How to Freeze Onions

You’ve harvested all of your onions, but now what? I can teach you how to freeze onions, so that you can have onions from your garden all year. Or simply keep those store bought onions from going bad before you can eat them up.

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Onion Goggles!

Once while babysitting, I stumbled across a pair of goggles in a kitchen drawer. Confused, I moved on and continued looking for what it was I needed. I asked one of the older boys about them and I was enthusiastically informed that they were onion goggles. He proceeded to tell me that when he and his mom would chop onions they wore goggles to keep their eyes from watering. I laughed, but tucked that idea away for the next time I needed to cut onions. Next time I needed to chop onions I gave onion goggles a try and I must admit that they worked. Although, one does look ridiculous cutting onions with goggles on does prevent your eyes from watering.

If you want to follow along while I teach you how to freeze onions then snap on some onion goggles and let’s get preserving!

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How to Freeze Onions

Onions can be stored whole in a cool, dark place. In fact, with the right variety and a good root cellar you may be able to keep them all year. I do not have a root cellar or a basement and the pantry can’t hold that many onions plus everything else. Luckily, I do have freezer space and it is incredibly easy to freeze onions.

Start by peeling the onions. Make sure you save the peels for your bone broth.

Next chop them up like you were going to use them in a recipe. I prefer to make small chunks, but slices would work if you preferred that.

Oftentimes, you can place them directly into a plastic bag and freeze them just like that. If your onions are particularly juicy or you rinsed them off in some water, then they will need to dry out a bit. Once dry, they can be flash frozen or placed in a plastic bag and directly into the freezer.

If you need to flash freeze them, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Then place the onions on the sheet for several hours in the freezer. They can then be transferred to a plastic bag. I had to dry and flash freeze my onions this year because they were so juicy.

Using Frozen Onions

You can cook with these frozen onions just like how you would cook with a fresh onion. I would not recommend you eat them fresh after you freeze them because they will not be as crisp.

It should be quite easy to scoop what you need from the plastic bag without having to thaw the entire thing.

Once you know how to freeze onions, it’s time to learn how to hide them in your recipes. My husband is very picky and would not dare eat something with onions. Little does he know, he eats them in most every meal. Make sure to check it out.