Spring Onions

[giveup]

I am making soy glazed chicken and need two spring onions for the recipe. I can't go out as am expecting a delivery. I am thinking of using ordinary onion instead. I can't see it would make much difference. Wondered what others thought.

[EcclesCake]

I don't know your recipe but I would suggest that spring onions are suggested largely for their visual appeal and the fact that the quantity is about right to balance the other flavours. Some normal brown onion will be fine.

[giveup]

I'll give it a go,if they had just been for garnish it wouldn't have mattered but they are actually in the recipe. It might just taste more oniony and I don't mind that.

[woofgang]

use a bit less and add a pinch of sugar.

[pastafreak]

Spring onions have a very distinctive flavour-which you won't get with ordinary onions.

[giveup]

Onions worked ot fine. The chicken was delicious.