We don't have much if anything mexican food wise in the UK but when I came across this I knew I had to try it. I bought a massive bag of onions the other day and copied this and they have come out amazing gonna do another lot this weekend thanks 👍
thx's for giving me inspiration, at the young age of 67 planted my first garden, and started canning...my problem is when my family wants to try something I lie and say it's not ready, it's just so nice sitting on my shelves. I know the reason to can was to have food, and preserve what we grew, but I'm so proud I want to stare at them for a few weeks/months.
thanks for including the brine measurements in your description. A lot of people talk about their measurements but never give them to you in a way that is easy to write out and duplicate.
Yes, definitely get yourselves a mandolin haha! I make pickled red onions and my Latino neighbors love them. To the jar I add a couple bay leaves, black pepper, 5 smashed garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, a couple pinches of dried Mexican oregano, a jalapeño sliced thin on the mandolin, and about 2 red onions also sliced thin on the mandolin. Then I add the juice of about 12 fresh limes and add white vinegar to cover everything in the jar. After about an hour, you’ll have perfect Mexican pickled red onions.
I believe the pint size? Whatever the most common size mason jar is, but you can certainly make more or less if you prefer and just adjust the ingredient amounts to your liking. No, you do not add any water.@@rhondasmithis
Hi from Australia :) The gas in onions look for a source of water to cling to, this generally means your tear ducts are the closest water source it can find It can help having a bowl of water or even some wet tea towels around your prep space to minimise how much gets into your tear ducts :) thanks for the video
You guys are one of my favorite RUclips couples. You work so well together and make simple no nonsense informative videos. I was looking for a recipe for these onions to can. Thankfully you had just what I was looking for. Thanks!!
One thing I'd recommend is to cut the onions long ways (with the lines). It ruptures less cell walls and in my experience is less likely to make you cry. I also like the look of them as strands of pickled onion rather than rings. Great video!
@@gd7681 It's a fact the Onions have long cells. I can't say for certain whether you're less likely to cry from cutting it long ways though, that's just my experience.
Yup, it's a fact. I learned it from a site that emphasizes science in food preparation. It was mentioned in an article about caramelizing onions. They will hold their shape better if you cut them from root to tip. When you cut them across the lines, they are weaker structurally and will turn to mush/jam.
"A mix of recipes" - after my own heart! Just look at a bunch of recipes to get the basic idea of how it's done. Then I make something from what I have in the pantry! Thanks for the idea. I will put it on my list! I am making batches of soup now because, with the heat, my cellar stored vegies are sprouting.
I am so happy that I found your channel just in time for canning season! Your videos are very well put together; super easy to follow, and I love that you share your modifications and your reasoning behind them. Thanks for sharing, friends!
I definitely rock onion goggles when ever I'm making a large canning batch of anything with onion. My husband laughs but I get the job done without interruption!
Great video. I recently started to make my own pickled red onions. My secret for not tearing up when cutting onions. A super sharp knife - razor sharp.
Enjoyed your video! A couple of years ago, I got my first taste of pickled red onions on a pub burger at a Culver's restaurant. Most of the time, for YEARS, if I have a cheeseburger, I will just eat it plain because I just want to taste the meat, the cheese, and bun, but after I had the pub burger I was hooked on pickled red onions. (I wonder how many people were introduced to pickled red onions at a restaurant 🤔 😉😁) Anyway, this summer, I made some quick refrigerator pickled red onions, and I almost always have a jar of them inthe fridge now. They are so good on burgers, salads, sandwiches, or just plain as a little side dish or snack. I think I need to can some pickled red onions!
When I have extra onions, I cut them into little petals and bake them up, then dip them into a zesty sauce! It gives kind of a "blooming onion" experience without all the calories of the deep fried breading.
