The BEST Onion Preservation Method - Reduce Waste & Save Time!
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Never throw out spoiled onions again! Forget about starting from scratch every time you need a spoonful - or cup full -- of chopped onions. Instead use these time-saving onion preservation methods outlined in this video to save you effort in the kitchen without compromising flavor and nutrition. So say goodbye to unnecessary food waste and teary chopping sessions and embrace the convenience of having diced onions ready for a hassle-free quick meal prep. Remember to like, share, and subscribe to my channel for more insightful tips and tricks!
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Whole onions will keep on the shelf if kept in the dark about a month.
Place a cloth towel over the basket so to keep the onions in the dark.
In the winter I put mine in the garage. Learned this when a girl going to my aunt’s farm. Potatoes will keep the same way with an apple in the basket to keep them from sprouting early. Vegetables were kept in the cellar where it was cool.
Lol my dad stored onions in my mother's old stockings by hanging them up in the shed. He'd tie a knot above each onion so easy to remove one at a time
Great tip!
We have a problem for years with getting onions that were almost frozen so has to be used in 2-3 days before mold and odor...even transport may be too cold...have thrown out more than used...
This is the first time I have seen an onion preservation video except for dehydrating. Thank you! The tray method seems to make the most sense.
I do onions and green pepper by the tray method and neither clump together. It's so nice to have ready and not need to chop them every time 🙂
Hi Prepper Potpourri! I do the same and green peppers too. I like my chopper because it fast with easy clean up. I use snack bags and then put them in a gallon ziplock bag and pull out what I need. Plus it keeps my freezer from smelling like onions.
I only keep a couple of onions for fresh eating.
Have a blessed day!
Same here! I've been buying onions in 50 lb bags and processing them in the freezer on my extra freeze dryer trays for several years. Admittedly, I freeze all of them in various sizes of dice, but I freeze dry quite a lot to save space in my freezer. But when I can get onions for about a third of the cost or less - you bet I'm gonna take advantage of those sales. And the Vidalia chopper is a Godsend.
Love the ideas. I chop mine the same way you do . But I just put mine in a gallon bag and freeze . After they freeze I loosen them up buy squishing the um. They don'r stick together. When I need onions I just take out the amount I need.
I might do it this way next time. That way I don’t have a load of small bags in freezer. Good idea.ty
Same. I just flatten out the bag as much as possible before freezing. The next day, I break them up. Mine never last six months because I use them up before then.
I have been doing the tray method for years with all vegetables. I don't want waste any food so, before taking off on my long trips, I chop all the extra vegetable I have in the house. Tray freeze and bag them. I find them very convenient when I get back home. I do believe that tray freezing is the fasted and the most convenient. Don't scrape the vegetable off the parchment paper. Fold the paper instead and the vegetables will detach from the paper by itself. Happy chopping !!!👍
She is so knowledgeable, I like all her little advices
The tray method is exactly how I’ve been doing mine for probably 20 years. It is so much easier to process and then use them as needed. I do peppers from the garden the same way. And with a mini loaf pan I make up my meatloaf recipe and fill the mini loafs with meat mixture, freeze them, pop them out and seal individual servings for a fast supper. I buy the meat in bulk at Sam’s club. I also make beef, cheese and bean burritos and do the same thing. Quick meals with no more prep work. 😊
Good tips
Such timing! BIL and we were just talking that onions and potatoes seem to be going bad really fast nowadays. Maybe producers aren't drying them as long? Yes, love my Vidalia chopper! We use it for almost everything: onions, potatoes, peppers, carrots, celery, etc. Freezing any of those with the tray method is 100% the best. Thank you!
I chop them small put in freezer bags quart size,lay them flat in the freezer so when they are frozen they won’t be a solid chunk that you have to pound and break up. When they freeze laying flat you just shake them to loosen them and then you can scoop out what you need. Don’t fill the bag to bulging, but enough to cover the whole bag when you lay it flat in a single layer.
I use the tray method for almost all my garden vegetables and berries . Beans, peas, snow peas, diced carrots, diced summer squash, raspberries, onions....they all get frozen and sealed for wintertime use. You can take out as much or as little as you need and reseal the remainder. Thank you for all the good information you share!
