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What to cook with onion
The onion is where almost every good dish begins: sweet when slow-cooked, sharp when raw, golden when fried. If you have onions, oil and patience, you have the base of a hundred dinners.
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Best onion recipe ideas
50 min
Caramelised Onion Tart
Slow sweet onions on pastry with a little cheese.
1 hr
French-Style Onion Soup
Deeply browned onions in stock under a cheese crouton.
15 min
Onion & Egg Fried Rice
Plenty of onion, wok-hot rice and egg — simple and perfect.
30 min
Crispy Onion Bhaji-Style Fritters
Spiced onion fritters, fried until lacy and crisp.
Onion cooking tips
- Low heat and time are the whole secret of sweet caramelised onions — don't rush them.
- Chill onions before chopping and your eyes will water less.
- A pinch of salt at the start draws out moisture and speeds up browning.