You could make an onion marmalade! It freezes well too. 2 pounds red or yellow onions, sliced 2cloves of garlic minced 2 T. extra virgin olive oil ¾ cup granulated sugar ¾ cup balsamic vinegar 1 orange zest plus the juice of the orange 1 tsp. sea salt ½ tsp. pepper, crushed
Great recipe and I hope it will work if I use some of the yellow onions I already have......yes, that's a question. **TIP: I use to work in food service and one morning they asked me to prep and slice an entire case of onions. I was really worried but got to work on them, skated through the entire case without shedding ONE tear - I was amazed! There was a fan but it was behind me and forced the fumes away from my face. I think that's the first time I did onions without my eyes and nose running hysterically!
A little trick that I use to keep the tears at bay! Leave the root end intact. It will help hold back those gasses. Cut off the stem end, peel and slice all the way to the root. Awesome recipe. I really enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work!
I use an OXO mandolin for ALL a kinds of canning processing as well as making kraut, etc! But a word of caution, I have sliced my thumb open when I am doing it a long time for huge batches of produce. SO, buy yourself some cut proof gloves (i call them my shark gloves). They are a GAME changer! And that mandolin is wonderful!
Looking good. I didn't make a batch anywhere near that size 😀. Just one large red onion, one jar. No cider vinegar in house, so I just used red. Poured the brine over raw onions like you did. I used honey instead of sugar, dill seed, caraway seed, white peppercorns, and Japanese pepper 🌶 flakes. I didn't think of allspice. Should have. Didn't hot bath the jar, so I probably won't have the shelf life of yours, but I'm okay with that. Should last me about 2 months.
Try to add a little teaspoon of mustard seed, or cumin seed, or aniseed. Together with the peppercorns it gives a very nice taste. Also a small twig of dill, or rosemary, or oregano, or thyme. The oregano combines perfect with chili if you use oregano in it as well.
Pickled onions and the juice is fantastic in Cole slaw! I don't throw away the pickle juice either. Use it in place of regular vinegar for Cole slaw or other things.
I can"t wait to make these. A great trick to avoid crying over onions, is to light a candle close to your cutting board. Two candles is even It really works! better
As I looked at the size of that bowl of onions and the amount and size of jars I said to myself no way are all those onions gonna fit in those jars! And that second you said hey we need more jars! Ha. Right. Nice video! Enjoy the onions!
Got these in the canner right now! I’m excited! Every time I watch this I crack up laughing at Todd’s comment about “We could just eat these later” and his nostrils full of vinegar! 🤣
Okay, I’m new to canning, but have SO many red onions that I made this. I used pickling spice. Hope that’s okay. The brine only filled 5 jars, but that’s a great start. Can’t wait to taste these!! Thanks!!
Nice video. Can't wait to make some. Nice hearing the Michigan accent (judging by your shirt.) I'm originally from Wyandotte, MI but have not been home in 11 years.
We love onions here too. Would you can them this way again? The recipes that i can recall, pickling recipes with onions usually soak them in cold salt water before processing. These sound delicious.
I am for sure going to try these this year! I have never even tasted them, but man do I love onions! Oh and I LOVE that music you played while you were canning them....I don't know what it is but that music just makes me happy and relaxed :)
Family of 4 and we plant 500 onions. Last year they lasted till March and I had to buy 1 bag from the store. We were so close! I use onions in almost every meal. I haven't needed to freeze them yet.
It kills bacteria that cause spoilage over time, so the pickled onions can keep at room temperature for a much longer period of time. There are methods of making pickled onions that don't involve water bath canning, but those have to be kept in the refrigerator. Canning them is a great option if you don't have enough space in your refrigerator to store them all.
Funny story…I just started pressure canning last September 2021. I had to change the gasket the other day! I wore out the original gasket already…May 2022….
Pretty ain't they. They gotta be good. I made a run of bread and butter pickles not long ago and chopped up some red onions in them. I enjoyed the onions and peppers I added as much as the pickles.
I’m not sure if I would eat very many of these, but I know my kids would like them and I could give them for Christmas presents. Rachel, now that you need a new water bath canner, you should look into getting a steam canner instead. I have been using a steam canner for many years, they are so much easier and cleaner to use.
