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Vegetables

Fried onion

Fried onion is made from onion and can be crunchy or soft. Cooks use it as a garnish.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Made from
Onion
Texture
Crunchy, soft
Cooked most in
Asia, Europe, Africa
Top country
Indonesia
Fried onion, cooked

Photo: Hartej.hundal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use fried onion

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish

Preparing it

Slice the onions before pan-frying them.

Cooking with it

Pan-fried onions may brown, depending on cooking time and temperature.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture, cooked

  • Crunchy
  • Soft

Around the world

Where fried onion is cooked

10 dishes in the catalogue use fried onion. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list fried onion among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with fried onion

10 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Coto makassar

    Indonesia

  • Koshari

    Egypt

  • Kulesha

    Ukraine

  • Julienke

    Belgium

  • Caluk noodles

    Indonesia

  • Gado-gado

    Indonesia

  • Kanji rumbi

    Indonesia

  • Mi Kocok

    Indonesia

  • Kerak telor

    Indonesia

  • Lontong dekem

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include fried onion.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: fried onion in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
onion

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What fried onion is called

Names in 24 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    cebolla frita

  • French

    onion frit · Oignon frit

  • Italian

    cipolle fritte

  • German

    Röstzwiebeln · Röstzwiebel

  • Russian

    жареный лук

  • Polish

    smażona cebula

  • Arabic

    بصل مقلي

  • Persian

    پیازداغ

  • Hebrew

    בצל מטוגן

  • Chinese

    炒洋蔥 · 油蔥酥

  • Japanese

    揚げタマネギ · フライドオニオン

  • Vietnamese

    Hành phi

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  • Basque

    tipula frijitu

  • Cantonese

    炒洋蔥

  • Danish

    ristede løg

  • Esperanto

    fritita cepo

  • Indonesian

    Bawang goreng

  • Javanese

    Brambang gorèng

  • Malay

    Bawang goreng

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    stekt løk · sprøstekt løk

  • Slovenian

    ocvrta čebula

  • Swedish

    Rostad lök

  • Ukrainian

    смажена цибуля

  • Yiddish

    ריישעכץ

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q2202864

Photos

Photo: Hartej.hundal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons