How to Freeze Onions

Sometimes you come across amazing bargains, like the 10kg bags of onions for $1.97 at our local fruit & veg shop, but have no idea how you would make good use of such a bargain?  Well the good news as I have discovered is that chopped onions can be frozen for 6 months, just like the ones you can buy from the freezer section of your supermarket.  Here is how:

Use a food processor to chop your onions, you probably wouldn't want to cut onions by hand in bulk amounts, I know I wouldn't!  Just peel, chop into quarters and process.  Then package 1/2 cup amounts of the chopped onions into freezer bags, and place these freezer bags inside a zip lock bag.

When you are ready to use your onions just take them out of the freezer half an hour before you need them and the are ready to go (you can also cook them without defrosting, you will just need to break them up a bit).  Saves time and money (not to mention all those tears)!  If you are wondering what to do with all the onion ends you end up with, freeze those too and use them in homemade stock.