Can You Freeze Onions

Have you grown too many onions on the allotment or in the garden. Have you purchased too many onions. Onions do store well but can take up quite a bit of space with them being round. You maybe asking the question can you freeze onions? Here we have an easy step by step process on how you can freeze your grown and bought onions for a later date.

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How to freeze onions

Here we will give you an easy step by step process on how to freeze your onions so that you can use them at a later date and not waste any food.

1. Peel the skin off the onions.
2. Chop and slice the onions to the size that you require.
3. Get a baking tray with a piece of baking paper on.
4. Spread the chopped onion on the baking tray.
5. Place the chopped onion in the freezer for 2-3 hours.
6. Once the onions have frozen take them out and place them into a zip lock bag with the date on.
7. Place the frozen onions back in the freezer until required.
8. The onions can be stored in the freezer from 6-8 months for optimal taste.
9. Remove the bag of frozen onions as and when required

We hope you have got the answer to the question “Can you freeze onions?” Now you won’t be wasting any onions by throwing them away. Safely freeze your onions until needed.