How To Pickle Onions For Barbecue Quickly And Tasty: With Vinegar, Mayonnaise, Lemon And Other Ingredients

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How to pickle onions for barbecue: a selection of quick recipes with photos and videos

Pickled onions are an essential ingredient in real kebabs. Juicy, aromatic, with a unique taste - this vegetable makes your favorite dish inimitable. Often onions are pickled and fried with meat, but it is much tastier and healthier to serve pickled vegetables with a ready-made kebab. There are many recipes for pickling onions. And you will begin to get acquainted with the most interesting of them right now.

Step-by-step recipes for making pickled onions

Modern chefs offer dozens of ways to marinate onions for barbecue and it is impossible to list them all. Each of them is worthy of attention, but the choice depends only on your taste. There was a time when I did not even know that onions can be pickled separately from meat, and I considered vinegar or dry white wine to be the only suitable ingredients for preparing a kebab. Over the course of time, everything has changed. I offer you the recipes that I personally tried.

Which onion to choose for pickling depends on your taste preferences

Classical

One of the famous onion pickling options that has not diminished in popularity over the years.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion;
• 4 tbsp. l. 9% vinegar;
• 1 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 1 tbsp. water.

Preparation:

1. Peel, rinse, dry one large head of onion (or 2 medium ones).

2. Cut the vegetable into half rings and transfer to a bowl.

   

   Use a handy knife with a wide, sharp blade to cut the onion into neat half rings.

3. Combine water and dry ingredients in a small saucepan, bring mixture to a boil.

   

   Stir the simmering marinade until the sugar and salt crystals are completely dissolved in the water

4. As soon as the marinade boils, add the vinegar and turn off the stove.
5. Pour the hot marinade over the onion, cover the bowl with a plate, and leave for 1 hour.

6. Place the onion on a sieve and serve after 15 minutes.

   

   Pickled onions will be even tastier if sprinkled with finely chopped fresh herbs before serving.

You can see another simple and quick recipe for pickled onions below.

Video: how to pickle onions for barbecue and pilaf

With mayonnaise and vegetable oil

Onions pickled according to this recipe are tender and melt in your mouth.

Ingredients:

• 3-4 onions;
• 3 tbsp. l. mayonnaise;
• 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper;
• 1/4 tsp salt.

Preparation:

1. Place the onion cut into half rings in a bowl.

   

   If the onion heads are very large, the vegetable can be cut into quarters of rings.

2. In a separate container, combine mayonnaise, vegetable oil, salt and pepper.

   

   For the marinade, you can use sunflower, olive or any other vegetable oil to your taste

3. Pour the marinade over the vegetable, stir and leave in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

   

   Onions with mayonnaise and butter are especially tender

With lemon

A simple recipe that gives an exotic aroma and a special flavor to a familiar vegetable.

Ingredients:

• 2-3 onions;
• 1 lemon;
• 50 g sugar;
• 500 ml of water.

Preparation:

1. Place the chopped onion in a saucepan.

   

   When placing onions in a saucepan, slightly divide the vegetable into single half rings, but do not break it

2. Combine water, lemon juice and sugar.

   

   To prepare the marinade, freshly squeezed lemon juice with pulp is used

3. Stir the mixture until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
4. Pour the marinade on the onion, put the pan on the fire.

5. When the liquid boils, drain the onion in a colander.

   

   Remove excess marinade before serving

6. Chill the appetizer before serving it with meat.

   

   Onions with lemon juice look very appetizing

With red wine and hot pepper

Such onions will create a unique duet with fried meat and will surely delight lovers of savory food.

Ingredients:

• 2 onions;
• 250 ml of dry red wine;
• 1/4 tsp Sahara;
• 1/2 tsp dried chili pepper;
• 1/2 tsp salt.

Preparation:

1. Sprinkle the onion, cut into halves, with hot pepper, salt and sugar, stir.
2. Pour red wine over the spiced vegetable and let it brew for 2 hours.

Onions pickled in wine are not only tasty, but also beautiful

With apple cider vinegar and dry adjika

The aroma and taste of such an additive will turn barbecue into the main dish of any table.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg of onions;
• 120 ml of apple cider vinegar;
• 150 ml of water;
• 70 g dry adjika;
• 1 tsp Sahara;
• 1/2 tsp salt;
• 2-3 tbsp. l. pomegranate seeds.

Preparation:

1. Place the peeled and chopped onions in a saucepan, cover with boiling water.

   

   Soaking in boiling water helps to cope with the bitterness of the vegetable

2. After 15 minutes, drain the water into a separate container, mix with vinegar, adjika, sugar and salt.

   

   Adjika will turn ordinary pickled onions into a Caucasian appetizer

3. Pour the marinade on the onion and leave for 2.5-3 hours.

4. Transfer the finished onion to a beautiful plate, sprinkle with pomegranate seeds.

   

   Sprigs of parsley or cilantro can serve as an excellent finishing touch in decorating a snack.

Video: 3 types of marinated onions for barbecue

How to pickle onions for barbecue - only you decide. We hope you find our selection of recipes useful. And in the comments to the article, you can always share your tricks for preparing this snack. Enjoy your meal!