Mediterranean Diet Friendly Quick Apple Cider Pickled Onions
Tangy, jewel-bright, and ready to elevate just about anything on your plate, these pickled onions are a condiment worth keeping stocked in your fridge at all times. The brine is built on apple cider vinegar with a touch of honey for gentle sweetness, plus fresh ginger and turmeric — ingredients that feel right at home in a Mediterranean-leaning kitchen where bold flavors and wholesome pantry staples do the heavy lifting. Red onions transform from sharp and pungent to tender and deeply pink after just a short rest in the jar, making this one of the most satisfying quick projects you can do with minimal effort. There are no refined sugars, no preservatives, and nothing you'd have to second-guess — just clean, real ingredients working together beautifully. Pile them onto grain bowls, tuck them into wraps, layer them over grilled fish or roasted vegetables, or spoon them alongside a spread of hummus and olives for an effortless mezze moment. The flavor continues to mellow and deepen over the next 24 hours, so a batch made today only gets better by tomorrow.
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8 servings
- 1 large red onion, very thinly sliced into rings
- ¾ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
Instructions
- 1
Pack the sliced red onion rings into a clean 16 oz glass jar, pressing them down gently so they fit snugly.
- 2
Combine the apple cider vinegar, water, honey, fine sea salt, grated ginger, and turmeric in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the honey and salt are fully dissolved, about 2–3 minutes. Remove from heat.
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