Pickled Onions

2024-09-xx (dated as of 2024-10-31)
Source: a whole bunch of different youtube videos i can't recall
Effort: medium

Ingredients:

• Red onions
• White vinegar
• water
• Peppercorns
• Garlic
• Bay leaves
• Salt
• sugar

Prep:

• Orbital-chop the red onions, throw in pot
• Throw in the peppercorns and bay leaves
• Throw in a couple of peeled cloves of garlic, to taste
• Cover with water
• Add in about 200ml of vinegar
• Bring to a boil
• Boil for about 3 minutes
• Put the onions and or any acoutrement into jars.
• Cover the now-in-jar onions with the leftover liquid
• Seal the jar(s)

Storage:

A good sign of a well-sealed jar is a vacuum forming inside. If you are using preserve jars with metal tins, they should be bulging in.

This is supposedly a 'quick pickle', but truth be told, you are boiling the onions for about three minutes. If you keep the rest of your setup sterile enough, the result should be able to last a while.

I cannot attest to how long this recipe will last. For safety's sake I am not experimenting by keeping the result at room temperature. A batch made by following the recipe above has been sitting without issue in my fridge for over a month.