Do you blanch any of the vegetables first?
I recently got the mandolin chopper like you have. Best thing I ever did! The big screen chopper is the best for onions, celery and carrots.
I am using mine this am. Love it.
I use the tray method for lots of food - especially blueberries and raspberries.
Strawberry too and lemon slices.
I started using the tray method about a year and a half ago. It’s so convenient for so many veggies and fruits. I also keep some dried minced onions in the pantry.
I could never do the tray method as I can’t stand to smell the onion in my freezer and fridge. It also makes my ice taste like onions lol. I just lay them flat in vacuum sealed bags if I have to but for the most part we use up what we buy at a time. Thanks for sharing your ideas ❤
I've done that method the tray for years. I also do my bell peppers that way in the tray. I just love the tray method
I have been doing this for years. Such a great way to do prep ahead of time. I use the Vidalia Onion Chopper. I don’t normally vacuum seal mine, I just double ziplock bag them
I always stored onions and potatoes until I found that they causes each other to spoil. Now they last a long time when separated. Love yours freezing messages.
Loved this. I have done the bricks and the pan freezing. I have also hung onions in legs of pantyhose. Sure helped to keep them longer till I had time to put up another batch.
I do the tray method too. The only difference is that I freeze mine in thinner, folder-like shape. I do this with sliced & diced onions, as well as the various bell peppers in various colors. Over the last couple of years, I’ve even gone so far as to prep out, I think that’s the term used these days, batches of mirepoix 2:1:1 ratio of onions, celery, carrots. I used to freeze them separately but after a bit, it became easier just to measure them out, dice, & freeze. My garden plus raised bed produced so many onions, carrots, & celery that I ran out of ways to use them up without storing them. I prefer freezing to canning, though I do a smart amount too. The mirepoix is frozen in the same sheet pan then transferred to a freezer FoodSaver bag in the folder shape.
Good simple smart tip. I been freezing my green garden onions in small bags individually, then put them in a large freezer bag , take out one small bag at a time as needed, as I sont have a vacuum sealer yet.
I flash freeze ( tray method) almost everything that I plan on freezing. Not only is it easier to use, but it also prevents any liquid from being sucked into the machine.
I agree, that's one big reason I also do it that way.
I didn't think we could vaccum seal onions due to the gasses like garlic is what I read. Thank you for your video love every one of them.
I have a little tool (it’s a slicing guide), long spikes like a comb. This allows you to cut the finest dice.
I also spend a bit of extra time and sauté a huge pan of onion slices, then put into pots and freeze. This way they’re already cooked saving a lot of time.
Great tip!
I use a crock pot and do a batch of caramelized onions, then bag and freeze. If you do a thin layer in bag, you can just break off what you need. I then use for brown gravy and onions on steaks, etc.
I like the tray method the best. We raise a garden and it’s a great way to store all of the vegetables.
Excellent video! I just bought a 50 pound bag. Got my work cut out. I plan to dehydrate some and freeze some.
That's good know-how! I usually have fresh and also dehydrated onion, but I'm going to add chopped frozen into my pantry staples. Thanks.
A faster way for freezing in portions, put the chopped onions in portions in a cheap fold top sandwich bag. Then put the bags into a larger Vacumn seal bag or Vacumn able zip lock bag. That way you can open and remove and them revacumn remaining bags and pop back in freezer.
I am a home chef and I watched you struggle a bit with your chef knife and I was cringing. I am glad you use your machine instead. God Bless you and have a good year🙏
Yes I am knife impaired LOL
I freeze smaller amounts. Since I live alone and only need about 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup at a time. So I bag them in smaller bags. In a soup or stew I can put the whole frozen block in . To fry up I can bang to separate them to fry in my taters etc. love this idea. TY
My wife and I just love your videos!
Thanks
I used to freeze my chopped onions. The tray is a great idea.
Trey method also great as uses much less plastic! Good video
Perfect timing. I am doing onions today and I will use your tray method. I see your subscribers also do peppers that way. I will do that with my pepper crop next summer. Thank you.
I agree with the tray method.
