Egyptian Walking Onions

[Tammy]

These are a sweet green onion and I've always wondered How to use it.  I recently ran into a butternut squash soup recipe in my joy of cooking and thought the Egyptian Walking Onion might be good to replace the leek.  

 

Or are there other uses that I might like to look into?  Any info would be welcome.

[blue_dolphin]

You can use them any way that you would use spring onions.  Grilled or charred as a side dish or in salads.  Little ones can sub for shallots in a salad dressing.  If you have a lot, make a gratin or roast them with olive oil and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar 

Edited to add that pickling is very popular with little onions like this.

Edited March 18, 2017 by blue_dolphin (log)

[Katie Meadow]

Remember the Bangles? Didn't they have a song "Walk like an Egyptian Onion"? What a fabulous name for a humble little allium.

[chromedome]

I think I had that allium on vinyl...

[Shelby]

I planted these walking onions like 10 years ago....they didn't walk...they didn't move an inch.  They were non-walkers.

[Martin Fisher]

They're profuse in my garden, especially when well fed.

[Thanks for the Crepes]

2 hours ago, Shelby said:

I planted these walking onions like 10 years ago....they didn't walk...they didn't move an inch.  They were non-walkers.

 

Shelby,

 

They are said to "walk" because when the top borne onions become large and heavy enough, they pull the stalk over and root themselves at a distance from the parent plant, and then the process can recur. Maybe they should be called "spreading" onions, but it is not as cute and vivid as walking onions. 

[liuzhou]

Well, I went out to my onion bed and said "Pick up your bed and walk", but they ignored me. Probably because I don't speak Egyptian.

 

I'd never heard of them until I read this thread, but research tells me they are what I've always known as "tree onions".

[Tammy]

ah another name great.

 

Grilled sounds like a perfect use for them.  My saliva glands have been going nuts since blue dolphin mentioned the recipe.  

[Tammy]

On 3/18/2017 at 11:49 AM, blue_dolphin said:

You can use them any way that you would use spring onions.  Grilled or charred as a side dish or in salads.  Little ones can sub for shallots in a salad dressing.  If you have a lot, make a gratin or roast them with olive oil and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar 

Edited to add that pickling is very popular with little onions like this.

 

Grilled was the perfect recipe.  Love them.  Thank you for suggesting that.