How to remove bitterness from onions: experienced cooks named proven methods

16.07.2023 16:30

Onions are perhaps the most popular product in our kitchen.

Rarely can a dish be prepared without using it.

The product is usually responsible for a pleasant shade of taste, aroma and juiciness. The picture is spoiled if the onion is too bitter. In this case, it is extremely difficult to use the product.

This is especially true when it comes to salads.

How to remove the unpleasant bitter taste from onions

Salt water

There is a very simple and effective recipe that will help remove the bitter taste from the vegetable in a matter of minutes. You will need to salt the water and put the chopped product in it for about five minutes.

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If the vegetable is too bitter, then increase the exposure time to ten minutes.

All that remains is to wash the onion and use it for the recipe .

For green onions

This product can also sometimes unpleasantly surprise with its bitterness. The situation is aggravated by the fact that we introduce the component into recipes in its fresh form.

In this case, you can proceed as follows.

First, we melt the butter. We "massage" the chopped onion a little with a mortar or a masher. Pour in the prepared butter and mix the ingredient.

After a couple of minutes, we put our onion in a colander and process it with water.

Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor

Content
  1. How to remove the unpleasant bitter taste from onions
  2. Salt water
  3. For green onions