I usually use the brick method but after seeing this I may do the freeze on tray them bag them.😊
I’m going to use the tray method! Never like the brick method. Thanks for sharing something new to me.
I do the tray method (IT CALLED FLASHED FREEZING*)
I do this with green peppers, yellow/red,/ orange peppers mushrooms,
I use the tray method for onions, peppers, tomatoes, corn, and herbs we grow over the summer. Best way to preserve the fresh flavor of season.
I put the chopped onions in sandwich bags, about one cup each. Place them in a large gallon bag, I get about 6 per bags and I am able to just pull out one bag at a time as needed.
I use the tray method for vegetables like peas,carrots and potatoes, etc, but for onions and sweet peppers, I put 2 cups in cheap sandwich bags, then put the sandwich bags into good freezer bags. I love the foodsaver,but once it's opened, it's opened, and you have a smaller bag to reseal (unless you're using those reseal foodsaver bags). I love having premeasured amounts without having to open everything. I do love your veg chopper though! I need one of those! 👍
The veggie chopper is great
I've been doing the brick with a 1/2 to whole onion, depending on onion size. I use the frozen for soups & stews. Will try the tray method next time😃.
I really like that tray method.
Great video! I experienced the Vidalia onion loss last year. I will use your tray method from now on….Thanks
Just in time, you saved my large bag of onions! Thank you, I really appreciate you😊❤
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing this good storage hacks.I'm starting today.
I like the tray method best .
Hands down the tray method! Got some onion I haven't finished using right now and I plan on doing that tonight! Thanks for the great video.
I have been doing the tray method for years, so convenient. 💖💖👍👍💖💖
I think so too!
i like the tray method as well!
I like to premeasure my chopped onion and vacumn seal in small bags, flattened well. I store them like books on the door of my freezer or put them in gallon zip lock bag to keep them together in my chest freezer.
Great tip!
Lived 5 years in Iceland, lived and worked in Reykjavík, I am Danish so for me, it wasn't a huge culture difference, but it sure was for the amazing Nature and wildlife., sadly it's very expensive living there. I especially loved to go to "sund" in the evening and enjoy the hot pools outside while snow was falling down...OMG, I have so many good memories from my time there. Hope to go back again soon, One of the thing I remember from a month-long visit to Germany a few years ago was how I was able to find some really, fantastic deals on food at the grocery story. Usually it was stuff that simply had to be sold that day or thrown away, and it was marked down considerably. If you wanted to, you could simply walk to the grocery store every day, buy whatever was on sale, and just make a day's worth of meals out of that.
I will be visiting Iceland in May
Preservation is the name of the game with these sky high food prices. When the sales come around, bulk buy and cleverly preserve. I do a variation of your freeze tray method to many other veggies. Thx much.
Great point!
Great video, i just put mine in glass containers in small sizes so i have whatever i need. ❤ Merry Christmas
When you demonstrated the brick method, I immediately thought it would be better to freeze them on a tray or on a plate first and then package them for storage in the freezer. So I guess it's clear that the tray method is my preferred method. I do the same with bell-peppers, or any raw, diced vegetable that I want to store in the freezer...
That tray method is so amazing. Tyvm
I usually dehydrate my onions and freeze the skins for use in stocks and broths. I buy bags of diced frozen onions when they are on sale for $1, but I find I usually end up dehydrating them as well. I will slice onions pole to pole and freeze for stir fries along with peppers and julienned carrots and celery. I find the only time I really, really, really need a fresh onion is in the summer when we have burgers. Even then, my husband now has dentures, so I end up dicing the onions for him. Might as well use frozen I guess.
So easy...NEVER THOUGHT OF SUCH A SUPER IDEA. Very great time for me to find you...I had a bag of onions...gone soft...in the garbage. EEK. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. Aria
Welcome!!
Tray method, I have a small refrigerator freezer but I do save excess onion in freezer bags.
Great idea to place them in smaller batches into sandwich bags that put gallon size freezer bags.