Great video! I know it’s sad, but I never saw onions grown from the soil. Thank you for sharing the clips of you with the bulbs of onions that you harvested. New subbie.
Just for fun: put an onion on a jar filled with water with the roots down (those fibery things) and put it in front of a window. Simply see how it grows... You can even eat the green, tastes onion/leak like, for in soup, salad or sauce. And put a bottle of water next to it with one garlic knob on the top opening, that will start to grow as well, and green can be consumed too. Garlic will form a new bulb when you take care of it well, it can grow on hydro culture.
Lol @ Todd taking a big whiff of the brine. 😂😂😂 I've never successfully grown onions and have studied your onion videos in the hopes of changing that this year. 🤞 I followed the RUTH stout method for potatoes and was successful so, I'm hopeful this will too. Thanks for inspiring me to keep trying and getting better. Lots of love from NC.
Cut the onions near a flame. Either near a gas stove with the burner on or light a candle wear you are cutting. I've near done the candle, but cutting them by the gas stove with the burner on works perfectly. No tears.
We don't have much if anything mexican food wise in the UK but when I came across this I knew I had to try it. I bought a massive bag of onions the other day and copied this and they have come out amazing gonna do another lot this weekend thanks 👍
This totally has the feel of sitting round the table chatting with mum and dad. Love it.
I like the way you interact with each other, and it's like we're your guests. Cheers
I would like to have both of them as neighbor.
thx's for giving me inspiration, at the young age of 67 planted my first garden, and started canning...my problem is when my family wants to try something I lie and say it's not ready, it's just so nice sitting on my shelves. I know the reason to can was to have food, and preserve what we grew, but I'm so proud I want to stare at them for a few weeks/months.
thanks for including the brine measurements in your description. A lot of people talk about their measurements but never give them to you in a way that is easy to write out and duplicate.
I know it has been years but I just dill pickled some red onions as I don't like sweet pickles, and they are AMAZING!! Thank you for the inspiration!
Great video, I hope your deployed children are staying safe out there, god bless them for serving!!! Thanks
Nice work! And congrats on using a tool until it rusts out! That's a mark of a hard worker.
Just finished making these! Thanks for the great recipe. It was a perfect Michigan day to throw open the windows, cut onions and boil that water.
Man I do love me some red onions! I often eat one raw with my meals, shout out to my fellow onion lovers
Jewnas123 Seems to be giving you a hairy chin
I eat raw oingon raw garlic and a raw chili with my meals
@jewnas123 I do that with Vidalia onions! I slice one up with peas, cornbread, and potatoes! 😋😋
Yes, definitely get yourselves a mandolin haha! I make pickled red onions and my Latino neighbors love them. To the jar I add a couple bay leaves, black pepper, 5 smashed garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon brown sugar, a couple pinches of dried Mexican oregano, a jalapeño sliced thin on the mandolin, and about 2 red onions also sliced thin on the mandolin. Then I add the juice of about 12 fresh limes and add white vinegar to cover everything in the jar. After about an hour, you’ll have perfect Mexican pickled red onions.
What size jar does this make? Do you put in any water? TIA
I believe the pint size? Whatever the most common size mason jar is, but you can certainly make more or less if you prefer and just adjust the ingredient amounts to your liking. No, you do not add any water.@@rhondasmithis
Hi from Australia :)
The gas in onions look for a source of water to cling to, this generally means your tear ducts are the closest water source it can find
It can help having a bowl of water or even some wet tea towels around your prep space to minimise how much gets into your tear ducts :) thanks for the video
You guys are one of my favorite RUclips couples. You work so well together and make simple no nonsense informative videos.
I was looking for a recipe for these onions to can. Thankfully you had just what I was looking for. Thanks!!
Great video! You can also Use the jar funnels to make getting the onions in the jars a lot easier and with less mess.
Hi guys, try lighting a candle and sit it near your work area when cutting onions , works for me! Great video.
