1,510 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

This site uses only a few technical cookies necessary for its operation. By continuing to browse, you accept their use.
To find out more...

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.

72 K 4.0/5 (27 reviews)

5 min.

Easy

0.15 €

3 springs onion ingredients

1 Ingredient

Last modified on: May 1^st 2022

For this recipe: I want to make it (688×) I made it (633×) Comment Send to a friend Ask a question Follow Printable Diaporama Vidéo User-friendly URL

For 3 springs onion, you will need:

1 3 spring onions (scallions)

Change these quantities to make:

1 spring onion 2 springs onion 3 springs onion

Change measures:

Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	7 RDI=3 %	40 RDI=4 %	0	150 RDI=8 %	640 RDI: 8 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=1 %	0	40 RDI=2 %	170 RDI: 2 %
Per spring onion	2 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=1 %	0	50 RDI=3 %	220 RDI: 3 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

How much will it cost?

For 3 springs onion : 0.45 €
Per spring onion : 0.15 €

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 recipeSee them all 81

Sautéed green vegetables

Just fresh vegetables, each sautéed in turn in olive oil, then combined with chopped spring onions and parsley.
85 K4.1 1 hour 5 min.

Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts

This Thai-inspired recipe combines diced chicken with cashew nuts, spring onions, herbs and a lime-soy sauce.
86 K5 25 min.

Sautéd mushrooms with spring onions and cured ham

Fresh mushrooms of your choice, cooked just right, thinly sliced spring onions and morsels of cured ham. Straight from the pan to your plate.
249 K 15 50 min.

Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables

A fresh salmon escalope just salt and pepper with small dices of small vegetables.
252 K 15 1 hour 30 min.

Spring veal sauté

This sauté combines small chunks of veal with spring onions in a white-wine sauce with just a dash of cream.
92 K4.5 60 min.

This recipe uses (among others)

Spring onion (scallion)

You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Thai-style Chicken with Cashew Nuts, Purple artichokes braised in white wine, Tagliatelle with cockles, Baby spinach salad, Jerusalem artichoke purée with leeks, ... See them all 81

Other recipes you may also like

It's a soft and rich dough, with butter and eggs which give a smooth and incredibly tasty brioche. This is the basic recipe for brioche dough, used for all other brioche-based recipes on the site.
September 16^th 2020536 K 44.2 14 hours 30 min.

Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)

Quite similar to crème anglaise but much thicker. It is used in many pastries like choux pastry (pâte à choux) or millefeuille.
January 27^th 2017767 K 313.7 40 min.

Couscous

In couscous, the meat and vegetable mixture is rather long to cook, but not difficult. And the couscous itself (a kind of coarse semolina) is simple and quick to prepare.
November 16^th 2017526 K4.3 2 hours 40 min.

Green parsley sauce

This sauce, with a great parsley taste, is perfect with steamed vegetables or fish. At the bottom you will find the coulis version of this recipe.
February 21^th 2011535 K 44.3 25 min.

Leavened bread

It might be harder to achieve good results than with traditional yeast bread, but what a flavour! It also keeps better. This recipe is designed for baking bread in a wood-fired oven but, of course, you can use the conventional oven in your kitchen.
May 23^th 20171.22 M 23.8 6 hours 30 min.

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.