I chop onions and freeze them as others have suggested. I also pickle them. I thinly slice the onions using a mandoline, salt them heavily, and then make a brine with just water and salt. I then put the salted onions into the brine, and place the jar into the fridge. The brined onions can then be used even weeks later. They can be rinsed to reduce the saltiness or you can use them as is in a stew that you would otherwise salt to. You can also grill thicker slices of onion until they start to char, and brine them.
Good tip
thanks for this idea, i will be doing this today because i just bought 2 bags of onions
Hi! I think what you do is great! So many good common sense stuff to do. I dont freeze my onions. We go thru alot of onions too. I dehydrate onions quiet a bit and make my own minced and powdered onion. I love the way it smells up my house during the process. And usually im canning some kind of meat while they are dehydrating so it all smells good together! Ive been trying to can up as much as possible from my freezers, meats and the few veggies i do freeze and fruits. I always worry about if we had a power outage for longer that 2 days i dont want to lose anything. Yall have a Merry Christmas and God bless you!
Like you, I enjoy the smell of onions
I need one of those choppers! I too freeze all my fruit and using the tray method. So easy to use afterwards
Caramelize onions first and freeze, once frozen you can vacuum seal bag, I usually make package a bit flat for quicker thawing. When I make a soup I put frozen onions in at end of cook time soup is hot and they thaw quickly
Good tip
Almost gave up on trying to preserving onions since most of my recipes utilize carmelized onions. Definitelly going to try this, thank you
I like the tray method I do that all the time😊thank you!
Wow! I love the tray method...and you can portion into smaller plastic bags ,maybe 1/2 cup servings. Thanks for sharing that.
Great idea!
Been tray ing them up, like you do .
I do most everything that way, berries, veggies .
Merry Christmas! I am with you I think the tray method would be my favorite! We recently purchased a Harvest Right I really like it we got the medium, then soon after they have the five tray medium. Now I need that. I will try and freeze dry some. I want to try the tray method. I am so busy on the farm I need all of the help I can get. Happy Holidays! Wendy🎄⛄️
I've been dreaming about a Harvest Right 😴.
Congrats on the freeze dryer
Excellent information 🎉 Thanks for sharing 🍸.
I just loved your video and I will try the tray method
I dehydrate my Vidalia onions! Some i grind to a powder, some i make lipton onion soup mix and others chopped. I keep them in glass jars. They're good for 6-10 years if you use oxygen absorbers
Great tip!
I'm thinking about canning some French onion soup.
I would probably do the brick method as I can seldom find a flat place to put a tray of onions.😊
Not sure where you live. I have the same issue, and no freezer. I have a tote box I put the tray in and leaves them outside overnight now that the temps are below freezing. I do put the product back into my freezer. The FoodSaver bags do not provide a long term seal so if using those, remember to use the onions over a couple of months.
Great video. I love onions as well. I freeze mine and a lot of times it's the brick method. I knew what you meant before you explained. :) I'm going to do the tray method. Thank you.
My house isn't big enough to dry onions. Pew. I buy dehydrated ones too if I'm out. I had onions sprout really late so see if they last the winter and grow like garlic again in the spring. I got the combo food chopper and mandolin. Quick work if doing large amounts of chopping for canning.
With my freezer all lumpy a flatter brick to be able to break off what I need. Maybe pinch into squares in the bag. If it clumps from the sealer could use something to keep squares separate. Maybe fingers and be fast. Use the little bags. Would use for soups, stews or pot roasts.
When we dehydrate onions, peppers or garlic we set the dehydrator outside 😅 it would be overwhelming.
Suggestion: cut open the bottom of the bag and you won’t have to relabel. I love your pan freezer method
Good tip
I have purchased dehydrated onions as a back up just in case of a power outage and vacuum sealed them in mason jars.
Great ideas as usual, thank you!!
I just chop and put in zip lock freezer bags. If I don’t need as much I can easily break a chunk off as long as they are packed fairly flat. I have a vacuum sealer also, but just another cost and step to do it that way. The biggest problem is the onions I grow are stronger than sweet onions and the out gassing is strong so I pack the bags inside another bag. After a while they stop.
I grew too many onions again, but we will eat them😊. They store quite awhile and they are keeping ok in our experimental root cellar, but it’s more humid than they like.
