Onion solicitation

[killing_rose]

So here's the thing: our house has an onion in it for the first time in....we don't know. Probably 10 years. We're even planning on buying a bulk bag tomorrow.

The family member who has an onion allergy is out of town for 15 days, and Roommate and I need onions. 

We want your onion recipes. The recipes you love that are fantastic because of onions, because onions are the primary ingredient, whatever.  Any onion recipes.

Please. We're menu planning tomorrow, and between us.... we have two recipes, maybe, that involve onions. And we really want onions in every meal. (Except maybe breakfast. Maybe.)


[Seriously. Onions. We miss them.]

Help?


Edit: The breakfast comment isn't because we don't want to eat onions in breakfast, but that both of us have breakfast-related issues and are very unlikely to eat more than a smoothie for breakfast. And also time-related issues. So, yeah. Breakfast is not really a meal we make.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Onions are awesome in breakfasts!

I like to saute onions and red bell peppers in a bit of olive oil, then pour eggs over the top (mixed with a bit of paprika and/or red pepper flakes) and scramble the whole lot. Messy but tasty.

[killing_rose]

Okay, I guess I should specifically say: We very rarely cook breakfast based meals as we both have breakfast-food issues. So it is less "we do not want onions in the breakfast" and more "we do not want the breakfast."

Though that sounds good for a breakfast-food type meal we might actually eat for dinner.

[rydra_wong]

Ah, right! Thanks for the clarification.

[kyrielle]

I am so borrowing this idea. It might work nicely with the "quiche muffins" style recipes too, which I could freeze and microwave for work...mmm.

[jmtorres]

Onions can totally be in breakfast. I've put them in every omelet I've ever made, I think.

[killing_rose]

Okay, I guess I should specifically say: We very rarely cook breakfast based meals as we both have breakfast-food issues. So it is less "we do not want onions in the breakfast" and more "we do not want the breakfast."

Though we probably will add onions to eggs at some point.

[weaverbird]

mmmmmmmmmmm onions!

How about Caramelized Onion Dip? This stuff is unbelievably good. I sometimes leave out the sour cream and cream cheese and substitute thickened yogurt and that's also delicious.

Also, almost any curry recipe uses onions. Aloo Gobi, for instance.

ETA: How could I forget Baked Onion Rings!

[alias_sqbr]

I don't have a specific recipe, but: French onion soup and apricot chicken!

[rydra_wong]

Onions on their own: beautiful roast, peeled but whole (or halved), brushed with a bit of oil.

Or you could roast them with a mixture of other vegetables -- peppers and tomatoes, or squash and sweet potatoes, or whatever you have handy. Bit of rosemary or thyme, maybe.

I use raw onion (usually red onions) in salads a lot:

* Raw onion, raw red cabbage, lightly cooked broccoli, avocado, walnuts, oil and vinegar ...

* Raw onion, mango, raw very fresh tuna or salmon, sprinkle of coarse sea salt, splash of soy sauce and cider vinegar ...

[taeli]

Texas caviar is a yummy thing to scoop up with corn chips. (And I've been pondering trying to add it to pasta and eat it as a pasta salad.)

The recipe I have calls for black beans, bell peppers, red onion, cilantro, corn and a bottle of italian dressing, but there are many different variations of the recipe on the internet.

[taeli]

Also, my roommate makes something she calls pizziola, which is a pizza crust with no sauce or cheese and you top it onions and garlic that were sauteed with EVOO (if you like it fancy, you can add a bit of truffle oil for added flavor) and kalamata olives and then you put it in the oven and bake it until the crust is crispy. I'm guessing you can add mushrooms and artichokes or spinach to that as well, though I can't remember if she puts those on hers.

[taeli]

Sorry, I got a few things wrong, it's called pizzalidieri and there is a sauce, usually a pesto or a tapanade. Cheers and would love to hear what you ended up making!

[lilacsigil]

Caramelised onions on a home-made pizza (with a tomato paste base, with some basil and fresh mozzarella or bocconcini) - absolutely delicious.

[lqc]

First things that came to mind are home cooked onion rings, veggie kabobs with mushroom peppers and onions brushed in olive oil, grilled chicken gyro with diced onions and tomatoes on pita, or a good old fashioned patty melt burger with grilled onions. Any of those tickle your fancy?

[amadi]

I am decadent enough, and love onions enough, to eat caramelized onions -- properly caramelized, not just turned around in a pan -- alone on flatbread. Om nom onion.

Saute chopped onions in butter, add some cracked black pepper and set aside to cool. Chop up a roasted red pepper and mix with the onion and add 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. Drop into the center of each piece of store-bought crescent roll dough before rolling it into the crescent, and bake as directed. (You could also do a roll and slice on this, or go fancy with phyllo or puff pastry but let's get real, crescent roll dough is easy, accessible and tasty. :D)

Onion pie is great. Chop up 2.5 cups of onion and saute in a stick of butter (yep, whole stick) until translucent. Set aside to cool. Beat 2 eggs, add 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese, 1/3 cup flour and the cooled onion/butter mixture. Mix up well, pour into a lightly browned pie shell and bake at 350°F until the eggs are set. Top with more grated cheese if you're into that.

Also, there's onion and tomato salad, though that's best kept till there are decent tomatoes. It's just slices of onion and tomato dressed with mayo and a pinch of salt and pinch of sugar, left to sit. Kind of wet and decidedly old school but delicious.

[rydra_wong]

I am decadent enough, and love onions enough, to eat caramelized onions -- properly caramelized, not just turned around in a pan -- alone on flatbread.

Related to this concept:

http://www.closetcooking.com/2011/03/onion-marmalade.html

[tiamatschild]

Also related!

Carmelized onions - !

...

