Pickled Vidalia Onions Food

QUICK PICKLED VIDALIA AND RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Wash one glass 1/2-gallon jar with lid in hot, soapy water, and rinse well.
• Combine 3/4 cup water, vinegar, salt, and sugar in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cook until sugar and salt have dissolved; remove from heat, and set aside.
• Fill jar halfway with either Vidalia- or red-onion slices. Add garlic shoot; cover with remaining onion slices, packing them with the back of a clean spoon. Leave 3/4 inch of space beneath the rim. Pour hot liquid over onions, covering them by 1/4 inch and leaving 1/2 inch of space beneath the rim. Place lid on jar, and let stand until cool. Store in the refrigerator; serve within a week.

SWEET PICKLED VIDALIA ONION

Steps:

• Prepare 8 half pints, lids, and rings. Sterilize the jars and keep them in the hot water till its time for processing. Make sure to fill your water bath canner and get the water to a simmer.
• Cut your onions in half and using a food processor slice the onions thinly or use the shredding blade. If you have a mandolin you could do it on the thin slice or use a knife!
• In a large stainless steel pot bring vinegar and sugar to a simmer till sugar dissolves.
• Add onions, thyme, celery seed, mustard seed, and dill weed. Simmer for 10 minutes and remove from heat.
• On a dishtowel place your hot jars and using your funnel in each jar using a ladle then fill the jars leaving ½" headspace. Remove air bubbles and refill to the proper headspace with the liquid brine if necessary.
• Taking a clean papertowel wet it with warm water and wipe the rims of the jars removing any food particles that would interfere with a good seal.
• Using your magic wand extract the lids from the hot water and place them on the now cleaned rims. Add your rings to the tops of each of the jars and turn to seal just "finger tight".
• Make sure your rack is on the bottom of the canner and place the jars in the water bath making sure that the water covers each of the jars by 1 to 2 inches. Add hot water to the canner if it doesn't measure up.
• Cover the pot and turn up the heat under the canner and wait for the water to start boiling. Once the water has come to a boil start your timer for 10 minutes.
• When complete turn off the heat and remove the cover and let the jars sit for another few minutes.
• Remove the jars and place them back on the dishtowel in a place that they will sit overnight to cool. Do not touch or move them till the next morning.
• Some time in the next hour your jars will be making a "pinging" or "popping" noise. That is the glass cooling and the reaction of the lids being sucked into the jar for proper sealing. Some recipes may take overnight to seal. Check your lids and reprocess any jars that did not seal.

QUICK-PICKLED VIDALIA AND RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Wash one glass 1/2-gallon jar with a lid in hot, soapy water, and rinse well. Toast coriander in a small skillet over medium heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add mustard seeds and toast for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Set aside.
• Combine water, vinegar, salt, and sugar in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cook until sugar and salt have dissolved. Add reserved coriander and mustard seeds; remove from heat, and set aside.
• Fill jar halfway with either Vidalia or red onion slices. Add bay leaves and thyme; cover with remaining onion slices, packing them with the back of a clean spoon. Leave 3/4 inch of space beneath the rim. Pour hot liquid over onions covering them by 1/4-inch and leaving 1/2-inch of pace beneath the rim. Place lid on the jar, and let stand until cool. Store in the refrigerator, serve within a week.

CREAMED VIDALIA ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a stoveproof gratin dish over medium-high heat; add 4 pounds Vidalia onions (cut into wedges) and cook 5 minutes. Add a pinch each of nutmeg, cayenne, salt and black pepper, then add 3 tablespoons white wine and simmer 2 minutes. Whisk 1 1/4 cups half-and-half and 3 tablespoons flour; stir into the onions and bring to a boil. Mix 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs), 2 tablespoons chopped chives, and salt and pepper. Sprinkle over the onion, cover with parchment paper and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and broil until golden, 5 more minutes.

BAKED VIDALIA ONIONS

Steps:

• Quarter onions halfway through and open slightly. Place each on a 18x12-in. piece of heavy-duty foil. Place 2 teaspoons butter in center of each onion; sprinkle with salt, pepper and, if desired, garlic salt. Fold foil to seal tightly. Bake at 350° until onions are tender, 50-60 minutes. Open foil carefully to allow steam to escape.

PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring a medium pot of water to a rolling boil. Add the onions and cook for 30 seconds, then drain in a colander. Let cool slightly, then transfer to a sterilized glass container with a tight lid, such as a pint canning jar. Add the thyme. You want to make sure there is enough headroom at the top of the jar so that the vinegar solution can cover the onions.
• In a second medium pot, combine the vinegar, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil and stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour the vinegar mixture over the onions in the jars, making sure the onions are completely submerged. Let cool slightly.
• Cover and refrigerate until the onions turn pink and are seasoned throughout, at least 8 hours. Drain the onions and serve. The onions can be refrigerated in the pickling liquid for up to 2 weeks.

PICKLED SWEET ONIONS

Steps:

• Place onions in a colander over a plate; sprinkle with canning salt and toss. Let stand 1 hour. Rinse and drain onions, squeezing to remove excess liquid., In a Dutch oven, combine vinegar, sugar and thyme; bring to a boil. Add onions and return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes. Remove from heat., Carefully ladle hot mixture into four hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/2-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. , Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

PICKLED VIDALIA ONIONS RECIPE

Steps:

• Halve onions and slice thin, about 1/4 inch thick. Place into a bowl and cover with ice water; let rest for 30 minutes. Drain, pat dry and pack the onions into a clean quart sized Mason jar. Heat vinegar and sugar together until sugar is completely dissolved. Add remaining ingredients and let cool completely. Top onions with the dressing and refrigerate a minimum of 24 hours, or up to 3 or 4 days if possible, before using, as the flavor only improves as they sit. Keep refrigerated for about 4 months. Use as an appetizer, on salads, sandwiches, hamburgers or hotdogs, serve over beans, greens or chop and add to a wide variety of recipes.

BAKED VIDALIA ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• With a sharp knife, cut out a 1 inch in diameter by ¾ inch deep cavity in top of onions, reserving scraps.
• Season each onion.
• Combine butter, Worcestershire Sauce, cumin and sugar.
• Fill cavities of onion with the butter mixture.
• Arrange onions in baking dish, add broth, wine and scraps to dish and bake, basting occasionally, for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until very tender.
• Serve as a first course.

PICKLED SWEET ONIONS

Steps:

• You should have 22 cups onion rings once all are sliced. You should have 6 cups pepper rings once all are sliced.
• In large pot, combine vinegar, honey, mustard seeds, allspice, and anise seeds. Bring to a boil uncovered for three minutes. Add onion rings and cook, stirring gentle for 8 minutes or until onion begin to turn limp. Remove from heat, stir in pepper rings.
• Add one bay leaf to each 1 pint hot sterlized jars. Using tongs, pack jars with onions and peppers, leaving 1/4" headspace.
• Ladle hot vinegar mixture into jars, leaving 1/4" headspace. Make sure bubbles are removed. Wipe rims and add lids.
• Process in water bath for 10 minutes. Start timing once water is boiling.