Shallots vs. Onions: 5 Differences To Know

[@nsontung]

In Vietnam, the shallot is cheaper and more popular than onion and Vietnamese people prefer shallot to onion. We also have a lot of types of shallots like red shallot, brown shallot, double core, and single core shallot. Your shallot in Vietnam is called brown/purple single-core shallot.

[@IWantToCook]

Awesome! I had the opportunity to visit Vietnam earlier this year and loved it. The people, food, and scenery were amazing. Cheers!

[@nsontung]

Oh nice, I’m glad to hear that. And thank you so much for your great cooking videos every days ❤

[@novaprime5976]

I believe Vietnamese also use shallot for medicine

[@MeatBicycle8678]

I read this with Forrest Gump’s voice…. “In viet - nam….”

[@Deathmane777]

@@MeatBicycle8678lmfao 😭🤣🔥

[@madzen112]

The debate is never ending

[@gregzeigler3850]

I grew Red Sun shallots a couple of years back. The first year, many were small with some being nearly onion size(tasted quite a bit like an onion, too. These had a bite). The next year, I planted all the big ones(producing big ones) and a few medium sized ones and thus had more bigger ones to replant. Sadly, the wife got into my bag of what I planned to replant and used them. Now, I'm starting over.

[@MaryClareVideos]

I bought my first shallot the other day because I was curious.. I'm going to try making that delicious sauce with it. Thanks for this video. 👍😺

[@IWantToCook]

Thanks for watching and happy cooking!

[@TsukiRimasho]

in Asia, we just all call them "onions" (on local language of course) and both cost same based on weight. We also have "Onions" based on your description that are as small as theshallots you holding. it goes on almost all recipes with garlic...like everywhere. if you are eating anything fried or sautes, its a given. Large meals we use those big ones - the "onions" like in sauced steaks, onion rings, or basically those western type recipes.

[@loribach534]

Thank you very much! I've never tried one but it's great for cooking for one if you don't want leftovers.

[@IWantToCook]

Right on! Thanks for watching :)

[@KiNgCuDi11]

Great video!!! Very informative

[@IWantToCook]

Thank you! 🙏

[@whoathatsalotofdamage3718]

I generally consider red onions and shallots much closer in handling and cooking than onions in general, shallots like red onion develop over cooking time significantly

[@eikoqdupree101]

There are soo many types of red like spicy creole red onions and Texas sweet red onions? There are many red onion different tastes. Just like brown onions. Yellow. They are just color, like people. From all over different varieties. Grow different, short day onions long day onions. So much so many

[@deb52811]

Thanks for the good video. I've purchased some Shallots in the past and sometimes the center or even just a layer is spoiled and they looked fine from the outside. Now I buy some extra just in case so I don't run out for the recipe I'm making.

[@IWantToCook]

Thanks for watching, and that’s a great tip to buy extras. I’ve had the same happen with the centers being rotten, and it’s quite vexing. All my best, and happy cooking.

[@trickywily2823]

He did a perfect job

[@fab0527]

If onions are so strong and shallots are so much milder, why not just use less onion? Like a lot less onion

[@eikoqdupree101]

Just buy a sweet onion .just as mild just or more sweeter. Try a Walla Walla onion one the many other sweet tasty onions. Maybe you should get 4 or more different kinds of each and compare. Bring a guest need more than one opinions.

[@whogavehimafork]

The layers in shallots can be thinner than onion layers. You can get thin little rings from a shallot if you prefer that for what you're cooking. Generally I prefer onions for cost and quantity, but sometimes I like to use shallots for texture reasons.

[@Leong-m5f]

Most Asian use shallot instead of onion as it is smaller and more easily to adjust the flavor in smaller dishes. For example if you are cooking Tomatoes Mackerel or sardines, it is always preferable to use onion instead of shallots. If the size of the dishes is big then onions if more preferable than shallot. Of course this is just my general guideline as you are the one who are going to eat what you cook and not me.🤣🤣🤣

[@patribtr]

Thanks for sharing info very helpful.

[@IWantToCook]

Glad to hear! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@ramireznoy]

We call shallots "cebollín" in Cuba; kind of "little onion". It is common to use both the pear and the leaves...

[@IWantToCook]

Good to know! Cheers 😀

[@marieriokeme3010]

was following a cooking guide yesterday from Hellofresh & that was the first time I heard about & used a shallot 😄. Nice video.

[@IWantToCook]

Thank you!

