scallion oil

Name: Scallion Oil
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) peanut, canola or vegetable oil; 5 - shallots thinly sliced; 4 bunch(es) green onions chopped into pieces

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barbara lentz

beulah, MI

Updated on Feb 2, 2018

This is a staple in Shanghai. By cooking the onions until browned give the oil a nutty flavor. It is used over noodles rice or to saute vegetable.

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prep time 5 Min

cook time 45 Min

method Stove Top

yield many

Ingredients

2 cups peanut, canola or vegetable oil
5 - shallots thinly sliced
4 bunches green onions chopped into pieces

How To Make scallion oil

Step 1

Add oil to a large pot. Stir in the shallots and green onions. Cook over low heat for 30 to 45 minutes until the onions turn dark brown. Strain the oil through a fine mesh strainer pressing the onions to get all the oil out.

Step 2

Store in jar in fridge
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