In the pantry · 301 uses
onion
The base under most of this library. How you cut it decides what it becomes: thin and slow is sweetness, chunky and fast is texture. Undercooked onion is the most common reason a decent pan sauce still tastes raw.
291
dishes and drinks that need it
10
more where it is worth adding
47%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Nothing dominates: the most common companion, tomato, appears in only 25% of them, so this is an ingredient that gets around.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 291
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
- Bagel and lox8m
- Avocado tuna salad10m
- Beet sour cream open sandwich10m
- Corn cilantro salad10m
- Guacamole10m
- Pico de gallo10m
- Pinto bean salad10m
- Greek salad12m
- Leftover brisket tacos12m
- Ezme15m
- Goulash on noodles15m
- Migas15m
- Pinto bean quesadilla15m
- Quick pickled onion and jalapeño15m
- Ropa vieja sandwich15m
- Smash burger15m
- Black bean tacos18m
- Breakfast burrito18m
- Mushroom quesadilla18m
- Turkey tacos18m
- Zucchini quesadilla18m
- Beef rice bowl20m
- Bubble and squeak20m
- Chicken tacos20m
- Cumin chickpeas20m
- Ham frittata20m
- Huevos rancheros20m
- Kuku sabzi20m
- Leftover beef hash20m
- Leftover roast frittata20m
- Lime pepper fish20m
- Lomo saltado20m
- Menemen20m
- Omurice20m
- Oyakodon20m
- Pickled salmon plate20m
- Pretzel-logic sausage bun20m
- Rajas con crema20m
- Roast vegetable hash20m
- Shrimp ceviche20m
- Skillet chilaquiles20m
- Skillet pinto beans20m
- Succotash skillet20m
- Turkey skillet with mustard20m
- Beef and peppers skillet25m
- Beef mushroom skillet25m
- Black beans and rice25m
- Butter beans skillet25m
- Cabbage butter noodles25m
- Cauliflower breakfast hash25m
- Chicken and egg spread25m
- Coconut creamed spinach25m
- Coconut turmeric rice25m
- Cod in tomato ginger stew25m
- Crisp pork with onion, chili and lime25m
- Cumin potatoes25m
- Empanada skillet25m
- Escovitch fish25m
- Fennel sausage skillet25m
- German potato salad25m
- Gözleme25m
- Greens shakshuka25m
- Keftedes25m
- Koobideh25m
- Lentil feta salad25m
- Miso vegetable stew25m
- Mushroom stroganoff25m
- Palak with ricotta25m
- Pantry lentil tacos25m
- Pantry white bean chili25m
- Peanut greens25m
- Pepper rice skillet25m
- Persian kebab skillet25m
- Pinto beans and rice25m
- Piperade25m
- Pork and cabbage skillet25m
- Pork skillet with apples25m
- Potato hash with eggs25m
- Pyttipanna25m
- Saag skillet25m
- Salsa chilaquiles25m
- Sausage and peppers roll25m
- Sausage skillet eggs25m
- Skillet chickpea cakes25m
- Sloppy joe skillet25m
- Spiced beef pita25m
- Spicy vegetable relish25m
- Stuffing frittata25m
- Stuffing waffles25m
- Suya25m
- Turkey potato hash25m
- Turkish köfte skillet25m
- Turmeric salmon rice25m
- White bean shakshuka25m
- Zucchini frittata25m
- Chicken Dijon skillet28m
- Bangers and mash30m
- Black bean soup30m
- Bratwurst skillet30m
- Broccoli cheddar soup30m
- Cauliflower soup30m
- Celery stock soup30m
- Chicken tinga30m
- Chickpeas stewed with chili and garlic30m
- Coconut chickpea curry30m
- Cranberry skillet chicken30m
- Dirty rice skillet30m
- Egg curry30m
- Green bean skillet casserole30m
- Hoppin' John skillet30m
- Käsespätzle30m
- Kimchi stew30m
- Lahmacun30m
- Lecsó skillet30m
- Lentil köfte30m
- Lentil salad30m
- Pepper shakshuka30m
- Picadillo skillet30m
- Pisto30m
- Polenta and sausage30m
- Potato latkes30m
- Sausage and white beans30m
- Shakshuka30m
- Smothered green beans30m
- Spanakorizo30m
- Spiced chickpea stew30m
- Spiced turkey keema30m
- Spinach lentil pot30m
- Sweet potato breakfast hash30m
- Tomato chickpea stew30m
- Tomato collards30m
- Tomato fennel soup30m
- Tomato rice skillet30m
- Tomato soup30m
