 💕 picked onions!!

[@Sharone123]

I have the same avocado lifter!

[@nikkilyne36]

My grama use to make them when I was little.i remember her having some on the table one time during dinner and I tried them and they were so good.

[@missioncreekfarm7715]

An eastern European way to do it, is to peel the onion, cut off the root end and put them in a brine barrel whole. Yup, whole. Just like when you pickle full heads of cabbage in brine barrel. Your brine can be your standard 2% solution, or a combination of vinegars and salt, spices etc. Be sure to submerge and enjoy when fermented. When that is depends on the quantity and fermenting conditions. Because they are whole, they take quite a bit longer. It takes me about 6 weeks to get a good pickle on 5 gallon barrel (or bucket) of whole onions. 6 to 8 weeks in a 25 gallon barrel with 6 - 8 full heads of cabbage (cored).

[@MaryWehmeier]

Great idea. We had access to quite a few during the Covid lockdown, and in order not to waste, we pickled them as well. New fav' in this house.

[@user-neo71665]

A meat slicer makes slicing large amounts of onions go by in minutes. I only use a mandolin when I'm just doing small amounts of slicing.

[@allisonhartley6712]

If I chop onions in my contacts I don’t cry. But if I have on my glasses then I cry.

[@Lucky_5090]

Totally going to try this! Its been on my to do list to pickle carrots and onions! Thank you

[@1870s]

Alright! Hope you enjoy them

[@Greens5511]

I am for sure going to try these this year! I have never even tasted them, but man do I love onions! Oh and I LOVE that music you played while you were canning them....I don't know what it is but that music just makes me happy and relaxed :)

[@bertha7457]

Onions for pickling if you slice from end to end you get less tearing and better texture of onion.

[@daniellesduckheadhomestead3127]

Great video. I’ll have to try these. They sound so good. I love pickled stuff. Thanks for sharing. Take care, see ya :)

[@1870s]

Serve with some cilantro on shrimp tacos! Yummy

[@Nikadermis]

I do the trick where I add new veg to left over pickle juice all the time. Pickled beets, cornichons whatever, all have enough flavor for a second round and I'll throw cut carrots, radishes, beets whatever in there.

[@hardtruth2039]

Great video, thank you for this one. Going to do these soon. I just upgraded to two steam canners and so happy I did.

[@quietlyobserving6531]

Lol @ Todd taking a big whiff of the brine. 😂😂😂 I've never successfully grown onions and have studied your onion videos in the hopes of changing that this year. 🤞 I followed the RUTH stout method for potatoes and was successful so, I'm hopeful this will too. Thanks for inspiring me to keep trying and getting better. Lots of love from NC.

[@1870s]

Oh I sure hope you have great success, onions a very heavy feeders

[@mabelleslie9436]

Thank you for showing me your recipe I wanted to know how to make for a long time

[@deliciasboricuasennebraska2596]

Excellent My trick to protecting myself I'm slice all onions with out peel just you trying No more crying 😢

[@sandybasslady1415]

Super excited..I will be definitely doing this♥️ thanks for showing this process

[@margaretthompson6391]

I make a broccoli salad with pickled onions. You pulse in your food processor broccoli stems and floretttes so it is the consistency of pie dough before you combine it into a ball. Fresh Pickle slivered red onions in salt and lemon juice for about ten minutes. Drain (rinse if desired). Add pickled onions to broccoli and include some shelled roasted sunflower seeds. Add mayonnaise lemon juice and a touch of garlic powder. Stir. Salt and pepper to taste. Let it marinade for 30 mins. Serve. Dried cranberries make a different and nice addition too. Give it a try!

[@1870s]

Sounds delicious

[@deeannblignaut4298]

I lovebwatching your channel. And ur garden :) I'm so envious.

[@joycewedel9084]

Ty

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I’m not sure if I would eat very many of these, but I know my kids would like them and I could give them for Christmas presents. Rachel, now that you need a new water bath canner, you should look into getting a steam canner instead. I have been using a steam canner for many years, they are so much easier and cleaner to use.

[@1870s]

Oh thank you, I'll definitely look into that

[@Blessed-abc]

Wow 😎 I would use all the Onion Peel To Make Onion Oil !!!

[@lyzowsley6028]

I love pickled red onions with the red wine vinegar with a little sugar.

[@1870s]

Yes so good

[@beebop9808]

Pretty ain't they. They gotta be good. I made a run of bread and butter pickles not long ago and chopped up some red onions in them. I enjoyed the onions and peppers I added as much as the pickles.

[@hurrayic]

Next time, use safety glasses and a paint respirator. My husband donned both of those while cutting a ton of onions for us to freeze for our French onion soup! It worked really well.

[@1870s]

Thanks for the tip!

[@terrihart2133]

Love onions, i must try.

[@terrihart2133]

I did try. Yummy

[@the_trevoir]

I put toasted cumin in mine for Mexican stuff. Super good!

