Freezing or Refrigerating Onions

[LEsherick2007]

I have a bag of small onions and possibly 1 bag at my moms I have a basketball game next sat the 19 and I need to mince or finely chop all these onions before they go bad. They are all for on top of hot dogs at the concession room. I need to do this tomorrow as they are at the point they might sprout soon. Will all these raw onions keep in the fridge for a week or should I freeze them and how do I freeze them.

[LindaWhit]

You just bought them? They'll keep fine for 1 week. No need to chop now *or* refrigerate them, IMO. Just tuck the bag into a dark closet unless you're in the Deep South without a/c. Then refrigeration might be necessary.

[MrsJonesey]

+1. Even if they sprout a little, they'll still be fine.

[escondido123]

If you decide to freeze them be very careful to wrap them well in a sealed container. My father basically destroyed our ice maker by freezing a bunch of chopped onions and they're flavor seeped into the ice maker so all our cubes tasted like onions--only a pleasant flavor in a bloody mary.

[pine time]

I do freeze chopped onions, but only for later sauteeing (takes awhile to go from thawed & mushy to silky browned) or to toss in soups, etc. As drongo said, they'll not work for use in any fresh applications.

[drongo]

They'll turn mushy If you freeze (and then thaw) them.

They should last fine if you keep them cool -- even if not in the fridge.

Edit:: According to website at the link below, onions are best stored in dark at 35-45 degrees F. So fridge probably is the best.
http://www.gardeners.com/Storing-Pota...