raw onion
Uncooked pungent layers
Raw onion is onion that hasn't been cooked—sliced, diced, or ringed and eaten as-is.
Cooking mellows onion's sharpness, so raw onion delivers a pungent bite that some love and others avoid: I'll take my burger without raw onion.
Raw onion appears on sandwiches, in salads, and as a topping, where its crunch and sulfurous kick cut through richer flavors.
- shallotMild culinary bulb
- garlicPungent culinary bulb
- scallionYoung onion, edible stalk
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
- tearsViolent pulls apart
watery eyes · chopped · diced · salad · salad bar · bite · sharp · crisp · slice · bulb · white · red · yellow · sting · salsa · burger · hot dog · rings
- pungent foodshorseradish, wasabi, mustard, hot sauce, vinegar
- natural remediesherbal tea, essential oils, echinacea, ginseng, elderberry
- pungent smellsgarlic, skunk, ammonia, sulfur, rotten egg
- irritantstear gas, pepper spray, CS gas, mace, bear spray
- spreads and toppingsjam, jelly, peanut butter, mayonnaise, mayo
- natural antimicrobialstea tree oil, garlic, manuka honey, thyme oil, clove oil
cooking state
raw onioncaramelized onion
Allium cooked until brown
French onion soup · pickled onion · onion rings · blooming onion