Description
Serve this elevated version of pickled onions in your tacos, sandwiches, quesadillas, salads and even cheese boards. Dripping in spicy lime juice with a touch of cilantro, these pickled onions with chile pequín will be a mealtime staple.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons dried piquín chiles
- 4 dried arbol chiles, stems removed
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 red jalapeños, stem removed and sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large red onion, sliced
- 1 cup lime juice
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- ¾ cup cilantro sprigs, chopped
Instructions
- Place piquín chiles, arbol chiles and garlic cloves in a large molcajete. Mash into a coarse paste. Add jalapeños and salt and mash until jalapeño slices break up into small pieces. Add onion slices, lime juice and olive oil to the molcajete. Toss to distribute ingredients evenly. Stir in cilantro. Serve immediately or store in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator.