The only salvation for people who can not tolerate fresh onions in salads is the addition of pickled onions. It has a fresh sweet-sour taste and a pleasant crunch. Especially the recipe for pickling is simple enough and such a ray is ideal as an appetizer for meat, pilaf or shish kebab. Let's consider with you how to make pickled onions, and then salad recipes with its use.
How to pickle onions for salad?
This recipe will tell you how quickly to pickle onions.
Ingredients:
- onion - 3 pcs .;
- water 250 ml;
- vinegar 9% - 70 ml;
- sugar - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - 0.5 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
We take small bulbs, clean, cut with half rings and put them in a glass jar. In a separate enameled bowl, mix the water, salt, sugar and bring to a boil. Then gently pour in the vinegar, and as soon as the marinade begins to boil, immediately pour it into a jar with onions and close it with a dense lid. How much to pickle onions? Just 1.5 hours, before the mixture cools. At the end of time the pickled onions are ready! Keep it best in the fridge and before adding it to the salad, you need to squeeze it slightly and cut it.
Recipe for pickled onions for salad
Ingredients:
- a small lemon - 1 piece;
- onion - 2 pcs .;
- water boiled - 50 ml;
- sugar - 1 teaspoon;
- vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- black ground pepper - to taste;
- greens - to taste.
Preparation
Take a small onion, clean and cut into half rings or quarters. In a separate bowl, squeeze out the lemon juice, add boiled hot water, salt, sugar, black ground pepper, vegetable oil and chopped shallow greens. All carefully mix and fill this marinade with our onion so that it completely covers it. Marinuem until the water cools down (about 30 minutes). Filter and use in a cooled form, adding to salads or simply as a snack.
So, how to cook onions we have reviewed, and now let's learn a few recipes for cooking salads with pickled onions.
Meat salad with pickled onions
Ingredients:
- canned green peas - 200 g;
- boiled pork - 500 g;
- carrots - 3 pieces;
- pickled onion - to taste;
- mayonnaise - for refueling.
Preparation
Boiled pork finely cut into thin strips. Carrots are cleaned, three on a large grater and stew until half cooked on low heat. In the salad bowl we pour out the canned peas, put the meat, carrots and mix everything. Then add the pickled onion, season with mayonnaise and enjoy the spicy and original taste of the salad.
Salad with pickled onions and tangerines
Ingredients:
- chicken breast - 1 pc .;
- pickled onion - to taste;
- tangerines - 3 pieces;
- vinegar 9% - to taste;
- sugar - 0,5 tsp.
- green parsley - for decoration;
- mayonnaise - for refueling.
Preparation
So, take the chicken breast, put it in a saucepan with water, salt and boil until cooked for about 30 minutes. Finished meat is divided into fibers or cut into strips. Now take the tangerines, peel them, break them into slices and cut them in half. In a beautiful deep salad bowl, we put boiled chicken meat, half-rings of pickled onions and chopped mandarins. All dress up with mayonnaise and mix well. Before serving, decorate the dish with whole mandarin slices and parsley sprigs. You can eat this salad at once, but it is better to let him stand for at least an hour, so that he gets soaked. Enjoy your appetite and new culinary achievements!