You two remind me of my husband's and my relationship. Makes me smile. Be so blessed. 😊
Must be a perfect pair
@@1870s we are. He makes me so very happy. So blessed.
One thing I'd recommend is to cut the onions long ways (with the lines). It ruptures less cell walls and in my experience is less likely to make you cry. I also like the look of them as strands of pickled onion rather than rings. Great video!
Is that a proven fact? I think that may just be a popular misconception.
@@gd7681 It's a fact the Onions have long cells. I can't say for certain whether you're less likely to cry from cutting it long ways though, that's just my experience.
Yup, it's a fact. I learned it from a site that emphasizes science in food preparation. It was mentioned in an article about caramelizing onions. They will hold their shape better if you cut them from root to tip. When you cut them across the lines, they are weaker structurally and will turn to mush/jam.
"A mix of recipes" - after my own heart! Just look at a bunch of recipes to get the basic idea of how it's done. Then I make something from what I have in the pantry!
Thanks for the idea. I will put it on my list!
I am making batches of soup now because, with the heat, my cellar stored vegies are sprouting.
I am so happy that I found your channel just in time for canning season! Your videos are very well put together; super easy to follow, and I love that you share your modifications and your reasoning behind them. Thanks for sharing, friends!
A new friend! Yay! Happy you found us 😊
I have made so many of your recipes, and we have enjoyed the ones we made SO much! You are my favorite homesteaders❤️ Happy that I found you!!
I definitely rock onion goggles when ever I'm making a large canning batch of anything with onion. My husband laughs but I get the job done without interruption!
Great video. I recently started to make my own pickled red onions. My secret for not tearing up when cutting onions. A super sharp knife - razor sharp.
Enjoyed your video! A couple of years ago, I got my first taste of pickled red onions on a pub burger at a Culver's restaurant. Most of the time, for YEARS, if I have a cheeseburger, I will just eat it plain because I just want to taste the meat, the cheese, and bun, but after I had the pub burger I was hooked on pickled red onions. (I wonder how many people were introduced to pickled red onions at a restaurant 🤔 😉😁) Anyway, this summer, I made some quick refrigerator pickled red onions, and I almost always have a jar of them inthe fridge now. They are so good on burgers, salads, sandwiches, or just plain as a little side dish or snack. I think I need to can some pickled red onions!
The onions and juice are fantastic in Cole slaw!
I was. Panera Bread had served them with a sandwich.
We love onions, so will be doing these. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
When I have extra onions, I cut them into little petals and bake them up, then dip them into a zesty sauce! It gives kind of a "blooming onion" experience without all the calories of the deep fried breading.
You could make an onion marmalade! It freezes well too.
2 pounds red or yellow onions, sliced
2cloves of garlic minced
2 T. extra virgin olive oil
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup balsamic vinegar
1 orange zest plus the juice of the orange
1 tsp. sea salt
½ tsp. pepper, crushed
How do you use this please?
Making them today supper excited
I also add about 1/2 tsp of oregano to each jar. Oh so good!
This was wonderful!! I really want to make these.
Great recipe and I hope it will work if I use some of the yellow onions I already have......yes, that's a question.
**TIP: I use to work in food service and one morning they asked me to prep and slice an entire case of onions. I was really worried but got to work on them, skated through the entire case without shedding ONE tear - I was amazed! There was a fan but it was behind me and forced the fumes away from my face. I think that's the first time I did onions without my eyes and nose running hysterically!
Making some canned red onions today. Ty for the inspiration. I'm gonna try adding a little picking seasoning to one and see how it tastes
Good to watch you both can together.
It looks so easy when u do it
beautiful onions. I'm going to have to try this.
A little trick that I use to keep the tears at bay! Leave the root end intact. It will help hold back those gasses. Cut off the stem end, peel and slice all the way to the root. Awesome recipe. I really enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work!
You should invest in a food slicer. One of the best purchases i have made.
I use an OXO mandolin for ALL a kinds of canning processing as well as making kraut, etc! But a word of caution, I have sliced my thumb open when I am doing it a long time for huge batches of produce. SO, buy yourself some cut proof gloves (i call them my shark gloves). They are a GAME changer! And that mandolin is wonderful!
