An old herbal remedy that uses the germ-fighting properties of onion, garlic, ginger, and herbs. plus vinegar and raw honey for an immune boosting and nourishing drink with a little kick.
Prep time: PT15M
Total time: PT20175M
Rating
4.46 stars (64 reviews)
Ingredients
½ medium onion ((peeled and roughly chopped))
½ bulb garlic ((peeled and roughly chopped))
1 and 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger ((grated))
1 and 1/2 tsp dried echinacea root ((optional))
½ orange ((sliced, optional))
½ jalapeño ((sliced, optional))
1 tsp cayenne pepper
apple cider vinegar ((raw, unfiltered))
raw honey
Categories
Drinks
Steps
Place the onion, garlic, ginger, echinacea root, orange, and jalapeño (if using) into a quart size Mason jar.
Pour enough apple cider vinegar into the jar to fully cover the ingredients. Use a fermentation weight if you have one to keep everything submerged.
Cap tightly and let sit for 2–4 weeks in a warm spot, shaking the jar daily if possible.
After fermentation, strain out and discard the solids, saving the infused vinegar.
Measure how much vinegar you have left and stir in an equal amount of raw honey, plus the cayenne pepper. Mix until fully combined.
Store in the refrigerator and shake before using.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 TBSP
Calories: 0.4 kcal
Carbohydrates: 0.1 g
Protein: 0.01 g
Fat: 0.02 g
Saturated Fat: 0.004 g
Sodium: 0.04 mg
Sugar: 0.01 g
Unsaturated Fat: 0.013 g
Reviews
Cymone on 2023-06-02 (5 stars): My mum use to make fire cider except in our house we would call it “the Poison” you felt it going down and it would kill anything, our recipe would have tumeric and horseradish in it, we never refrigerated it as it was fermented and we live in the tropics. Honestly the best remedy to kill what ever you had but was never going to win a Michelin star.
carrie on 2020-03-03 (5 stars): Thanks for the recipe. Can I use a metal strainer to strain this, or should I avoid metal and just use a cheese cloth?
Sarah Haymore on 2019-12-27 (5 stars): I love this recipe and your blog! It's so nice to hear more people encourage whole food remedies!
Jennifer on 2019-09-04 (5 stars): I am about to start my first Fire Cider Brew, and I have two questions.
1) Most recipes call for white onion, but you used yellow onion. Does it matter?
2) when my brew is done and I have squeezed as much of the liquid out of the ingredients as I could, could I take the strained items and run them through my Greenstar Juice to extract every last bit of liquid?
Thanks!!
Jennifer
