Quick Pickled Red Onions

By LeeBoruchow

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup white vinegar
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• salt, to taste
• 1 bay leaf
• 5 allspice berries
• 5 whole cloves
• a small, dried chile pepper
• 1 large red onion, peeled, and thinly sliced into rings

Preparation

Step 1

In a small, non-reactive saucepan, heat the vinegar, sugar, salt, seasonings and chile until boiling.

Add the onion slices and lower heat, then simmer gently for 30 seconds.

Remove from heat and let cool completely.

Transfer the onions and the liquid into a jar then refrigerate until ready to use.