Boiled Onions
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and peel the onions.
Boil and serve
Place the onions in a stewpan and cover with boiling water.
Boil the onions until soft, about 40 minutes.
Change the water if they have a strong odor.
Drain the water and serve with white sauce.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Onions
- Form the main body of the dish, becoming soft and sweet as they cook in water.
The step that matters
Change the water if they have a strong odor. Onions release sulfur compounds that cause strong odor and flavor when cooked. Replacing the cooking water partly removes these compounds, leaving a milder result.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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