- Turkey skillet meatballs30m
- Warm potato salad30m
- Aloo gobi35m
- Barley with browned onion and mushroom35m
- Black bean chili35m
- Cabbage carrot wat35m
- Caldo verde35m
- Chana masala35m
- Chelo kebab plate35m
- Chicken chili cocoa skillet35m
- Chicken noodle soup35m
- Clam chowder35m
- Cod, potato and olives baked with egg35m
- Crisp pork tacos35m
- Cuban black beans35m
- Ginger carrot soup35m
- Green bean potato stew35m
- Herb bread stuffing skillet35m
- Katsu curry35m
- Kefta tagine35m
- Leftover turkey soup35m
- Lemon lentil soup35m
- Lentil coconut stew35m
- Lumpia35m
- Musakhan35m
- Mustard chicken with potatoes35m
- One-pot shrimp rice35m
- Pantry coconut lentils35m
- Parmesan risotto35m
- Pasta e fagioli35m
- Pork in mushroom cream35m
- Prosecco risotto35m
- Red lentil soup35m
- Rice and peas35m
- Sausage ragù on polenta35m
- Sheet-pan sausage and peppers35m
- Shrimp creole35m
- Spanish tortilla35m
- Spiced pinto beans in tomato35m
- Spinach pide35m
- Squash coconut soup35m
- Sumac onion chicken35m
- Swedish meatballs35m
- Sweet potato peanut stew35m
- Tomato green beans35m
- Turkey rice soup35m
- White bean kale soup35m
- Yellow curry chicken35m
- Zucchini pepper stew35m
- Ajiaco40m
- Albóndigas soup40m
- Barley beef bowl40m
- Beef empanada crimp40m
- Beef stuffed peppers40m
- Cabbage sausage soup40m
- Caldo de pollo40m
- Chicken blanquette40m
- Chicken paprikash40m
- Chicken pepper skillet40m
- Chicken pho40m
- Country captain40m
- Dal tadka40m
- Drawer minestrone40m
- Farro minestrone40m
- Fasolada40m
- Gigantes40m
- Ham and white bean soup40m
- Harira40m
- Jollof rice40m
- Koshari40m
- Lemon olive chicken40m
- Lentil soup40m
- Meat and potato stew40m
- Molasses baked beans40m
- Mujadara40m
- Mushroom skillet quiche40m
- One-pot chicken rice40m
- One-pot sausage rice40m
- Peanut braised pork with green beans40m
- Peanut chicken stew40m
- Pinto bean chili40m
- Pissaladière40m
- Pork apple cabbage40m
- Potato knish40m
- Potato pierogi skillet40m
- Potato, onion and cheese skillet40m
- Revithia40m
- Ribollita40m
- Sambar40m
- Sausage lentil stew40m
- Sheet-pan squash and sausage40m
- Shrimp étouffée40m
- Smothered pork chops40m
- Sopa paraguaya40m
- Sour pork soup40m
- Spiced turkey bake40m
- Turkey albóndigas soup40m
- Turkey chili40m
- Turkey cottage pie40m
- Turkey skillet loaf40m
- Weeknight beef ragù40m
- Yassa chicken40m
- Yellow lentil and thyme soup40m
- Barley vegetable soup45m
- Beet borscht45m
- Brunswick stew45m
- Chicken farro bake45m
- Chile verde pork45m
- Cornish pasty45m
- Cottage pie45m
- Eggplant and beef with cinnamon45m
- Fesenjan45m
- Gemista45m
- Glazed meatloaf skillet45m
- Imam bayıldı45m
- Lentil, spinach and mint soup45m
- New England boiled dinner45m
- One-pot biryani rice45m
- Onion chicken wat45m
- Pabellón criollo45m
- Pork chili45m
- Pork paprikash45m
- Pot of collards45m
- Potato kugel45m
- Potato, bacon and cream bake45m
- Skillet jambalaya45m
- Spiced chicken stew45m
- Stew peas45m
- Stuffed peppers45m
- Beef, bean and spinach pot with lemon50m
- Cabbage beef soup50m
- Coq au vin50m
- Fabada50m
- Feijoada50m
- French onion soup50m
- Ham potato gratin50m
- Jansson's temptation50m
- Khoresh bademjan50m
- Mustard pot roast50m
- Red beans and rice50m
- Roast pork with apples50m
- Ropa vieja50m
- Stuffed cabbage50m
- Stuffed squash50m
- Youvetsi50m
- Beef shin braised with wine and tomato55m
- Birria55m
- Braised brisket55m
- Chicken and sausage gumbo55m
- Cholent55m
- Daube55m
- Molasses beef pot with thyme and chili55m
- Paprika beef stew55m
- Pork and corn stew with chili55m
- Pork paprika stew55m
- Sauerbraten55m
- Beef barley stew60m
Worth adding · 10
These work without it. They work better with it.