[@mandiejohnson2802]

A dull knife smashes rather than slices, doing more damage to the onions' cells and thereby releasing more of the tear-inducing compound. You can also try chilling your onions. It takes foresight, but chilling peeled, halved onions in the fridge or in a bowl of ice water for 30 minutes can lessen the chemical's effect.

[@josh2045]

You want to be careful hanging onions in your windows, you'll get raided by the Frnch.

[@tonygreif5761]

If you cut the onion root to stem you'll rupture the cells less, preserving some flavor, and with less tears. And make a few jars without the hot water, they're crispier if you don't use hot water, just add them to the jar with unheated pickling mixture then pop it right into the fridge over night and enjoy.

[@tinafisher]

thanks, this is a beautiful idea, would make a neat gift in a food basket of goodies for family!

[@pammohler3253]

Looks awesome

[@lisawalters5482]

That looks so yummy and a great idea! Reminds me of pickled red cabbage. I wonder if it would be good cold with cucumbers sliced as a salad. I’m inspired now to plant red onions! What kind did you plant? Thanks so much. God bless. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

[@jeffstormer2547]

Sure would! A quick salad!

[@rosemaryfengchannel]

huge amount😃

[@Nins-niche67]

I so want to make these this year

[@cydrych]

You should try fermenting them. All you need is salt. Completely different flavor. They are fantastic.

[@SirenaSpades]

So sauerkraut onions...

[@cydrych]

@@SirenaSpades pretty much.

[@jonabriggs8829]

Poor Todd, I've done that before,and it hurt's ! God Bless :)

[@gotskillz135]

Epic video I’m new to your channel peace and blessings

[@michaelroberts5111]

Move it on

[@dianeamaral3611]

How long are they good for? Also no water in recipe right? After u take it out of the waterbath how long should we keep on counter?

[@mothertreasa]

I love your house!

[@tammy2423]

Love your t-shirt Rachel!!!!

[@1870s]

Me too!! Got it over at Silver Lake Sand Dunes in some tourist shop

[@bethlindow6835]

Put a wet towel beside onions/helps absorbs acid/so less for your eyes. Huge difference

[@kymomma6414]

a tip for next time cut the onions from root to tip it keeps the onion crunchy!

[@docdoctme]

Great video! I know it’s sad, but I never saw onions grown from the soil. Thank you for sharing the clips of you with the bulbs of onions that you harvested. New subbie.

[@dutchman7623]

Just for fun: put an onion on a jar filled with water with the roots down (those fibery things) and put it in front of a window. Simply see how it grows... You can even eat the green, tastes onion/leak like, for in soup, salad or sauce. And put a bottle of water next to it with one garlic knob on the top opening, that will start to grow as well, and green can be consumed too. Garlic will form a new bulb when you take care of it well, it can grow on hydro culture.

[@usernamejess9140]

So awesome thanks!... I just hate when my hands smell like onions FOREVER...LOL

[@cheryldavis8682]

If you have extra onions you can always dehydrate them for easy storage!

[@robinyarnell2049]

You could make an onion stock with the skins & the toss away pieces, After you cook the fore mentioned can for 40 minutes. you could also can them up in french onion soup. Please let us know how your pickled onions turn out sounds delicious. God Bless

[@1870s]

I have bags and bags if onion skins already. I've made a bunch of French onion soup but may make some more 😋

[@LayneFable]

What does water bathing do?

[@CitizenKate]

It kills bacteria that cause spoilage over time, so the pickled onions can keep at room temperature for a much longer period of time. There are methods of making pickled onions that don't involve water bath canning, but those have to be kept in the refrigerator. Canning them is a great option if you don't have enough space in your refrigerator to store them all.

[@edithd4305]

Hi there...can you confirm that your yield is 10 jars for this recipe? Love your video too! Cheers

[@melyndasmith3304]

Hey, they might be worth a go..

[@Honey-_bee]

Great idea and so good on do many food items!!!

[@geg3758]

A tip I was told about cutting onions Put a wet cloth near chopping block when slicing onions Seems to work

[@ohioguy215]

I throw cinnamon over my left shoulder. The last time I did it landed in my wife's hair...she smelled like an apple fritter for two weeks.

[@emilydurkin3136]

Next time you chop onions, put lemon or lime juice on the cutting board. It helps tremendously!

[@1870s]

Ok thanks😘

[@elliev3593]

This may sound like a silly question, but store bought produce can be canned yes? Or does the chemicals put on the foods make that problematic? Here in WA state I know one of the apple farms that sells to local supermarkets, after the apples are harvested they’re taken to a warehouse and coated with stuff to help keep them preserved throughout the year in the commercial fridges. So that’s part of why I’m asking. I live in an apartment so I have limits on what I can grow indoors. But would love to, for example, pickle red onions.