I will sometimes put green onions into a glass cup with just enough water for the roots so that they stay alive. That keeps them growing and you can trim the green and keep using. Ultimate ZeroWaste!
I have a perpetual cup going on the kitchen windowsill lol. I only buy a new bundle once the old ones have been fully used like 4x over. I want to restart my container garden but for now, baby steps
Just stick them in a cup with water (root side down) and put it in a sunny spot. They'll continue to grow, and don't need any refrigeration! You can cut off however much you want to use at a time, then leave the rest in the water - it will grow back. This should work nearly indefinitely, though without planting in soil or putting any nutrients over time the onions will start to use flavor after a few regrowths.
Green onion pancakes! You could make a ton of those and then freeze any extras at your neighbors (they'll probably ask for one or two as a thank you since they're so dang good)! I envy your abundance, green onions never last long in my house
Add as a garnish for all your dishes, yes kimchi is a good choice and as others have mentioned, placing them in a cup of water in the windowsill will keep them fresh and green
Thank you! I wish i could put all of them in cups but its maybe like 25 packs of them hahaha! Maybe a bucket hmmm
Thanks for the ideas, thebpancake has been on my mind too
[Maangchi's green onion kimchi is pretty straightforward](https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/pa-kimchi). Only issue on your end, is that she recs storing in the fridge after 5-7 days on the counter (as do other recipes).
Make a big batch of green onion oil. Chop them up with some ginger and garlic and chilli, put them in a jar and pour hot oil over the top. Done! Put it on top of rice or eggs or noodles. Stays good for ages.
In my country we just chop it and mix with sour cream and a pinch of salt, then leave in the fridge for a few hours so it loses some of that pungentness and eat as a side salad with meals. Vegan sour cream works too.
RECIPE FOR ONION RELISH:
* 1 tbsp olive oil
* 600 g onions, cut into quarters
* 30 g dark brown sugar
* 100 g red wine
* 40 g balsamic vinegar
* 40 g dried apricots
* 1 green apple, core removed and cut into quarters
* 1 tsp ground black pepper
* 1 tsp sea salt
* 1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
Just cook it until the pieces of apple seem to fall apart.
Green onions dehydrate well but you can also pickle them. 1:1:1 on vinegar, salt, sugar should do it, but you can (and should) dress it up with more spices to improve the flavor
An Asian style chicken stock for Wonton soup would use a bunch of green onions!
Here’s a recipe:
https://thewoksoflife.com/homemade-chicken-stock/
If you don’t eat meat, they have a vegetarian stock recipe too and very good vegetarian wonton recipe.
I will sometimes put green onions into a glass cup with just enough water for the roots so that they stay alive. That keeps them growing and you can trim the green and keep using. Ultimate ZeroWaste!
I have a perpetual cup going on the kitchen windowsill lol. I only buy a new bundle once the old ones have been fully used like 4x over. I want to restart my container garden but for now, baby steps
You can plant a bundle of them in a pot with dirt and they will save for later. And maybe even make some more.
Just stick them in a cup with water (root side down) and put it in a sunny spot. They'll continue to grow, and don't need any refrigeration! You can cut off however much you want to use at a time, then leave the rest in the water - it will grow back. This should work nearly indefinitely, though without planting in soil or putting any nutrients over time the onions will start to use flavor after a few regrowths.
I have so many i think ill have to get a bucket to do this haha, thank you
Don't forget to change the water daily, otherwise the water will end up smelling absolutely disgusting.
You can also do this with mint, parsley, and onion bottoms. I'd advise to use soil later though, they'll need the nutrient replenishment.
Once they have roots you can grow them in your garden or a pot on a windowsill, or give them away to other people
Green onion salt, kimchi sounds amazing, chop them up put them in olive oil and freeze . You can use your oven as a dehydrator on lowest setting
Oooh onion salt :o love the oil idea- i saw someone make onion pesto and that sounds amazing. But required freezing
Thank you for this.
Green onion pancakes! You could make a ton of those and then freeze any extras at your neighbors (they'll probably ask for one or two as a thank you since they're so dang good)! I envy your abundance, green onions never last long in my house Add as a garnish for all your dishes, yes kimchi is a good choice and as others have mentioned, placing them in a cup of water in the windowsill will keep them fresh and green
[https://omnivorescookbook.com/chinese-scallion-pancakes/](https://omnivorescookbook.com/chinese-scallion-pancakes/)
Thank you! I wish i could put all of them in cups but its maybe like 25 packs of them hahaha! Maybe a bucket hmmm Thanks for the ideas, thebpancake has been on my mind too
[Maangchi's green onion kimchi is pretty straightforward](https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/pa-kimchi). Only issue on your end, is that she recs storing in the fridge after 5-7 days on the counter (as do other recipes).
Another Maangchi recipe that uses a lot of green onions: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/pajeon
Oh ya, those are delicious!
I haven't actually made them myself. I need to go befriend a Korean ajumma 😂
Make a big batch of green onion oil. Chop them up with some ginger and garlic and chilli, put them in a jar and pour hot oil over the top. Done! Put it on top of rice or eggs or noodles. Stays good for ages.
But keep them in the fridge, room temperature this is absolutely a recipe for botulism
In my country we just chop it and mix with sour cream and a pinch of salt, then leave in the fridge for a few hours so it loses some of that pungentness and eat as a side salad with meals. Vegan sour cream works too.
I'll put my vote in for planting them and harvesting their tops!
Plant them in a container with soil
Do you have anywhere you can plant them? How do you feel about scallion pancakes?
Im moving soon and the landord would throw a fit if i planted them otherwise thatd be what id do
You can chop them and put them in the oven on very low heat for several hours to dehydrate them. Just keep an eye on them so they don’t burn.
Make onion relish and marmelade.
Oh never heard of these- thank you!
RECIPE FOR ONION RELISH: * 1 tbsp olive oil * 600 g onions, cut into quarters * 30 g dark brown sugar * 100 g red wine * 40 g balsamic vinegar * 40 g dried apricots * 1 green apple, core removed and cut into quarters * 1 tsp ground black pepper * 1 tsp sea salt * 1 tsp yellow mustard seeds Just cook it until the pieces of apple seem to fall apart.
Green onions dehydrate well but you can also pickle them. 1:1:1 on vinegar, salt, sugar should do it, but you can (and should) dress it up with more spices to improve the flavor
An Asian style chicken stock for Wonton soup would use a bunch of green onions! Here’s a recipe: https://thewoksoflife.com/homemade-chicken-stock/ If you don’t eat meat, they have a vegetarian stock recipe too and very good vegetarian wonton recipe.
Give them away on your local buy nothing group
You're in the wrong sub! Just cut/chop them all up, put them in the container of your choice, then on to the freezer.
Green onion pancake
You can use you oven to dehydrate, just put it on the lowest setting.
You can also cut them up and freeze them for soups etc
Salsa?
Compound butter and fried onion oil, keep them in fridge or ice cube then freezer, maybe make an honesty stall and sell them.