List of onion dishes

This list consists of notable dishes and foods in which onion is used as a primary ingredient. Onions are widely used in cooking. They are very versatile and can be baked, boiled, braised, grilled, fried, roasted, sautéed or eaten raw.^[1]

Onion dishes

Bhaji – Deep-fried fritters served as fast food in India, Pakistan and the Caribbean
Blooming onion – Culinary dish – consists of one large onion which is cut to resemble a flower, which is then battered and deep-fried
Cebolada^[2]
Champ – Irish potato dish
Cocktail onion – Pearl onion pickled in a brine
Creamed onion ^[3]^[4]
Dopiaza – Persian curry dish
Encebollado – Ecuadorian fish stew
French onion soup – Soup based on onions and meat stock or water
Fried onion – A method of cooking onions
Kachumbari – Tomato-onion salad
Liver and onions – Prepared dish^[5]
Mujaddara – Dish of lentils, rice and sautéed onions
Musakhan – Palestinian bread and chicken dish
Onion cake – Cake made with onion
Onion chip
Onion gravy – Type of sauce
Onion powder – Dried ground onion commonly used as a seasoning
Onion ring – Deep-fried battered onion slices
Onion sauce
Pa-kimchi
Pickled onion – Onions pickled in a solution of vinegar or salt
Pissaladière – Focaccia bread with tomatoes, anchovies and capers
Scallion pancake
- Cong you bing – Chinese savory flatbread
- Pajeon – Korean pan-fried scallion dish
Seeni sambol
Skirlie – Scottish dish
Sogan-dolma – Stuffed dishes in Middle Eastern cuisine
Tarte Flambée – Savory tart from Alsace and Germany
Zwiebelkuchen – German onion cake^[6]