How to make crispy and delicious salted onions for Tet holiday

1. Ingredients needed

– Onion: 1kg

– Fish sauce: 1 bowl

– Sugar: 4 spoons

– Vinegar: 1 bowl

– Salt: 2 spoons

– Chili: 2 fruits

– Rice water

2. Steps to make delicious salted onions for Tet

Step 1: Reduce the pungency of the onion

Soak the onion in rice water overnight. Dissolve 20g of salt in 1.5 liters of water. Cut the onion roots, peel the skin, soak in salt water to remove the pungent smell and make the onion crispier, whiter. After that, drain the onion in a strainer to remove the water.

Step 2: Make onion salt water

You can make the mixture of fish sauce for onion salt as follows: 1 bowl of fish sauce, 4 spoons of sugar, 1 bowl of vinegar, and 1.5 bowls of water, then stir well to dissolve the sugar. After dissolving the sugar, pour this mixture into a small pot and bring to a boil, then let it cool down.

Step 3: Clean the container

You clean the container used to store the salted onion and wipe it thoroughly to dry. Avoid leaving the container with water residue, as it will make the onion float, moldy, and less tasty.

Step 4: Salted onion

Pour all the onion into the container. Then, pour the cooled fish sauce and sugar mixture into the container, filling it up so that the onion is submerged in the water.

Use the lid to tightly cover the container of salted onion and store it in a cool place. Note that the onion must be fully submerged with a weight pressed down. For slightly immature onion, it can be eaten after 4-5 days. For older onion, depending on the weather, it takes about 1 week to 10 days to be ready. If the weather is cold, it may take longer. You can eat salted onion separately or use it as a condiment for other dishes. When eating, you should use clean utensils to pick up the salted onion and avoid stirring too much to prevent the formation of a white layer, which will affect the long-term preservation.

3. Tips for successful salted onions

– You need to pay attention when choosing the onion from the beginning. You should choose small, medium-sized ones. Avoid choosing very large ones because the onion will take longer to ripen. Choose fresh onion for salting.

– When cutting the roots, you should be careful not to cut too deep into the white part of the onion to avoid damaging the salted onion.

– You should choose good-quality rice vinegar, avoid using artificial vinegar, industrial vinegar, which will make the salted onion too sour and less delicious.

– To make the best salted onion, you should add the right amount of salt and sugar. If you add too little salt, the onion will not ferment well. If you add too much salt and sugar, the onion will become too salty or sweet and not pleasant to eat.

– Using warm salt water will accelerate the fermentation process of the onion. You can also place the container of salted onion in the sun to speed up the fermentation process.

– To prevent the salted onion from foaming during the fermentation process, you should sterilize and dry the glass jar before salting the onion.

– You should use a plastic piece to press down the onion into the salt water or use a piece of bamboo to make sure the onion is evenly fermented.

– When eating, you should use clean utensils to pick up the salted onion, avoid stirring too much as the onion will quickly become spoiled with white foam.

– If you can’t finish all the salted onion, you can store the jar of salted onion in the refrigerator to slow down the fermentation process.

The process of making salted onion is not too complicated, anyone can do it to add a full flavor to the Tet dishes.

According to Xe và thể thao