- Sliced Red Onions are a Classic Burger Choice.
- Sweet or Vidalia Onions are a Classic Choice.
- Mild Taste with Shallots.
- Sliced Leeks.
- You Will Never Go Wrong with French's Crispy Fried Onions!
- Grilled Onions are Perfect!
- We Always have Green Onions on Hand.
- Spring Onions.
Best Onions for Burgers – Types
Burger recipes hardly ever tell you what onion to use. The recipe just says add onions. For other recipes, like beef bourguignon it will say add shallots or for salads it will say add spring onion but this is rarely the case with burger recipes. So what are the options, and when are they best for burgers
Best Onion for Burgers – Styles
If you could have only one topping for a burger for the rest of your life it would make sense you pick onions. It is so diverse and it’s sweetness combines so well with the meaty flavor of beef. Here is my rundown on my favorite ways to add onions to my burger.
One last tip on onions
You can’t control how pungent an onion is going to be, and smelling it in the store isn’t going to help unless you have the nose of a bloodhound. So on the odd occasion you cut an onion open and the smell is too much and would ruin your burger there is one simple trick to dampen down the smell.
