What to do with five lb of onions? (ingredients, celery, vegan)

[Medtran49]

Besides the French onion soup and caramelized onions, smothered chicken and marsala onion garlic pasta sauce.

I'll post the recipe for the pasta sauce under the recipe forum in a bit.

I don't have a set recipe for smothered chicken as I just eyeball everything, but, you dredge 3-4 boneless/skinless thighs or breasts of chicken pieces in a mix of flour, salt, pepper and paprika (reserve dredge), then brown in a mix of butter and olive or vege oil, using just enough oil to brown. Remove chicken. Place a couple of large onions that have been sliced in 1/4 slices in the pan, plus a little salt and pepper, and cook over medium low until they soften and are just starting to caramelize a bit. Sprinkle 2-3 Tbsp of reserved dredge into pan and stir for 3-4 minutes to make a roux, you don't want liquid oil still in the pan. Pour in chicken broth (or water if you must) while stirring until you have a thin gravy. Return chicken pieces to pan and cook for 25-30 minutes, covered, turning chicken over and stirring at about 10 minutes, until chicken is done and gravy has thickened. You can add a splash or 2 of heavy cream if you want a creamy sauce at this point. You have to watch the last 10 minutes or so to make sure gravy is not getting too thick and sticking. Just add more liquid if it does. Serve over mashed potatoes, rice or noodles, with a green vege on side. This dish is easily doubled or tripled, just scale everything up. Makes excellent leftovers too. It's 1 of Dogboa's favorite dishes.

[Threerun]

If they were vadalia I know what we'd make with them- Southern vadalia onion pie! One of my all time favorite dishes.

Unfortunately I think white onion would be a wee bit strong for that.

[don6170]

For something a little different, how 'bout an onion bomb?
https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/...on-bombs-again

[TabeTime]

Google "onion quiche".

[beezle1]

Originally Posted by MaryleeII

Today I sent my son to shop for me at Sams club. I forgot how extremely specific one must be when making shopping lists

My sister sent her husband to the store with brussels sprouts on the list. He came back with 2.

[BirdieBelle]

Originally Posted by Cecilia_Rose

You could chop the onions and freeze them.

Yep, I did this last weekend. If you have a food processor it is a really quick job. If not, just do a few at a time, back them into 1- or 2-cup portions and freeze them.

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by TXRunner

5 lbs of onions goes pretty quick in my house as well. Most homemade recipes use a half or a whole onion, and that's just for dinner. I throw them in almost everything, such as salads, omelettes, soups, sandwiches, lasagna, pizza, etc. We use 3 lbs normally per week, but have been using more since the shut down.

Exactly. I can't think of a recipe that I've made in the past couple of weeks that doesn't have onion in it.

Onions do keep really well--they can last for months if stored in a cool, dry place.

[Almrausch]

My mother used to make onion cake from 2/14 lbs of onions and was it ever tasty with young white wine/Federweißer in the autumn season.

https://www.daringgourmet.com/zwiebe...man-onion-pie/

Just an idea.....

[evening sun]

No such thing,as too many onions, they go in almost all of our meals. But as mentioned, they can be frozen in small bags for future use.

[gentlearts]

There is only 2 of us, but I use a big onion almost every day.....pasta sauce, salads, stews, liver and onions, chili, sloppy joes.

Just store them in your refrigerator and they will keep long enough to use them up.