# CURTIDO DE HABANERO Y CEBOLLA MORADA

This recipe shows how to make the best pickled red onions to throw on everything.

- Total time: 90 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 555 g red onion
- 12 g habanero
- 20 g sugar
- 15 g Diamond Crystal kosher salt
- 240 g lime juice, fresh squeezed
- 3 g Mexican oregano
- 40 g white vinegar

## Instructions

1. Cut the red onion.
2. Clean the onion.
3. Slice the onion on a mandoline the long way, relatively thin, or use a knife.
4. Place the sliced onion into a bowl.
5. Remove the stems from the habanero.
6. Slice the habaneros super thin.
7. Add the sliced habaneros into the bowl with the onions.
8. Add kosher salt to the bowl.
9. Add sugar to the bowl.
10. Grind Mexican oregano between your palms and add it to the bowl.
11. Using a glove, massage all the ingredients together in the bowl.
12. Roll the limes between your hands to make them juicier.
13. Cut the limes in half.
14. Juice the limes into a separate bowl.
15. After about 30 minutes of marinating at room temperature, the onions are ready.
16. Drop in the lime juice to the onion mixture.
17. Add white vinegar to the onion mixture.
18. Transfer the onions to a glass jar.
19. Close the jar and let it marinate.

## Equipment

- mandolin
- knife
- bowl
- lime squeezer
- glass jar
- tongs

## Tips

- If you don't like spice, you don't have to put the habaneros in.
- Massaging the onions breaks down the cell structure, letting the seasoning get in.
- Roll limes between your hands to make them juicier.
- Taste and adjust seasoning as needed with salt or sugar.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPEU-sbjoCu/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0755d5e7-70e2-4fe9-b476-76b37b533e9f
- Extracted: 2025-10-20

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