Onions in cooking are used in raw, boiled, fried, pickled and salted types. Although to preserve all the useful properties, minimal thermal exposure is recommended. Onions can be both a flavor seasoning for the main dish (and it is combined with meat, fish, rice, potatoes, flour products, cottage cheese, and other vegetables), and the basis of the recipe. Many national cuisines have their own “branded” culinary products, in which onions can be called a key ingredient: French onion soup, British onion pie, etc. There are some culinary tricks that will allow you to cook this product (or a dish based on it) as tasty as possible: If you add a little granulated sugar to the oil during frying, the onions will brown better. So that the chopped onion does not burn during sauteing, before sending it to the frying pan, you should roll the “straw” in flour. Then it will simply acquire a reddish hue. Onions can be added to minced meat not only to improve the taste, but also to extend the shelf life of the meat part. To get rid of onion bitterness in the manufacture of salads, raw onions are slightly scalded with boiling water, and hands and knife are smeared with wet salt.
When choosing onions, preference should be given to dense clean heads, without damage, holes and stains. The sweetness-bitterness of a vegetable depends not only on the variety, but also on the length of daylight in the place of cultivation (southern onions are considered sweeter), the mineral content of the soil, the softness of the climate, the abundance of precipitation, etc. For example, with a large amount of annual precipitation, sulfur is actively washed out of the soil, which creates prerequisites for growing a sweeter vegetable. However, in general, it is believed that white varieties have a stronger flavor and are better suited for filling pies, red and purple ones have a sweet taste and are well combined in salads and marinades, and the Spanish variety is softer and sweeter, as well as onions with yellow–brown husks are better suited for frying.
The dish is very similar to the classic julienne. Only I added rice with quinoa. Festive, beautiful and delicious! You can serve when you have guests or when you want to enjoy a meal.
This is quite easy to prepare, but such a delicious dish was presented to me by girls from Taiwan… I used to like to try this fried rice in a Chinese restaurant, but now I cook it at home! It will appeal to both adults and children!
A very simple recipe for cooking Spanish rice. The dish turns out to be very fragrant, spicy and delicious. Cooking time is minimal, but the pleasure is huge.
Chicken breast, in golden breading, baked with fragrant Basmati rice and vegetables is a simple preparation of a dish from the usual products available in the arsenal of every housewife, while not taking much time… it’s simple, fast, and it turns out a delicious dish for the whole family with children or for a group of friends! The rice turns out to be very crumbly and fragrant, the brisket is tender, not dry – try and appreciate the taste!
Chicken with garlic and rice turns out to be very interesting. Cooking is quick and easy. The dish turns out to be very tasty and satisfying. It tastes tender, with garlic and cream.
A very light, tender and delicious dish. It’s quick and easy. It is delicious both hot and cold. It is convenient to take it with you to nature. The most interesting thing is that it was difficult for the tasters to decide on the ingredients.
I cooked this lasagna for the first time, and it turned out very tasty! Be sure to cook it, I’m sure you’ll like it. It is not very difficult to prepare. In my family, this dish is appreciated, I hope that you will not remain indifferent.
What is a Ukrainian table without borscht? I want to offer you a variant of cooking borscht. Now, after the New Year holidays and the “suddenly” coming winter, I want something hot and thick. Borscht turns out very tasty.
There are a lot of recipes for baking borscht on the Internet, and there are only a few recipes for cooking borscht using them. Want to offer your own version. Borscht turns out to be very tasty and healthy.
I took the recipe of this wonderful borscht from the book of TV presenter Ruslana Pysanka “Culinary temptations of Kievan Rus”. Borscht is obtained with a pleasant sourness and will be useful after a festive feast.
