Do you freeze your onions ?

Emerion · January 2021

Good morning, some of my onions from last year are starting to spoil, so I’m thinking about doing something else with the remaining good ones. I’ve heard that you can chop and freeze them raw, but this sounds like a recipe for onion mush to me. Do you have an ingenious method for keeping them for longer?

Kili · January 2021

I freeze onions all the time and have done for years. I don't grow my own but buy them by the bag then dice them up and freeze them for casseroles and such like.

Not sure how it works in a salad after defrosting though.

All I do is remove the skin and dice them and put them in freezer bags.

Dovefromabove · January 2021

I would either make up a mix of chopped onion, celery and carrot, soften in butter or oil and freeze in the quantities I use for starting casseroles, soups and ragus etc.

or

slice a load of onions (1kg or so) and put them in the slow cooker with a large knob of butter and cook low and slow until caramelised and unctuous and freeze in batches to have with liver and onions, sausages, hot dogs or whatever you like caramelised onions with ... or use a batch with a slosh of brandy or sherry and a load of beef stock (oxo cubes are fine) and make French onion soup. 😋

Emerion · January 2021

That all sounds yummy. I think I’ll try some caramelised ( which I love for onion gravy with sausage and mash), and some plain. I loathe chopping onions, but I tell myself it will be worth it. Thank you.

Lyn · January 2021

Chopping onions is agony for me, I don’t have tear or oil glands so I would get very sore eyes, I bought one of these, well worth the money and always use it now. Still need to peel but under the tap it’s not so bad.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07B4DCV5R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

CulpabilityBrown · January 2021

Emerion said:

Do you freeze your onions?

Depends how cold the shower is.

Emerion · January 2021

😂 OH wanted me to ask a question about freezing plums, and I refused on the grounds of taste and decency, so thanks for that @CulpabilityBrown.

Ferdinand2000 · January 2021

I have portions in the freezer done as you suggest.

I have also tried dehydrating 4-5mm slices of onion this year, and it has worked really well. It concentrates the zing as a thing to add to salads etc.

fidgetbones · January 2021

I chopped a load and froze one year. They are OK for putting in soups and stews, not so good if you want fried onions to go on a beefburger. I am eyeing up those left in the garage to make a big batch of soup and freeze that. I made a big batch of chilli last week.

B3 · January 2021

I find if you leave the root end on when you peel and chop onions, it doesn't make your eyes water. I don't know why it works, but it does.

Emerion · January 2021

My eyes used to suffer, root on or off, but less so nowadays. I think it also helps if they are very cold, like if you’ve put them in the fridge for an hour or so.

Do you freeze your onions ?

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