Pickled Potatoes

It takes just a little over an hour to make delicious Pickled Potatoes! This traditional Mexican side dish makes a tasty snack or salad topping.

clear glass jar with yellow baby round potatoes cut in half with thin white onion slices in milky liquid.

Why This Pickled Potatoes Recipe is So Good

  • Prepare these pickled potatoes one time and eat them all week with salads, breakfast eggs, dinner sides, and more! We love serving these alongside our Vegetarian Thai Lettuce Wraps and our Instant Pot Taco Soup. They’re yummy with Seasoned Black Beans too.
  • This recipe is SUPER duper easy, it is perfect for experienced or first-time picklers. 
  • The pickled potatoes are quite addicting but in a good way! Trust me, once you taste them you won’t soon forget them!

Tips and Tricks for Making Pickled Potatoes

  • If you want to use a full size quart mason jar, you should use about 1 pound of potatoes. That should fill it up nicely with little to no leftovers. I love it when I can fit it all in the same jar! 
  • Want to spice it up? Consider adding in some sliced jalapenos. Depending on the spice you are craving 1-3 jalapenos (sliced up) will do the trick! 
  • Potato types – literally any kind of potato will work, we prefer using golden or yellow potatoes. If you use larger potatoes you can cut the potatoes into sticks.
  • Vinegar swap – You can switch out the apple cider vinegar for white vinegar or red wine vinegar if preferred.
  • Don’t overcook the potatoes or they will be too mushy. They should be firm but just soft enough to pierce with a fork.
  • These pickled potatoes should keep for a couple of weeks when kept in the fridge. 
  • Glass containers and non-reactive pans/pots are best for these pickled potatoes due to how vinegar can be reactive.

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a fork holding up a piece of pickled potato above a glass jar

Pickled Potatoes

Cindy
It takes just a little over an hour to make delicious Pickled Potatoes! This traditional Mexican side dish makes a tasty snack or salad topping.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Side Dish Recipes
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 6 servings
Calories 111 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 white onion sliced thinely
  • 1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 20 oz baby potatoes chopped into halves or quarters depending on their size
  • 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 3 bay leaves

Instructions
 

  • Gather your ingredients. Cook the potatoes in a large saucepan of boiling water for 12 minutes. Drain and set aside.
    cooked potato halves in metal strainer
  • Heat a little oil in a large high sided frying pan and fry the onion for about 3 minutes, until slightly softened but not browned.
    thin white onion slices in saute pan with wooden spoon
  • Add the vinegar, water, peppercorns, salt, garlic and bay leaves to the pan and stir. Heat until the mixture begins to bubble.
    cooked onion slices with liquid and wooden spoon in a pot
  • Add the boiled potatoes to the pan and stir. Then remove from the heat and let everything cool for about 1 hour.
    potato halves and onion slices in liquid in pot
  • Transfer the mixture to a jar and store in the fridge.
    clear glass jar with yellow baby round potatoes cut in half with thin white onion slices in milky liquid.

Notes

  • If you want to use a full size quart mason jar, you should use about 1 pound of potatoes.  That should fill it up nicely with little to no leftovers.  I love it when I can fit it all in the same jar! 
  • Want to spice it up? Consider adding in some sliced jalapenos. Depending on the spice you are craving 1-3 jalapenos (sliced up) will do the trick! 
  • Potato types – literally any kind of potato will work, we prefer using golden or yellow potatoes. If you use larger potatoes you can cut the potatoes into sticks.
  • Vinegar swap – You can switch out the apple cider vinegar for white vinegar or red wine vinegar if preferred.
  • Don’t overcook the potatoes or they will be too mushy. They should be firm but just soft enough to pierce with a fork.
  • These pickled potatoes should keep for a couple of weeks when kept in the fridge. 
  • Glass containers and non-reactive pans/pots are best for these pickled potatoes due to how vinegar can be reactive.
Keyword pickled potatoes
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