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You'll want these pickled red onions on everything.
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These Pickled Red Onions are made with just two ingredients. Thinly sliced red onion and fresh lime juice come together in about 5 minutes of actual prep, with no cooking involved. Pack the onions into a jar, pour the lime juice over them until they're fully submerged, and let the fridge do the rest. They're tangy, bright, and noticeably mellowed, and they keep in the fridge for up to 2 to 3 weeks. The lime juice does all the work here. The acid in the juice gradually breaks down the sharpness of the raw onion and infuses the slices with that bright, tangy flavor you'd expect from a good pickle — no brine, no heat, no special equipment. The longer the onions sit in the fridge, the more mellow and deeply flavored they get, so while 4 hours is the minimum, overnight or even a full day gives you a noticeably better result. The color deepens too. The redder the onion you start with, the more vibrant pink they turn after pickling. Use them as a topping for tacos, grain bowls, burgers, salads, sandwiches, or eggs — they add a punch of acidity and a pop of color to almost anything. If you want a slightly sweeter version, a spoonful of sugar stirred into the lime juice before you pour it in is all it takes.
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