Freezing onions

jenster

JackieO wrote: »

when ever I chop and freeze onions I always triple bag them in a poly lunch bag then put them into a lakeland soup bag with the 'zip-type' closure.I have never had the smell spread to other parts of the freezer.I know its a nuisance chopping and peeling but half an hour doing half a dozen onions is worth it when you think how sometimes you only need a small handful in your cooking.Onions keep brilliantly frozen and chopped and are really inexpensive at times .I always try to buy them when they are on offer or yellow stickered as they really do freeze extremely well.
looking at the first post on here about freezing onions from 2005 how wonderful if we could buy a large bag of onions now for 20p

ive done it since then often my farm shop or the market has so many they bag large bags up for 50p and ive bought like that many time - come home had a good chop and freeze up for onions, carrots ect

didnt know about garlic but if that freezes as well i;ll be doing that too

sueeve

No I don't blanch the oddments. I cling film them and then into a good freezer bag or plastic tub. That way the decent bag can be used again.

rising_from_the_ashes

Decided to freeze some onions the other day (1st attempt at this!) however when I open the freezer door, I can still smell them quite strongly.

Is this normal?

Will it affect the other food in there?

Thanks

Pink.

Hi rising,

When I freeze onions I always put them into an airtight (lock and lock) container as I'm afraid that the smell would affect other foods in the freezer.

This thread has more advice that may help:

Freezing onions

I'll add your thread to that one later.

Pink

rising_from_the_ashes

Fantastic!

Thanks - off to hunt for a tub big enough to fit them in but small enough to squash into the already packed freezer:o

gardenia101

I froze a few chopped onions & triple bagged them after chopping, but my freezer still reeks of onion & I'm wondering how to get rid of the smell? I'm hoping the smell doesn't transfer to everything else - so far I've defrosted a cheesecake which did initially whiff a bit, but didn't taste of onion (thankfully).

Any ideas on getting rid of the smell? What bags have you found suitable (as I thought 3 would do the trick)?

gardenia101

Today we had onion flavoured cheese to top our enchiladas, followed by apple pie with a hint of onion - guessing everything in the freezer is now tainted :eek: so I'm really cross with myself.

Does anyone have any idea about how to get rid of the smell as I'm worried it will linger long after the onions have been used (& I'll never do this again).

jenster

Today we had onion flavoured cheese to top our enchiladas, followed by apple pie with a hint of onion - guessing everything in the freezer is now tainted :eek: so I'm really cross with myself.

Does anyone have any idea about how to get rid of the smell as I'm worried it will linger long after the onions have been used (& I'll never do this again)



Sorry to here u had this but dont let it put u off freezing onions and the like
i dont seem to get this problem but if u do - double or tipple bag them OR get a lock and lock plastic box and put them in there first

BugglyB

Can I freeze them in portions?

Just dice them first or dice them and then fry them and then freeze them?

Thanks

kittycat204

I always cut them up, then freeze, no cooking.
Then i cook from frozen after hitting the bag to break them up.