Pickled Red Onions And Other Taco Toppings Recipes

PICKLED RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan.
• Stuff onion slices into a pint-size Mason jar. Pour some of the boiling water over the onions. Let rest for 10 seconds. Pour out water through a mesh strainer, keeping onions in the jar. Repeat twice more to cook onions slightly.
• Measure vinegar into a bowl. Stir in salt and sugar until dissolved. Add peppercorns. Pour vinegar solution over onions. Seal and shake well.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving so that the flavor develops.

PICKLED RED ONIONS AND OTHER TACO TOPPINGS

Steps:

• Mash avocado. Stir in all ingredients while mashing to a sauce consistency. You may want it chunky or smooth and that is your choice.
• If you want it more of a thin sauce, add more cream. Add your seasonings to taste. Avocados need to be bold. This sauce is tangier than guacamole and really brings out the richness of the avocado!
• Preheat grill to medium high heat. Grill onion with bulb side down until blackened.
• Now turn over and rest root end on grill and grill until that is blackened. It will start to spread like a flower opening. I only grill this partially, so that the onion retains some crispness. Take off fire and let cool.
• Now cut off root stem and slice into thin slices.
• Place onion, vinegar, water and seasonings in a pot. Bring to a boil. (I know it seems like you need more liquid, but you don't.) As soon as it boils, turn into a container and let stand until cooled. These are great on sandwiches of all kinds and of course tacos or quesadillas! They keep in the fridge a long time!
• Slice cabbage into 3/4″ rounds. Brush both sides with oil. Season one side well with salt.
• Combine lime juice with seasonings and brush on to cabbage. Use more seasonings if necessary to cover cabbage rounds.
• Let sit for at least one hour or up to overnight. When ready to cook, preheat grill to medium high.
• Place cabbage rounds on an oiled grill and grill until cooked, but not soft. If some of the cabbage strings fall off gather them up and place a pile of them on a grill tray and cook by tossing until browned.
• Cabbage can be used as a taco topping or it can even be tossed with cole slaw dressing and served that way as a taco topping or as a replacement for cole slaw.