Saturday, November 17, 2012

Pickled Onions

 
Strips of onion, pickled in vinegar, sugar, hot sauce and pickling spices, an excellent addition to sandwiches, burgers, beans and greens.

Pickled Onions


I had several requests for the recipe I use for the pickled onions pictured with my turnip greens, so I promised to squeeze it in here over the weekend, between all the holiday posts for turkey and dressing and all those side dish goodies we're all looking forward to here in a few days.

The British have their pickled pearl onions, often served as an appetizer at local pubs, but the South, well, we have our own version of pickled onions. You'll most often find ours served family-style at catfish houses, right alongside the all-you-can-eat fried catfish, turnip greens, coleslaw, fried okra, and cornbread.

For pickling, I prefer the sweeter onions myself, though you can use regular yellow onions, white onions and some folks even like to pickle the purple onions. Those are a bit to strong for me, so for my taste it's sweet.

Vidalia onion season is, of course, short-lived, and over until next spring, but you can find other sweet onions year-round now. Shuman's sweets are pretty good and they are available year-round from sources all over the world.

Pickling onions only requires a very basic sugar and vinegar mixture, some salt and pepper, and you can keep them as simple as that. I also like to add a little garlic and a few basic pickling spices to mine for a little extra flavor.

You could certainly omit the pickling spices and have a very good, pickled onion.

If you want a tangy dill version, like that pictured above, include the dill weed, but if you prefer a more heavily sweetened pickled onion, omit the dill and use a little more sugar. I also find the apple cider vinegar to be less tangy to my taste buds than plain white vinegar and a good flavor enhancement, so I almost always choose it over white, but use what you like the best.


Pickled onions are great as a condiment over all sorts of southern field peas, purple hulls, crowders and all kinds of beans, including pintos and even baked beans. I sure love them with any kind of greens.

They're also great on hot dogs, burgers and sandwiches, chopped up in potato or pasta salads, in coleslaw, or even in deviled eggs. Take a scoop of them, caramelize in a skillet with some butter, then add them to a fried bologna sandwich, slapped between two slices of Bunny bread with yellow mustard.

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Here's how to make them.




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