cooked onions

[ajmmac]

i can buy cooked mushrooms, carrots, potatoes etc etc but cannot find anywhere to buy cooked onions--neither tinned/canned nor frozen--anyone know where i can get these--i'm in uk--thanks in advance

[jacey]

you can buy them dried. (already cooked)most supermarkets.

[merejeans]

waitrose sell ready chopped but not cooked onions, frozen or chilled.

[whiffy]

Supermarkets occasionally stock tinned fried onions (Layzee brand???) but the place to go is to an Asian/West Indian shop where you can buy huge bags of dry fried onion, delicious added in large handfuls to curries.

[mischief121]

why would you want to buy cooked onions?

[whiffy]

Why does anybody buy any tinned veg?

[whiffy]

Take no notice of knobbs, he is from Basildon.

[Drisgirl]

I'd buy the cooked ones in the jar but they are so moreish that they rarely reach the dish -go with Whiffy --he really does know what he's speaking about..

That brought back memories for me when that was a treat buying a jar of fried onions and wolfing them -kids hated onions but loved them -thanks for that wee trip down memory lane :)

[whiffy]

I will after the news.

If you really can't be bothered to chop and fry onions with all the oill spitting over the cooker, here is the ultimately effort-free curry:

Pour a jar of Pataks Vindaloo Sauce into a saucepan.
Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and heat to simmering.
Add several large handfuls of dried fried onion (see question)
Chopped chillies to taste (you can get these dried as well)
About 5 minutes before serving, add 2 boxes of Lidl frozen King Prawns.

The result is a fantastic curry, the effort involved practically zero, 3 portions to freeze down, and just one saucepan to wash up.