Ohhh, this is right on time! We need to use/save ours or there's going to be a funny smell in the root cellar! Thanks y'all!
Oh good glad we could help
Looking good. I didn't make a batch anywhere near that size 😀. Just one large red onion, one jar. No cider vinegar in house, so I just used red. Poured the brine over raw onions like you did. I used honey instead of sugar, dill seed, caraway seed, white peppercorns, and Japanese pepper 🌶 flakes. I didn't think of allspice. Should have. Didn't hot bath the jar, so I probably won't have the shelf life of yours, but I'm okay with that. Should last me about 2 months.
Try to add a little teaspoon of mustard seed, or cumin seed, or aniseed. Together with the peppercorns it gives a very nice taste.
Also a small twig of dill, or rosemary, or oregano, or thyme. The oregano combines perfect with chili if you use oregano in it as well.
Lovely to see a couple making these together. 💕 So lucky to have each other! Also, thanks for the recipe!
Pickled onions and the juice is fantastic in Cole slaw! I don't throw away the pickle juice either. Use it in place of regular vinegar for Cole slaw or other things.
I can"t wait to make these. A great trick to avoid crying over onions, is to light a candle close to your cutting board. Two candles is even It really works! better
You can also dehydrate them and with a vitamix you can grind it into powder for onion powder. It’s great.
Looks awesome
I put a damp kitchen towel around my cutting board & no more tears! 🤗
Great video, thank you for this one. Going to do these soon. I just upgraded to two steam canners and so happy I did.
Those are an inspiration 🙌.
Looks delicious.
Thank you 😊.
Love this! They look delidious!!
As I looked at the size of that bowl of onions and the amount and size of jars I said to myself no way are all those onions gonna fit in those jars! And that second you said hey we need more jars! Ha. Right. Nice video! Enjoy the onions!
Got these in the canner right now! I’m excited! Every time I watch this I crack up laughing at Todd’s comment about “We could just eat these later” and his nostrils full of vinegar! 🤣
When I have extra onions I make a bread an butter brine an pickle them ..blessings
I have the same avocado lifter!
Okay, I’m new to canning, but have SO many red onions that I made this. I used pickling spice. Hope that’s okay. The brine only filled 5 jars, but that’s a great start. Can’t wait to taste these!! Thanks!!
Thank you for showing me your recipe I wanted to know how to make for a long time
You two are so cute and I enjoyed watching you both.
I lovebwatching your channel. And ur garden :) I'm so envious.
Red pickled onions are yummy on salad too!
Great idea. We had access to quite a few during the Covid lockdown, and in order not to waste, we pickled them as well. New fav' in this house.
Nice video. Can't wait to make some. Nice hearing the Michigan accent (judging by your shirt.) I'm originally from Wyandotte, MI but have not been home in 11 years.
You guessed right, Michigan is our home
Super excited..I will be definitely doing this♥️ thanks for showing this process
We love onions here too.
Would you can them this way again?
The recipes that i can recall, pickling recipes with onions usually soak them in cold salt water before processing.
These sound delicious.
Totally going to try this! Its been on my to do list to pickle carrots and onions! Thank you
Alright! Hope you enjoy them
My grama use to make them when I was little.i remember her having some on the table one time during dinner and I tried them and they were so good.
I put toasted cumin in mine for Mexican stuff. Super good!
I love 💕 picked onions!!
They funny they so humbled 🤗🤗👆👌👍
Love your videoes. Going to make this recipe. One idea I'm going so for the white or yellow onions, is make homemade onion rings, then freeze them.
Thank you for sharing ❤😊
Those are absolutely amazing beets! Costco 4.99 here in Ohio. Love them also.
Onions look great!
I am for sure going to try these this year! I have never even tasted them, but man do I love onions! Oh and I LOVE that music you played while you were canning them....I don't know what it is but that music just makes me happy and relaxed :)
I love your house!
