Red onions in jar cooking are a delicious side dish or an excellent filling for savory pies. Like the sweet and sour onions in jar cooking and the flower onion in jar cooking, this recipe also cooks in a few minutes. Tropea onions cooked in a jar in the microwave last 15 days in the refrigerator, thanks to the vacuum seal. A recipe for cooking onions in a jar that is very simple but simplicity is its strength, like all jar cooking recipes, after all. You just need to put the red onions in the jar, flavor them with fresh herbs, salt, oil, and balsamic vinegar, cook them in the microwave, and use the post-cooking process to make them delicious! But now let’s go to the complete recipe for red onions in jar cooking!
If, like me, you found onions on sale at the market, here are many onion recipes to make and store:
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 20 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Microwave
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer, and Fall
- Energy 125.95 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 10.10 (g) of which sugars 6.63 (g)
- Proteins 1.09 (g)
- Fat 9.50 (g) of which saturated 1.34 (g)of which unsaturated 0.00 (g)
- Fibers 1.39 (g)
- Sodium 106.70 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 14 oz Tropea red onions
- 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 bunch aromatic herbs (Thyme, oregano, sage)
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 pinch pepper
What You Need to Cook Onions in Jar Cooking
- 1 Microwave
- 1 Jar 750 ml with thick seal
Tips for Cooking Onions in the Microwave Jar Cooking Method
As an alternative to 750 ml jars, you can use 1-liter jars with a thin seal. In this case, increase the onion quantities to about 21 oz and cook in the microwave for 11 minutes.
