From Dip To Soup, 3 Recipes For Cooking Onions — A Classic Kitchen Staple
Onions are a classic kitchen staple. Make them the star of your dish with three easy recipes from chef Kathy Gunst.
Here & Now resident chef Kathy Gunst has three onion dishes for host Robin Young to share, including her takes on the classic onion dip and soup. These recipes and tips come from Kathy’s cookbook “Soup Swap,” published by Chronicle Books.
Onions are the flavor base of so many cuisines around the world. They can be sharp and strong when raw, and sweet and silky when cooked long and slow.
11 Types Of Onions To Know
There are so many types of onions we thought we would take you through some of the most common varieties:
- Yellow onions are the most common and hold up well to heat. The longer you cook yellow onions, the sweeter they become. They are ideal for long, slow cooking for recipes that call for caramelized onions. They are also called Spanish onions.
- have a gorgeous red-purple color and a spicy flavor that is ideal for roasting, grilling and pickling. They are sweet, sharp and assertive. They also are delicious very thinly sliced or pickled, and they can be used in salads or to top tacos, burritos, enchiladas,
