red onions

Salad's purple layers

Red onions are a variety of onion with purplish-red skin and white flesh streaked with red.

They have a milder, slightly sweeter flavor than yellow onions and are often eaten raw in salads, sandwiches, and salsas.

The color fades when cooked, so they're preferred for dishes where their appearance matters: pickled red onions, red onion rings on a burger.

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onion variety/color

red onionsyellow onions

Standard cooking allium variety

Vidalia onions · pearl onions · green onions · Spanish onions · spring onions

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G