[@da900smoove1]

I've found that using a Sharp Knife cuts down on Onion Vapor getting into the air and this lowers watery eye's drastically

[@IWantToCook]

Agreed. I believe a sharp blade better slices through the cell walls instead of crushing them, which can lead to more … oniony-ness 😂

[@indrajrosandi1806]

In Java, we use shallots more in our cuisine. It just tasted better in our food than using chunky onions.

[@IWantToCook]

Right on! Thanks for watching and happy cooking 🙏

[@ConnieHealy]

Thank you, Chef Matt. Now, I'd like to know the difference between Shallots and Sweet Onions.

[@IWantToCook]

Thanks for watching! Shallots taste more like a mild brown onion, while sweet onions are indeed sweeter. I like Maui sweet onions when I use them. Cheers 🙏

[@skie6282]

Exactly the info i needed! Roasting a chicken and onions are a nixe touch but i find it easy to overdue, so im going with the shallot

[@IWantToCook]

Glad to hear! Thanks for watching and happy cooking 🙏

[@kittenastrophy5951]

Shallot is more common and available in my country but a bit smaller than in your hand. Purple Onion is considered exotic yet you can find it in any market.

[@lallu316]

I go to the Frazier farms location in la Mesa a lot. It is literally my favorite grocery store in town

[@IWantToCook]

Right on! It’s a great place. Cheers.

[@Tuh_qh90]

Here both shallot and onions are called the same

[@richardconnelly7141]

thanks for the info at 1/4 the price i will be glad to shed tears,oinions are about the bite,sometimes ive eaten raw yellow and enjoyed it,whats the point of eating a hot pepper reduced to a wimp factor isnt that part of an oinions appeal?

[@Tme3316]

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[@IWantToCook]

Thank you so much and happy New Year!! 🙏

[@Tme3316]

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[@tajiYdarg]

I hate onions. But I’ve heard they make flavors pop. I’ve tried the green onion and will only use the green part and I like that but that doesn’t add much to enhance flavor at least for me. Maybe I’ll try the shallot next.

[@barbieogden6132]

I light a wood match before cutting it works most of the time .

[@IWantToCook]

Interesting! I’ve never heard of this method and will have to try. Thanks for sharing.

[@shaileshgupta]

Does shallot taste similar to sweet onion?

[@IWantToCook]

Yes, I think that’s a good way of putting it. Certainly more on that end of the spectrum than, say, a red onion.

[@DanUch1ha]

Man the onion goggles would be a good review vid haha!

[@IWantToCook]

I think it needs to happen, lol.

[@marilyncourteau8951]

Just cut the stem end last...works for me.

[@UMS9695]

One medium size onion contains 10gms of sugar, whereas a shallot contains 1gm or less.

[@jasonmims5057]

Its funny how your taste buds change with age. Im in my mid 30s and suddenly don't like the texture of an onion in food but i still love onion flavor so i use alot of onion powder in my cooking. I started using shallots and i love them because there so small you notice them.

[@maurice720]

I like shallots in my cheese and onion sandwich. Cheap here in the uk .

[@Yax.1]

In india white onion is expensive than any type of onions and shallots are mixed with regular red onion

[@IWantToCook]

Interesting! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@ElementsMMA]

Shallots are onions. No need to overcomplicate.

[@kyng469]

My thoughts exactly

[@esthellapitt3934]

In my city we don't find onion... we only know shallots as onion 😂...

[@eL-Bent]

In my country.. All that is onion.. We called it small onion or big onion..

[@IWantToCook]

Good to know! Thanks for watching and happy cooking :)

[@TreyMo69]

Very nice and genuine video...appreciate the help!

[@IWantToCook]

Thanks! Glad to hear it helped.

[@Ramhams1337]

well garlic is also in the onion family which might be why it look familiar to shallots and regular onion

[@IWantToCook]

Good call. Yes, all of these are part of the allium family. Cheers!

[@Nin5egAta]

Shallots are really good in vinaigrettes, true!

[@Nin5egAta]

Did you say "Bernay sauce" or "Béarnaise sauce"? I live next to that region haha

[@IWantToCook]

I’ve been known to mispronounce a word or two when the camera is rolling… 🤣

[@Lafortune100]

shallot is preferred with carribeans use it in sauce

[@helenabasquette7222]

i cut one up today first ever soooii deliscious

[@IWantToCook]

Glad to hear!

