Freezing sauteed onions

Silver Member Joined: Jan 09 2008 Posts: 725

I was just wondering what's the best way to separate them,
do you bag it, how much do you put in each bag?

how about if I put them in ice cube trays, would they pop out, maybe I should spray it with pam first?

Posted: Wed, Jun 15 2011, 3:18 pm Post subject: re: freezing sauteed onions

I put them in little baggies. If I used 5 onions when sauteeing, I divide them into 5 bags. Sometimes I will split some of the bags and mark that they have just half an onion inside.

Freezing in ice cube trays work well. You do not need to spray the trays first. There is enough oil in your sauteed onions.
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Platinum Member Joined: May 07 2008 Posts: 8984

Put them in a shallow foil pan and score the whole mess into squares with a knife or spatula. Wiggle the knife a little side to side to make the score mark a little wider. After the mess freezes the squares can be broken off individually. You can leave them in the pan or remove the whole slab and put in a ziplok bag if you need to use the pan.

Forget ice cube trays. You lose too much sticking to the sides and the trays are a pain to wash.

Silver Member Joined: Jan 09 2008 Posts: 725

thanx I will try in ice cube trays

Executive Member Joined: Jul 29 2010 Posts: 449

I sometimes freeze them in disposable cupcake pans. They pop right out.

Silver Member Joined: Jan 09 2008 Posts: 725

Posted: Thu, Jun 23 2011, 2:21 am Post subject:

I use disposable cups to freeze.

Senior Member Joined: May 09 2010 Posts: 170

I use a disposable container. If you use enough oil when frying, they are very easy to spoon out.

Platinum Member Joined: Jan 01 2006 Posts: 48223

you DEF don't need Pam.

Senior Member Joined: Jun 22 2011 Posts: 100

I saute many onions, let them cool, separate them from the oil and I keep them in air-tight container in the fridge usually lasts about two weeks. another thing I recently started doing has come to be really useful is I use extra oil when sauteing when I separate the onions from the oil I dont discard the oil, I save it in a air tight container in the fridge. its a great substitute in recipes that just need the onion flavor, not the actual onion. makes my sauteed onion stash seem endless

Diamond Member Joined: Nov 11 2007 Posts: 3794

Seems like quite a few of you are freezing sauteed onions. What do you do with them? Doing this never occurred to me.

Senior Member Joined: May 09 2010 Posts: 170

its a great time/work/mess saver! whenever a recipe starts with 'saute an onion', all you do is add some ready fried onions! no chopping, mixing, waiting....

Diamond Member Joined: Nov 11 2007 Posts: 3794

Great idea. Do you throw them frozen solid into a hot pan? Thaw out ahead of time? What's the best way to do it? And does the texture hold up?

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