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easy pickled onions

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Recipe by
Susan Feliciano
@frenchtutor
Oak Ridge, TN

I hate throwing stuff out, even pickle juice. I've found you can pickle onions in pickle juice very easily. Choose whatever type of pickles you like best - sweet, sour, dill, or bread & butter. SAVE the juice in the jar when they are gone, and make pickled onions. Usually I cook for just one, so I almost always have a partial onion that needs to be used. White, yellow, or purple onions work equally well.

yield 6 or more
prep time 5 Min
method Refrigerate/Freeze

Ingredients For easy pickled onions

  • 1
    jar of favorite pickle juice
  • 1/2 md
    onion, sliced thinly

How To Make easy pickled onions

  • 1
    First, don't pour off the juice (brine) from that jar of your favorite pickles. They can be dills, sweet gherkins, even bread & butter pickles. Slice onion thinly. I like half slices as they pack better. Pack onion down into the leftover pickle juice, being sure all the slices are covered with the juice.
  • 2
    Replace lid and refrigerate for 2 weeks. Then use on hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, beans, or chop and add to relish or potato salad. The uses for these are endless.
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