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Sweet onions in chinese plates

ifconfig · 2006-05-30 19:03:24

Something I've often wondered. When I've ordered something basic like Chop Suey dishes from Chinese takeaways in the past I've often enjoyed the onions and found them lovely and sweet. Now, I am sure they are standard onions (not red or green/scallions). Their scallions/green onions are also nice in dishes (eg,…

30-05-2006 8:03pm

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ifconfig

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Something I've often wondered.

When I've ordered something basic like Chop Suey dishes from
Chinese takeaways in the past I've often enjoyed the onions
and found them lovely and sweet.

Now, I am sure they are standard onions (not red or green/scallions).
Their scallions/green onions are also nice in dishes (eg, ginger/spring
onion) but how do they get that sweetness into standard fare onions?

Might it be a little bit of rice wine ? sherry ? or sugar ?
Strangely sometimes I've been really hungry and the one memorable
savourable memory of those chinese dishes were the juicy and
slightly sweet onions. yumm.

Any ideas ?

_ ifc

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#2 30-05-2006 9:51pm

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Blanching them in boiling water before cooking in a sauce acheives that texture & flavour.

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#3 31-05-2006 12:15am

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if you dont mind losing the texture fry them til they caramelise

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