Cucumbers with onions for winter

Bright, delicious, fragrant, to your favorite side dish! Cucumber salad with onions for the winter is usually eaten among the first, it is so delicious! And this is despite the fact that it can be cooked from cucumbers that have lost their presentation and are not suitable for pickling or pickling.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 7 % 1 g
Fats 57 % 8 g
Carbohydrates 36 % 5 g
90 kcal
GI: 60 / 0 / 40

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 3 h 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make cucumbers with onions for the winter? Prepare all the necessary products that are specified in the recipe. Cucumbers will suit any, even those that have flaws. Adjust the amount of dill to your liking. The bundle can be smaller or, on the contrary, large, if you like the pronounced taste of dill. Wash and dry cucumbers and greens.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    If the cucumbers have a rough peel or it is badly damaged, then it is better to cut it off. Cut the cucumbers into circles, semicircles or quarters, as you like.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Put the cucumbers in a saucepan suitable in size. Peel the onion, rinse and dry with paper napkins. Cut the bulbs into thin half rings or quarter rings. Send it to the cucumbers.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Chop the dill not large. Add to the cucumbers and onions.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add sugar, salt, vinegar and refined vegetable oil to the pan.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Mix everything thoroughly and leave to infuse for two to three hours.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    When the cucumbers are infused and a sufficient amount of juice is formed, send the pan to the stove. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the flame to moderate and cook the cucumbers for about 5-7 minutes. Do not forget to mix the salad. Do this carefully so that the cucumbers retain their shape. When the salad changes color, you can proceed to the next step.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Sterilize jars and lids in any way you can. You can do this in the oven, in a water bath or in a microwave oven. Arrange the hot salad in sterile jars and immediately close the lids. Turn the jars upside down, wrap up with a warm blanket and leave in this way until the jars cool down.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Cucumber and onion salad is ready for winter! Store it in any dark cool place for a long time.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Serve cucumbers with meat, kebabs, potatoes and any other side dish. Incomparably delicious!

From the specified number of components, I got about 1.7 liters of ready-made salad.


Bon appetit!

How to calculate the number of cans, why banks explode and how to avoid it, as well as secrets and life hacks, read the article about preparations for the winter.

So that the mucous membrane of the eyes is not irritated when slicing onions, rinse the onion and knife with cold water. The cutting board will not absorb the unpleasant onion smell if you rub it with a piece of lemon before slicing.

How to choose the perfect pot for soup, porridge or pickling cucumbers read the article about pots.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Fresh cucumbers - 15   kcal/100g
  • Dill greens - 38   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Wine vinegar (3%) - 9   kcal/100g
  • Vinegar 9% - 11   kcal/100g
  • Balsamic vinegar - 88   kcal/100g
  • Apple vinegar - 14   kcal/100g
  • Vinegar - 11   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g

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