For chopping I did use food processor, but onions can get bitter tasting if chopped too small. I think I will try our heavy duty French fry cutter next.
I keep my onions in a cardboard box. Keeps them in the dark and dry. I do the same for my potatoes and sweet potatoes. But I always do peppers and onions the same way on the tray like you do!
I often found that about a third of the lovely looking fresh onions I bought were rotten inside so I now buy ready chopped and frozen onions from the supermarket. It rounds out to about the same cost and saves all that chopping!
Very cool Prepper Potpourri.
I'm lazy and dont have a vacumm bagger so I put them in a freezer bag but I flatten them out so I can break off chunks later :)
My refrigerator is one with small top freezer. Doesnt have much space and dont have room to put a flat tray in. Wish i had a bottom freezer. That would be wonderful for freezing items.
I have a counter depth fridge with freezer on 'bottom' and still haven't got much space for anything much. A 'quarter' sheet tray will fit in it, which is smaller than a 'half' sheet tray. And that's only if I have any free space left open in there. Goal is to buy a large deep freezer chest eventually.
Wonderful freezer methods, I do use this rather than loosing my Vidalias❤ However, what would be your method for preservation if you don't have freezer room?
Dehydrating
I basically use the muffin method, Although I use 1 or 2 C storage containers. the little bricks of frozen onion pop out and I can easily cut off what I want to use, then return the rest to the freezer.
Love your video on freezing onions. Would this also work on potatos?
I have never frozen potatoes so I am not sure. I prefer to dehydrate potatoes. Maybe I will try freezing potatoes in a future video to see.
Can we just put the whole onion in bag and freeze without chopping?
Probably. I haven't tried that.
thanks for teaching us!
I do green peppers this way also but I’m not sure the best way to freeze these so they will not be a very large brick. What do you think . Maybe the cookie sheet way. Freeze then bag up.
Yes I do the tray method for green peppers too
Thank you so very much for information
Great tip!
I was thinking after you chop up the onions then measure maybe a half cup or a cup into each small bag spread them out in the bag so that they will lay flat then vacuum seal date and put in the freezer?
Sure, that will work.
To store fresh onions, I keep them in pantyhose with clothespins placed between each one. Hang them in a cool and dark closet or basement. Just cut off the toes and pull one out as needed. A bag from Sam's club lasted me around four months without sprouting or going soft when stored in my 60 degree basement.
Good tip
I’ve been doing that for years but my freezer is too small for a tray so I use freezer bags lying flat and stacked on a plate.
This might sound crazy…but those metal bread boxes (the chrome/polished steel ones where the door slides up inside the box like a roll top desk)…well anyhow, onions seem to keep a LOT longer in those things. Weeks, right on the counter.
My understanding is that it depends on the type of onions. Sweet onions keep longer in the frig but other onions like a dark place to hide.
@@PrepperPotpourridark, cool and dry for onions and garlic.
Which would be better; freezing then vacuuming or vacuuming and then freezing?
Freeze on tray first
I have learned to peel my onions immediately upon bringing them home from the store. I peel them down to the white part. The ONE THING I do is to leave the root intact. Then I BAG them whole and throw them in the frig. Having the root still attached keeps the onions from "growing" out from the middle. A 3-5 pound bag lasts me about a week and a half in the frig and there is no mess of dried onion peels left in there. I eat onions every single day, and chopping onions is a bit of a chore. I usually chop larger bits for stir fry and stews but also, like you, freeze diced onions for omelets, hot dogs and hamburgers. Make sure to keep them frozen. If you let them thaw, the onion juice will separate from the onion 'meat' and there goes the flavor. I also freeze celery, green and red peppers and green onions. Again, don't let them thaw! I freeze them in snack bags in 1/2 cup servings. You are a lovely lady and a great presenter. I just found your channel. I'm going to keep an eye on you, lady! I love it! Aloha from Hawaii.
Good tips and thanks for the sub
Great timing! Aldi has onions on sale and I got a bunch. I've heard you can caramelize them and then freeze. I'm going to try that too.
We do that and make French Onion Soup
Oooo! What a great idea! Thanks!