.....Over coconut rice. (Which is easy! Cook your sticky rice in coconut milk, instead of straight water. Like a really basic pilaf.)

Mmmmm, now I'm hungry again, and I just ate three oranges, this is ridiculous.

[rainbow]

i <3 french onion soup (saute a bunch of onion until it carmelises, add strong stock and simmer. put in oven safe dishes, slice a bagette or other bread to float on top, cover the bread wtih grated cheese of choice, and broil until the cheese bubbles and is starting to brown. NOM.

saute onions and sweet and hot peppers (seeded and sliced) in olive oil and toss with pasta, or cook it longer until it's soft and spread on bread.

or top meat with the mixture.

chop onion, tomato, pepper, cabbage, and any other veg you like, cover in a good vinaigrette and let marinate overnight. serve alone or as topping in a salad.

very finely mince onions and garlic and ginger and mix in ground meat with s&p and any other desired seasonings and form into meatballs or use as dumpling filling.

chopped chicken livers with lots of well carmelised onion (there *must* be crunchy bits) and chopped hardboiled egg.

[libitina]

Yassa!

All the recipes on the internet are for Yassa Chicken, but a Senegalese restaurant near me makes a vegetarian version that is just seasoned oiled onions (not caramelized, but wilted enough to take the bite away) over rice. It's delightful.

[loligo]

Mmmm... mujadara. (Lebanese lentils and rice with carmelized onions.)

[zats_clear]

slice onions and put in a crock pot with a lot of butter and some beef consomme or a small amount of beef stock. Cook all day, srsly. House will smell awesome and you can put these caramelized babies on anything - pizza, sandwiches, steak...hot OR cold. AND, most important here, you can freeze them in this state for those times when your allergic family member is gone for the evening.

[vass]

This pasta sauce. It is amazing.

[lifesnotasong]

I was just about to comment with that link :D

[vlion]

So a burrito is better with onions. Like, amazingly better.

INGREDIENTS FOR AWESOME:

ONE SOFT TORTILLA. ONLY ONE. TWO IS TOO AWESOME FOR MORTAL MOUTHS, PLUS IT'S ALL FLOURY WHEN YOU DO.

ONE THIRD OF A CAN OF REFRIED BLACK BEANS. NORMAL REFRIED BEANS CAN DO IN A PINCH.

ONE HUNK OF PEPPERJACK CHEESE.

GREEN CHILI-BASED SALSA

ONION. CHOPPED.


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Okay, let's make with the AWESOME.


SPREAD THY TORTILLA.

PLOP DOWN THY BEANS

SHRED THY CHEESE, YEA, MORE IS BETTER.

LOAD UP ON THE SALSA, BUT NOT TOO MUCH, BECAUSE, VERILY, LIQUID BURRITOS ARE MESSY.

AND NOW ONIONS, THY ONIONS ALL OVER.

ROLL UP THE DISH OF DELICIOUS AND PLACE IN THE MICROWAVE, NUKING UNTIL MELTY.

Dine and know the awesomeness of ONION-ENHANCED BURRITO.

[zdashamber]

I have a recipe that's basically a soup of 4 ingredients: onion, potato, fresh spinach, and chicken stock. Super tasty. I just typed up the recipe and put it here: http://cookability.dreamwidth.org/13694.html

The onion is a major part of the flavor, unsurprisingly. :)

[blizzardseason]

I am a lazy, lazy cook. So any time I do a soup I do it in an enormous batch and freeze a bunch. You may want to scale down this recipe.

3 1/2 tablespoons of butter
1 large onion (add more to your taste, onion eaters!)
3 lbs bag of carrots
6 cups of water

All spices to taste:
4 1/2 tsp of salt
1 1/2 tsp of white pepper

Optional:
2 1/2 tsp of thyme
2 1/2 tblsp of lemon juice

Cook that until the carrots are soft and then blend the hell out of it.

Garnish with parsley. Excellent cold, freezes well!

[sinensis]

If you really want to go wild with onions, I've made and enjoyed this version of six onion soup.

[mummimamma]

Onion allergy sounds horrible! I love onions.
I love making stuffed onions (cut the top of large onions, scoop out a decent amount of the onion, chop and fry along with whatever you want, I use minced meat, canned tomatoes, and things like that, but have also read recipes for other kinds of stuffing, put cheese (or not) on top and put in the oven on 175 °C and bake until soft).
French onion soup also comes to mind, although I'm not too fond of it.
Onion omelette.
Mmm, onions

[everythingiam]

This. Seriously, this. But instead of water use apple juice. It's fantastic.

[azurelunatic]

Potato, bacon, onion, sour cream soup.

Fry the bacon and onions. Cook the potatoes in a pot of water. Chop up bacon and onions, add to soup. Cook until done. Add sour cream.

Mushrooms, ham, and chicken, and probably garlic, go well in this.

[greenwitch]

This post makes me want onions and I will now go make onion soup kthnx.

[zarhooie]

I hate onions kind of a lot, but I *adore* roasted pearl onions and beets.

[daeseage]

If you're still looking for onion recipes (although with all that deliciousness above, I'm not sure why you would be!), my old roommate made a killer guacamole with plenty of onion.

Basically, take 3 avocadoes, half a large yellow onion (or more!), a tomato, some of whatever your favorite peppers are (I usually use a couple serranos), some cilantro, and lime juice (to keep it from going brown) and salt to taste. Then mash everything up really well and serve with whatever you like guac on (or just grab a spoon and eat from the bowl)!

[hily]

http://www.food.com/recipe/authentic-french-onion-soup-courtesy-of-julia-child-356428

Julia Child. You can't go wrong. Very rich, very lovely soup. If you're feeling like adulterating it, thinly-sliced mushrooms added to the stock are just fabulous.

And onion tart: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/rustic_onion_tart/