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Onion Recipes

104 recipes with onion for weeknights, meal prep, and quick ingredient searches. Choose by time, cuisine, and what is in your kitchen.

104 recipes

🇺🇿UzbekistanEasy

Salads

Achichuk

An Uzbek salad of paper-thin ripe tomatoes and onion with hot green chili and fresh herbs, dressed simply with salt, pepper, and a little unrefined sunflower oil. It is the classic fresh companion to plov, cutting the richness of the rice with bright acidity and a touch of heat.

15 min60 kcal6 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

🇷🇺RussiaMedium

Salads

Herring Under a Fur Coat

A layered Russian holiday salad of salted herring hidden under potato, carrot, egg, and a bright top layer of beet, with mayonnaise between each tier. It is assembled in a ring and chilled overnight so the layers meld; the beet fur coat gives the salad its name.

60 min280 kcal8 serves

🌾Gluten-free

🇦🇲ArmeniaMedium

Meat Dishes

Khorovats

The Armenian grill: pork neck marinated with onion, pomegranate molasses, and Aleppo pepper, then skewered and cooked over wood coals, served with whole eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes charred into a smoky salad. The cooked meat is rested between sheets of lavash to steam, the signature touch that makes khorovats tender and infuses the bread with smoke.

45 min470 kcal6 serves

💪High protein

🇷🇺RussiaMedium

Salads

Mimosa Salad

A delicate Russian layered salad of mashed canned fish, potato, carrot, cheese, and frozen grated butter, bound with mayonnaise. It is topped with a soft bloom of crumbled egg yolk that gives it its name, and chilled overnight so the layers meld.

45 min330 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free

🇷🇺RussiaMedium

Meat Dishes

Shashlik

A post-Soviet summer classic of fatty pork neck cut into cubes, marinated overnight with plenty of onion, lemon, and mineral water, then grilled on skewers over charcoal. The onion tenderises the meat while the coals give it a smoky char; it is served off the skewer with flatbread, pickled onion, and a spicy sauce.

40 min480 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein🌶️Spicy

🌍AzerbaijanAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Lyulya Kebab (Azerbaijani Lamb Skewers)

Lyulya kebab is Azerbaijani ground-lamb skewers grilled over a mangal. The meat is kneaded long with grated onion and lamb tail fat until it turns dense and tacky — with no egg or bread, that kneading is what keeps it on the skewer. It grills to a browned crust and is served with sumac, pickled onion, and lavash.

95 min400 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

🇬🇪GeorgiaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Mtsvadi (Georgian Pork Shashlik)

Mtsvadi is Georgian pork shashlik grilled over charcoal. You want a fatty cut — pork neck — with a short marinade of onion, pomegranate juice, and khmeli suneli, then grapevine coals until the edges char and the center stays juicy. It comes off the skewer onto lavash, with pickled onion and pomegranate seeds.

150 min490 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

🇺🇦UkraineMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Baked Carp in Sour Cream (Ukrainian)

Baked carp in sour cream is a Ukrainian classic: a whole fish coated in a garlicky sour-cream layer on a bed of onions. Diagonal slashes along the sides let the sour cream and heat reach inside and soften the fine bones. The foil is left open on top so the skin browns while the flesh stays moist.

55 min360 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Herring with Onions and Potatoes (Russian Zakuska)

🇷🇺RussiaMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Herring with Onions and Potatoes (Russian Zakuska)

Herring with onions and potatoes is a simple Russian zakuska: salted herring fillets with rings of raw onion and warm boiled potatoes. The fish is drizzled with unrefined sunflower oil and a splash of vinegar, then scattered with dill. The contrast between cold, salty fish and hot potatoes is the whole point of the dish.

35 min340 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free💪High protein

🇷🇺RussiaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Tefteli (Russian Meatballs with Rice)

Tefteli are Russian meatballs mixed with rice and braised in a creamy tomato gravy. The rice worked right into the mince pokes out and keeps them soft — which earns them the nickname 'porcupine' or 'hedgehog' meatballs. A light crust from browning holds the shape, the inside stays tender, and the gravy soaks into a side of mashed potatoes or buckwheat.

70 min420 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

🇷🇺RussiaAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Zharkoe (Russian Beef and Potato Stew)

Zharkoe is a Russian stew of braised beef and potatoes in a thick gravy. The meat is browned first, then slowly simmered with onion and carrot until tender, and the potatoes go in only near the end. A spoonful of sour cream and fresh dill soften the gravy — hearty home cooking, best of all from a clay pot.

110 min390 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Grilled Trout in Pomegranate (Georgian Kalmakhi)

🇬🇪GeorgiaMedium

Fish and Seafood Dishes

Grilled Trout in Pomegranate (Georgian Kalmakhi)

Kalmakhi is grilled mountain trout under a pomegranate glaze, one of Georgia's oldest dishes. The fish is grilled whole until the skin is crisp, then dressed with reduced pomegranate juice and scattered with raw onion, cilantro, and pomegranate seeds. The sweet-tart pomegranate sets off the rich, tender trout — simple and bright.

30 min340 kcal4 serves

🥑Keto💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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