Love onions, i must try.
I did try. Yummy
Family of 4 and we plant 500 onions. Last year they lasted till March and I had to buy 1 bag from the store. We were so close! I use onions in almost every meal. I haven't needed to freeze them yet.
this made me cry.
Great video. I’ll have to try these. They sound so good. I love pickled stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Take care, see ya :)
Serve with some cilantro on shrimp tacos! Yummy
if yu burn a cande when you are slicing onions, it helps with the tears. Love all your videos. Thank you
What does water bathing do?
It kills bacteria that cause spoilage over time, so the pickled onions can keep at room temperature for a much longer period of time. There are methods of making pickled onions that don't involve water bath canning, but those have to be kept in the refrigerator. Canning them is a great option if you don't have enough space in your refrigerator to store them all.
This is exactly what I was looking for how long will they last in the pantry after water bath?
Funny story…I just started pressure canning last September 2021. I had to change the gasket the other day! I wore out the original gasket already…May 2022….
Pretty ain't they. They gotta be good. I made a run of bread and butter pickles not long ago and chopped up some red onions in them. I enjoyed the onions and peppers I added as much as the pickles.
I was wondering if you use your green tops? I dehydrate them and crush them up and put in soups, they are so sweet and delicious.
We absolutely love pickled red onions! I have only found a recipe for refrigerator ones, so thank you for this! Do you happen to know the shelf life?
Still eating them from last year and they still have crunch
I so want to make these this year
I’m not sure if I would eat very many of these, but I know my kids would like them and I could give them for Christmas presents.
Rachel, now that you need a new water bath canner, you should look into getting a steam canner instead. I have been using a steam canner for many years, they are so much easier and cleaner to use.
Oh thank you, I'll definitely look into that
Love your t-shirt Rachel!!!!
Me too!! Got it over at Silver Lake Sand Dunes in some tourist shop
Great video! I know it’s sad, but I never saw onions grown from the soil. Thank you for sharing the clips of you with the bulbs of onions that you harvested. New subbie.
Just for fun: put an onion on a jar filled with water with the roots down (those fibery things) and put it in front of a window.
Simply see how it grows... You can even eat the green, tastes onion/leak like, for in soup, salad or sauce.
And put a bottle of water next to it with one garlic knob on the top opening, that will start to grow as well, and green can be consumed too. Garlic will form a new bulb when you take care of it well, it can grow on hydro culture.
I love pickled red onions with the red wine vinegar with a little sugar.
Yes so good
How long are they good for? Also no water in recipe right? After u take it out of the waterbath how long should we keep on counter?
Lol @ Todd taking a big whiff of the brine. 😂😂😂
I've never successfully grown onions and have studied your onion videos in the hopes of changing that this year. 🤞 I followed the RUTH stout method for potatoes and was successful so, I'm hopeful this will too. Thanks for inspiring me to keep trying and getting better. Lots of love from NC.
Oh I sure hope you have great success, onions a very heavy feeders
I dehydrated red onions for the first time this year! I bet a red onion powder would be great too, for things like guacamole.
Oh they look so yummy
Wow 😎 I would use all the Onion Peel To Make Onion Oil !!!
thanks, this is a beautiful idea, would make a neat gift in a food basket of goodies for family!
Try Todd's spiced onions on tacos...delicious!
Great idea and so good on do many food items!!!
Have you ever made onion jelly? I have only made it with Spanish onions.Bet it would be good with reds.
Onion jam but not jelly
Hi there...can you confirm that your yield is 10 jars for this recipe? Love your video too! Cheers
Great video. Iv heard so much about pickled red onions I cant wait to try them. What was your recipe.
I would like the recipe also
We have a video about it on our channel. I'll try to post a link for you later
@@1870s i got the recipe.. just hadnt looked far enough.. thanks
Cut the onions near a flame. Either near a gas stove with the burner on or light a candle wear you are cutting. I've near done the candle, but cutting them by the gas stove with the burner on works perfectly. No tears.