Recipes with Onion
13 recipes
There are 13 recipes here that use Onion, and every one of them is scored against what is actually in your fridge before it is shown. The quickest is Sausages in Spicy Tomato Sauce at 12 minutes; the longest, Homemade Chicken Nuggets, takes 60. 8 of them finish in twenty minutes or less, which is usually what matters on a weeknight.
None of these need an oven, an air fryer, or a microwave — a stove and a pan is enough. 2 are vegetarian. 6 have no chili at all, so they work for children. 1 are properly spicy.
Onion turns up most often alongside Cornstarch, Oyster sauce, Soy sauce and Chicken egg — if you have one or two of those as well, more of this list becomes cookable tonight rather than after a shopping trip. Add what you have to your fridge and the recipes reorder themselves around it, with anything missing collected into a shopping list.
Saucy Mixed Vegetables
The most efficient way to clear six kinds of vegetables before they all wilt.
⏱ 20 min🍽 4 servingsEasy
Butter Soy Chicken
Sweet, savoury, and buttery. The recipe that reliably gets children to finish their rice.
⏱ 25 min🍽 4 servingsEasy
Mushrooms in Oyster Sauce
Mushrooms seared hard without constant stirring turn brown instead of watery.
⏱ 15 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Homemade Chicken Nuggets
Steamed first, then fried. Freezes for a month and saves you on hectic mornings.
⏱ 1 h🍽 6 servingsMedium
Simple Tomato Spaghetti
Real tomatoes, garlic, and pasta water. Three things that make jarred sauce unnecessary.
⏱ 25 min🍽 2 servingsEasy
Creamy Corn Soup
Silky and thick without expensive cream — just milk and a little cornstarch.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Mini Savoury Egg Martabak
Uses shop-bought spring roll wrappers. The filling is curry-spiced minced meat.
⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servingsMedium
Black Pepper Beef
Heat as high as it goes, beef sliced thin against the grain. Fifteen minutes, and it never turns tough.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsMedium
Sausages in Spicy Tomato Sauce
Ten minutes from fridge to table. Score the sausages so the sauce gets inside instead of sitting on the skin.
⏱ 12 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Nuggets in Sweet and Sour Sauce
Frozen nuggets become an actual dish. The sauce is made separately and poured over at the end so they stay crisp.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
Sweet and Sour Chicken
The balance comes from the vinegar, not the sugar. Add it last so the sourness is still bright when it reaches the table.
⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servingsMedium
Green Beans with Beef
Slice the beef as thin as possible, cook it first, then remove it. Cooked together with the beans, one of them always comes out wrong.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsMedium
Corned Beef Fried Rice
Let the corned beef stick and crust before you stir it. That is the best part, and the part most often skipped.
⏱ 15 min🍽 2 servingsEasy