![]() Depending on who you’re listening to, white onions are generally milder than yellow onions, or sharper and more pungent. People often claim that one variety has a stronger or sweeter flavor than the others, but in truth, individual onions vary considerably even within varieties depending on many factors, including, most importantly, where they are grown. Notice that I said a lot of general things about the flavors of onions. Just keep in mind that they affect the color and look of your finished dish and although they start out a nice bright and pretty color, they turn dingy and unappetizing looking when cooked. In fact, although red (or “purple”) onions are usually used raw, you can cook with them too. White and yellow onions are interchangeable in recipes. The reason I say the best onion to buy is the best-looking onion is freshness is more important than variety. Of course, you may also want red onions but they are generally used raw and tend to be both sweeter and stronger than white or yellow varieties. If the white look past their prime, choose the yellow. That means that if the white onions look fresher than the yellow ones, you should buy the white. When you go shopping for onions, the best onions to choose are the best-looking onions. And this leads me to my particular answer as to whether you should use yellow or white onions for your cooking. I want to be able to pick each onion individually, to make sure it is rock hard and has no soft spots or black spots. One reason yellow onions are so popular is that they come in 5-pound bags at the supermarket. Besides, who says you always want the strongest tasting onion? Nobody said that. ![]() ![]() They both end up with a similar texture when cooked, their sugars develop, and much of the pungency is gone. However, I would be willing to bet that if you did a blind taste test between both types using both raw and cooked preparations, few people would be able to tell the difference. They are considered a bit milder and less pungent than yellow onions. Mexican cookbooks will usually call for white onions. If you ask a lot of Latino cooks, in fact, they are going to tell you that they prefer white onions. ![]()
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