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Red onion

Red onion is a variety of onion that cooks treat as a vegetable. Cooks use it raw, grill it, or serve it as a garnish.

  • Plant-based

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

Category
Vegetables
Variety of
Onion
Cooked most in
Asia, The Americas, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Red onion, whole

Photo: Colin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use red onion

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish
  • Grill
  • Raw

Preparing it

Soak cut onion in cool water, then drain it to soften its bite.

Nutrition

What 100 g of red onion holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 9%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 91%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of red onion, raw
Energy44 kcal · 186 kJ
Protein0.94 g
Fat0.1 g
Carbohydrate9.9 g
of which sugars5.8 g
Fibre2.2 g
Sodium1 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of red onion, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium197 mg
Calcium17 mg
Iron0.24 mg
Magnesium11 mg
Zinc0.17 mg
Vitamin C8.1 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 790577), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where red onion is cooked

9 dishes in the catalogue use red 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 red onion among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with red onion

9 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Sangsang

    Indonesia

  • Amtrak Natural Angus Burger

    United States

  • Pizza Poro

    Finland

  • Dengke Mas Naniura

    Indonesia

  • Jengkol stew

    Indonesia

  • Komoh

    Indonesia

  • Gudeg

    Indonesia

  • Lemper

    Indonesia

  • Patatas aliñás

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: red 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.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
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.
Alcohol
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
onion
A variety of
onion

Cooked together

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

What red onion is called

Names in 3 languages, from Wikidata.

  • French

    oignon rouge

  • Breton

    ognon ruz

  • Swedish

    rödlök · röd lök

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q108910183

Photos

Photo: Colin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons