1,436 easy and fully explained recipes, with 66,216 photos and 78 videos

How to prepare a spring onion

Delicious, young spring onions are a sure sign that spring is well and truly here. They need a particular preparation, but here's how to do it easily.

53K 4/5 based on 26 reviews

Last modified on: May 1^st 2022

Keywords for this recipe:

For 1 spring onion, you will need:

1 1 spring onion (scallion)
Total weight: 125 grams

Change these quantities to make: 1 spring onion 2 springs onion 3 springs onion

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
5 min.	5 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Spring onions are very long, with a white base and green tops.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Start by trimming off the rooty base.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Then cut off the ends of the green tops, only keeping the greenest parts that still feel firm.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Starting from the top, pull the outer skin of the onion...

Stage 5

...downwards and off at the base.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Rinse the trimmed onion.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Then slice the onion thinly, starting with the white base...

Stage 8

...up to the green tops.

Stage 9

Your spring onion is ready to use in your recipe.

Remarks

Spring onions should always be really fresh, as they go soft on keeping and the green tops wilt rapidly.

Keeping

Once sliced, should be used the same day.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
51 Kcal or 214 Kj	3 gr	14 gr	0 gr
3 %	1 %	1 %	0 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
41 Kcal or 172 Kj	2 gr	11 gr	0 gr
2 %	1 %	1 %	0 %

Per spring onion
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
51 Kcal or 214 Kj	3 gr	14 gr	0 gr
3 %	1 %	1 %	0 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 spring onion : 0.16 $

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

Some other recipes using this recipe

Gratin Parmentier

Here, a potato gratin meets hachis Parmentier (minced beef topped with mashed potato): 2 layers of potato around a layer of pre-cooked minced meat.
64K3.8 1 hour 22 min.

Paimpol salad

This warm Paimpol salad captures the flavours of Brittany with mussels and white beans. These are combined with crunchy slices of baby courgette.
37K 13 hours 22 min.

Langres-style spinach

Spinach in a creamy sauce with Langres cheese and lardons, served with hard-boiled eggs.
16K 34 min.

Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish, made by mixing creamy mashed potatoes (or purée) with cabbage, chives and spring onions. There are many different versions and ways to adapt this classic recipe. My version here serves it with baked sausages.
46K4 1 hour 8 min.