Will red onions, instead of green onions, work with these other indgredients:
Pecans, Cheddar Cheese, Mayonnaise?
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2Yup. Taste and colour will be slightly different, but reasonably close. Perhaps use a little less onion than usual. – Stephie Apr 24 '15 at 18:15
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related : http://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/9271/67 ; http://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/53563/67 ; http://cooking.stackexchange.com/q/33847/67 – Joe Apr 24 '15 at 19:55
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Whoops. I probably should have looked around before writing an entire answer. I'd go so far as to call this a duplicate of any one of @Joe's suggestions. – logophobe Apr 24 '15 at 20:08
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2@logophobe : just because it's answered in the other ones doesn't mean that this question isn't unique. – Joe Apr 24 '15 at 21:07
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Red onion, or any other onion for that matter, is a pretty reasonable substitution for the white portion (on the right in the picture below) of the green onion/scallion. They're all alliums, after all, and have a reasonably comparable flavor. As @Stephie notes in the comments, you may want to use a slightly smaller portion; red onion tends to be a little more pungent. Another way that you can deal with this pungency is to soak your diced red onion in water for a few minutes, which will dilute the heat. (Which works for white onions too, by the way.)
The green portion of the scallion (on the left) is a bit grassier in flavor and much less pungent; red onion isn't quite as good a match for this part. If you have access to them, chives would be a better replacement, unless you're cooking the dish, in which case chives would lose a lot of their delicate flavor.
Given the other strong flavors you've listed, red onion will probably do just fine. I'm guessing that the onion is a relatively small amount at any rate, and just there to add a bit of textural contrast and a little extra sharpness.
