Quick Fridge Pickled Vegetables make the ultimate topping for tacos, burgers, and more! Featuring a blend of carrots, cucumber, radish, and onion, this healthy recipe is fast and flavorful!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Quick Fridge Pickled Vegetables
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 2 minutesminutes
Total Time 17 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 33kcal
Author Jenn Laughlin - Peas and Crayons
Ingredients
1cup vinegar*
½cupwater
½cupshredded carrots
½cupshredded radish
⅓English cucumber(cut into matchsticks)
½red onion(sliced thin)
1clovegarlic, minced
1TBSPchopped green onion
½tspsea salt
½tspsugar(skip for whole30)
¼tspdried oregano leaves
Instructions
Wash and dry a medium-large mason jar.
If you're not using pre-shredded carrots and radish, slice into matchsticks along with your cucumber. I use the slicer on my cheese + veggie grater/slicer to slice the radish and cuke in to thin slices, then chop lengthwise into thin strips. It's so super speedy!
Bring water and vinegar to a boil in a medium saucepan.
Add green onion, garlic, sea salt, oregano, and sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves and remove from heat. Allow pot to cool 5-10 minutes.
Place the veggies in your mason jar and slowly pour the hot vinegar mixture over the veggies. If you'd like to enjoy them slightly al dente (vs. soft) feel free to let the liquid cool even more before adding it to the jar.
Allow your jar to cool to room temperature then slap on the lid and pop in the fridge. That's it!
They can be enjoyed that very day and will be a bit more slaw-like and al dente at first. The longer these tasty veggies sit in the fridge the more flavors will intensify and the more they'll soften up too!
Notes
Want some crazy spicy pickled veggies all up in your face? add some sliced jalapeños to the mix! The seeds and center of the jalapeños will control the heat.* I used a half white wine vinegar and half seasoned rice vinegar since that was all I had handy. You can use rice vinegar, white wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or any combination of the three.Nutrition Facts below are an estimate gathered using an online recipe nutrition calculator. Adjust as needed.