Recipes with Onion and Cornstarch
6 recipes
There are 6 recipes here that use Onion and Cornstarch, and every one of them is scored against what is actually in your fridge before it is shown. The quickest is Saucy Mixed Vegetables at 20 minutes; the longest, Sweet and Sour Chicken, takes 30. 5 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. 1 are vegetarian. 4 have no chili at all, so they work for children.
Onion and Cornstarch turns up most often alongside Oyster sauce, Soy sauce, Beef and Tomato sauce — 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
Creamy Corn Soup
Silky and thick without expensive cream — just milk and a little cornstarch.
⏱ 20 min🍽 3 servingsEasy
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
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