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Old 11-04-2013, 13:15
Takae
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I'm overhearing a debate in our office right now (yes, I'm nosey ), which I find interesting and curious. I tried to find the definite answer online, but it's just as conflicted. So I'm curious to know what you think.

One says that one should fry chopped onion until soft before mixing them along with all ingredients including raw minced meat in a bowl.

The other disagrees. The chopped onion has to be raw when mixing them with along with all ingredients including raw minced meat in a bowl.

Who's right? Which would work best for meatballs?
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Old 11-04-2013, 13:20
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both work well so guess it depends on if you like the onions real soft or with a bit of crunch
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Old 11-04-2013, 13:30
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I grate an onion in or use onion powder/salt.
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Old 11-04-2013, 13:34
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Both work fine it's just a matter of personal taste which you prefer.
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Old 11-04-2013, 13:40
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i preferred raw.
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Old 11-04-2013, 14:02
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I use French onion soup mix!
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Old 11-04-2013, 14:09
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I always cook my onion first. I don't like the raw onion flavour in a meatball and niether do any of the people I cook them for.
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Old 11-04-2013, 16:06
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Grated raw for me.
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Old 11-04-2013, 18:08
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Raw, and very finely chopped for me.
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Old 11-04-2013, 21:04
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So it can go either way. Fair enough. Thanks, all.

Kpops - French onion soup mix? Unusual idea. I'll have to try that. Thanks.
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Old 12-04-2013, 11:27
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I always use raw onion. To get a good meatball texture, I always mix the meat, chopped onion, garlic and spices in a food processor rather than mixing in a bowl. It mixes everything really well and you get a proper meatball texture rather than just minced beef/lamb texture, if that makes sense.
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Old 12-04-2013, 12:18
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I once bought "Bisto Best" caramalised onion gravy granules as we were having sausage and mash and I really couldn't face making my own gravy. Absolutely disgusting stuff in terms of gravy...but a couple of teaspoons of the powder in a meatball or burger mix is great!
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Old 12-04-2013, 12:37
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Grated and cooked. I hate the taste of raw onion and I don't like the texture of onion in my meatball. My knife skills are so bad, I can't chop things small at all
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Old 12-04-2013, 13:33
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I find it varies depending on the recipe. If its say, koftas or Italian ones that i'll simmer in a sauce for a good while afterwoods, I process the onion so its really fine but use it raw. the other night I did pork meatballs that you just fry and keep hot whilst making a qucik sour cream sauce. For those I chopped the onion finely and prefried it
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Old 12-04-2013, 14:01
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I find it varies depending on the recipe. If its say, koftas or Italian ones that i'll simmer in a sauce for a good while afterwoods, I process the onion so its really fine but use it raw. the other night I did pork meatballs that you just fry and keep hot whilst making a qucik sour cream sauce. For those I chopped the onion finely and prefried it
I'd agree with that. Also how arsed you can be.
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