Make Lime Pickled Onions in just 2 steps and add instant zest, fun, and color to your favorite dishes!
Refreshing and crisp, these onions are the perfect topping for tacos, fried fish, bowls, steak, salads and more!
Lime Pickled Onions
These Lime Pickled Onions are one of those toppings we love keeping on hand because they’re deliciously refreshing and zesty and add so much flavor!
We love them on Ecuadorian Fish Cakes (the pretty dish below, you totally have to try them!!!), Potato Cakes, and fried fish!
These Lime Pickled Onions are:
- Zesty, bright, fresh!
- Packed with flavor without tasting vinegar-y!
- Quick and easy.
- Make-Ahead and enjoy throughout the week!
- Perfect for steak, fish, grilled meats, tacos, bowls, salads.
Lime Pickled Onion Ingredients
Red onions. We like a bit of a crisp so I slice them pretty thin but not too thin, if you like a thinner onion, you can definitely slice them even thinner.
Lime. Get fresh limes for this recipe, I don’t recommend bottled lime juice for these because it’s just 3 ingredients and you want them to be fresh and good quality for best flavor!
Salt, for flavor.
Optional: sugar, if your onions are a bit old and you find the taste a bit too onion-y once you pickled them with lime, you can add in a dash of sugar to balance out the flavors!
How to Make Lime Pickled Onions
STEP ONE: Slice the onions about 1/8-inch (3 mm) thick. You can also cut them thinner for no crisp or thicker up to 1/4-inch (6 mm) thick but they’ll take a bit longer to pickle!
STEP TWO: Prepare the onions. Add the sliced onions to a jar or bowl, pour in the fresh lime juice, salt and mix. I recommend using a small jar or bowl because you want all the onions to be submerged in the lime juice.
STEP THREE: Chill in the refrigerator tightly covered for at least 30 minutes (mixing once) or overnight.
How Long Do Lime Pickled Onions Last?
Lime Pickled Onions can last up to a week when stored tightly covered or in a jar with a lid in the refrigerator!
Variations
Jalapeño: add 1/2 to 1 jalapeño (thinly sliced).
Oregano: add 1/2 teaspoon oregano.
Cilantro: add 1/2 tablespoon fresh cilantro (finely minced).
Garlic: add 1 small clove garlic (thinly sliced or crushed) or a dash of garlic powder for a lighter flavor.
Tajin: add 3/4 teaspoon Tajin.
Allspice: add 1-3 allspice berries.
Spicy sweet: add 1-3 allspice berries, 1/2 habanero, 1/2 teaspoon white granulated sugar!
HAPPY COOKING!! I hope you'll love this Lime Red Pickled Onions Recipe or Mexican Pickled Onions as much as I do!
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Lime Pickled Onions
Ingredients
- 1 medium red onion
- 2-3 limes (juiced, you should get 1/4 cup or 60 ml lime juice from the limes)
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Slice the onions about 1/8-inch (3 mm) thick. You can also cut them thinner for no crisp or thicker up to 1/4-inch (6 mm) thick but they'll take a bit longer to pickle!
- Prepare the onions. Add the sliced onions to a jar or bowl, pour in the fresh lime juice, salt and mix. I recommend using a small jar or bowl because you want all the onions to be covered with lime juice.
- Chill in the refrigerator tightly covered for at least 30 minutes (mixing once) or overnight. Lime pickled onions can last for up to a week in the refrigerator.
Notes
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