What to cook with onion
1,996 recipes in the Saucepan catalog use onion. 25 of them are built around it. It turns up most in American, Indian and Mexican recipes.
- recipes use it
- 1,996
- are built around it
- 25
- median total time
- 1 hr
- ready in 30 minutes or less
- 299
Recipes built around onion
Kielbasa and OnionsPolish
Classic Kielbasa and Caramelized OnionsPolish · 30 min
Israeli Bourekas with Mashed Golden Potatoes and Caramelized OnionsIsraeli · 1 hr
Kabab Halla (Egyptian Braised Beef and Onions)Egyptian · 1 hr 50 min
Musakhan (Palestinian Sumac Chicken with Sautéed Onions)Palestinian
Bratwurst and Sauerkraut with Apples, Onion, and BeerGerman · 1 hr 10 min
Mujadara (Lentils and Rice with Crispy Onions)Lebanese · 2 hr
Mujadara Lentils Rice And Caramelized OnionsMiddle Eastern · 3 hr
British Bangers And Mash With Onion GravyBritish
Authentic Pörkölt (Hungarian Beef and Onion Stew)Hungarian · 2 hr
Grechnevay Kasha - Buckwheat with Dried Mushrooms, Pumpkin & OnionRussian
Chicken Yassa (Senegalese Braised Chicken with Caramelized Onion And Lemon)Senegalese
With onion, in 30 minutes or less
What goes with onion
Ingredients that most often share a recipe with onion, out of 1,996 recipes.
How much recipes use
Across 1,493 recipes that give an amount, the median is 1. Half of them fall between 1.
Where onion shows up
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Counted from 5,756 public recipes, updated 2026-11-04. A recipe is built around an ingredient when it is in the title or among the first two lines of the ingredient list.





