Recipes with onion

Cooking with onion

Onion is the starting point for most of our savoury recipes. Softening it slowly in oil before anything else goes in builds the base flavour of curries, stews, soups and sauces.

This page has 74 recipes with onion: 58 dinners, 15 lunches and 1 breakfast. 25 are ready in 30 minutes or less, and the quickest is Tuna Lemon Couscous at 15 minutes. In these recipes, onion most often goes with garlic, tomatoes and cheese.

Short on time? Try Tuna Lemon Couscous (15 min), Creamed Spinach (20 min) and Greek Pasta Salad (20 min).

Tips for onion

• Cook chopped onion over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes until soft and golden before adding garlic and spices.
• Grate onion into mince for burgers and frikkadels so it disappears into the meat.
• Thinly sliced raw onion softens in a few minutes in vinegar, as in the beetroot salad.
• Fry sliced onions slowly until golden, then add tomatoes for a smoor or relish, as in boerewors rolls and pap and wors.
• Keep whole onions in a cool, dry, airy place, and store cut onion covered in the fridge.