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Questions tagged [onions]

Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with onion as a star ingredient.

Onions are a white or yellow root vegetable with a sharp sulfur taste when raw. When cooked, they can develop a darker color and sweeter flavor. Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with onion as a star ingredient. Questions about dishes which include onion, but are not focused on onion, should not use this tag.

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What is the right temperature for deep-frying?

I want to know what is the right temperature for deep-frying, for: Schnitzels French-fries Crockets and Onions. I want to know the lowest temp for the right frying, because I want to keep the oil as much as I can.
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Are my refrigerated pork chops & onions safe to eat?

I cooked pork chops with onions two days ago and refrigerated the leftovers pretty quickly. I checked it today and there was a lot of congealed fat around and over some of the onions (not submerged though). I looked at related questions but still…
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Horizontal cuts when dicing an onion

Should you make horizontal cuts (parallel to the board) through the halves of an onion before dicing?
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using somthing besides onion in recipies

So I was a cook and now I can be and have to reshape how I cook I became highly allergic to onions about 4 months ago and I'm having a hard time replacing them in so recipes I have tryed garlic but its now the same what else should I try
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How many times can vinegar (after soaking onions in it) be reused again for soaking the fresh onions?

How many times can same vinegar (after soaking onions in it) be reused again for soaking the fresh onions? Do I need to take any special care w.r.t Vinegar for maintaining its freshness?
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Enhancing garlic and tomatoes on toast

I often make the following vegan breakfast toast. I start by finely chopped onions and garlic and heat the combination on a non-stick pan till the onions are brown. Then I add a tomato chopped into small pieces, with some of the juice that comes…
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Onion garlic and covid

Had covid 3 yrs ago and haven’t been able to hand the smell or the taste. I need substitutes for recipes… I know there is a spice called asafetida that can be use and taste like onion and garlic but before I spend $13 on a jar I wanted to see if…
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What is this sofrito/confit technique the chef from Mokonuts talks about?

The chef from Mokonuts refers to an onion sofrito/confit that is braised for 4-5 hours. What is this technique, where can I find more about it? https://www.cnet.com/health/how-to-make-the-best-tasting-beans/ Sofrito could be many things, but at…
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Efficient method to peel onions?

How do you efficiently peel an onion, so both time and material wasted is minimized? The way I do it: I cut off the stem part farthest from the roots (which has to go anyways, and gives me a nice flat bit to stand the onion on for the next cut),…
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Best way to chop an onion?

Possible Duplicate: A definitive method of dicing an onion Do I first cut it in half or do I make crosswise incisions before chopping it? And what is the best knife to use?
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Are there any recipes that begin with simmering aromatics rather than frying them?

It’s very common to begin a recipe by sautéing onions. But are there any recipes where you instead simmer them in a liquid, to get a different flavour profile? I am picturing sautéing some shallots in cream and I’d like to know where this could lead…
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How do people make fried onions as an ingredient as opposed to a snack? Should I coat them with flour, milk, and spices?

A Pakistani dish I am learning to make calls for fried onions as an ingredient. The recipe says "golden fried onions" and later "fried onion paste", referring to the same thing. The video shows a clump of yellow brownish fried onion slices dumped…
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Alternatives to onion gravy

Whenever I cook a dish with either no meat, or when I can't get any of the juices from the meat, I tend to make a gravy based on onions. I'm wondering what alternatives there are to onion gravy. To be clear, this is a gravy to compliment a meat…
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Chopped onion storage

I want to know how I can store chopped onions for 2 weeks? I have a cook-out coming up and I need to get ahead of things.
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Green spots on bullseye egg

I cooked some bulls eye eggs with some onion, and after cooking there was some green stain on the albumen, but not before cooking, therefore I wonder what it might be. I thought it could have come from the onion but just a hypothesis.
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