How to Make Quick-Pickled Onions

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Did you know that you can pickle onions without vinegar? It’s true! In this video, Julian shows you his preferred method of pickling onions with lime juice instead of vinegar. Inspired by a taco truck that he came across in Mexico, this pickling technique yields brighter, crunchier, and more flavorful onions.

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00:00Did you know you can pickle onions without vinegar? In fact, this is the only way that I do it. The

00:04trick to this method is using lime juice instead of vinegar. I noticed when I was living in La Paz

00:08in Mexico, this is how they did pickled onions at the taco truck. They were all done with lime juice.

00:12When I mentioned if they ever used vinegar for their pickled onions, they gave me a side eye

00:16and said, no, this is the only way we do it. We cut up three juicy limes and it's not going to

00:20look like it's going to be enough, but I promise you it'll work. This is all the lime juice you'll

00:25need. Last thing you need is about a tablespoon of salt. Become an onion cocktail shaker. Changed

00:30out the ones that I have in my fridge and it had been about two weeks and they were just fine. So

00:35you can make them ahead and keep them around. These pickled onions are brighter and crunchier

00:39than your standard hot brine with vinegar pickled onion. Not loud.

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