[@helenabasquette7222]

@@IWantToCook j wanna try to make a salad dressing out of them

[@KenMikaze]

The Shallots that we have here are just as intense like onions, but the end result tastes better/

[@whogavehimafork]

I agree, I just cut up a shallot and it was just as strong as a red onion. For me the deciding factor in what I'm cooking is texture. Sometimes I want the thicker layers of an onion, other times I like the thin little layers of shallots. And, frankly, the store I usually shop at tends to have onions that are more bruised than the little shallots which usually have less damage.

[@ricardorodriguesrr18]

I'm my opinion onion are better to be eaten raw and shallots are better for cooking. The reason is because shallots raw has somewhat a bitter aftertaste that raw onions doesn't have but cooked shallots has a better taste than cooked onions.

[@janem3575]

my god! those are huge shallots! I'm in Canada and shallots are definitely at least twice the price of a bulb onion. but my god, nowhere near that size. Oh. Ours are labelled as dry shallots. Not bottled like other dried spices. They don't look dry. Are they normally dripping wet out of the ground?

[@IWantToCook]

Interesting. I’m curious how they taste up there. As for them being wet from the ground, that’s a great question, but one I don’t have an answer to. Cheers, my neighbor to the north!

[@janem3575]

@@IWantToCook People say they taste the same, just like a weak yellow onion. I find they have a garlicky note to them as well. They resemble and are marginally larger than a clove of garlic. With purplish hue. I don't think a small red onion is a good substitute in flavor. When I've sauteed them and add them to marinara, my friend said the sauce was "stupidly good". She didn't have that reaction with a similarly cooked yellow onion in marinara. I find cooked red onions give dishes a grey hue, so haven't used them to cook much. Shallots here aren't as "juicy" when I dice them, as onions are. They certainly keep longer than regular cooking onions. Oh. And I've recently seen the rounder, darker reddish shallot. They're tiny, like pearl onions. Can you do an episode on the different kinds?

[@IWantToCook]

If I can find enough (or any) varieties i certainly can. Even in the variety of grocers I visit, I’m lucky to find 2 different types of shallots. And that sauce sounds amazing, by the way. Great use for the shallot.

[@kristenmoon4405]

If you leave the root in tact on an onion, you don’t have to worry about crying :)

[@carolray9737]

I'll stick with onions ...if you soak red onion in water for a couple of minutes it mellows the flavor.

[@randommemebean686]

dude shallots are defiantly worth the price.

[@birtanemaskm7864]

Shallot is green onion/ scollions? For us in our country Shallot is green onion/ scollions is grow from onion when it spoil that in fall season.

[@IWantToCook]

Interesting! Yes, here in the U.S. shallots are the term used for what is displayed in the video. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!

[@birtanemaskm7864]

@@IWantToCook sorry, is shallot the same thing green onion and scollions. Which one is an american word and used in schools for forigners and the plural of the words.

[@IWantToCook]

@@birtanemaskm7864 Here in America, scallions are the same thing as green onions; shallots are altogether different. Hope that helps!

[@zilverheart]

In south east Asia shallot is cheaper than onion

[@marting5815]

Shallots are an example when less is more .

[@Panacea9]

"Puree shallots?!" "Really?" 'I f with shallots" He tried to cook for me later somewhere. He had a date and I was off in another room. Tomad and Mikael was checking up on him and wanted to try to sauce. He didnt like. 'I tried. I had them lying around before and had to use them up. I just diced them.""I make the sauce but it has been a while, I am catered to. I usually just do a bit of broth and sugar.""The herbs and salt are already on the meat.""I don't make a lot, just enough for myself. I dont need to thicken."

[@debojitrabha2502]

So i have been using shallot my whole life as onions 😂

[@IWantToCook]

😀

[@jackdempsey3729]

You have a similar voice to Doug demero

[@IWantToCook]

Ha! How funny. He’s a good dude. Now maybe I should start my videos with something like, “THIS is a shallot…” 😂

[@pureglow.koreanskincare111]

In Indonesia and Vietnam, shalot way way way cheaper

[@sal191_]

Here in California Shallots are way cheaper.

[@kimyoung2748]

I cut up a shallot the other day that was stronger that other onions I have used.

[@BasedGodFlashy]

In other words, for onion lovers there is no use for shallots.

[@chongmoua3410]

Isn’t shallots sweeter?

[@IWantToCook]

I find them milder, which some palates might sense as sweeter.

[@kimobugman]

The moment you called it a brown onion, I checked out...

[@blahblah8372]

Came from SNL short: old enough, longterm boyfriend

[@IWantToCook]

🤣

[@TotemoGaijin]

Hmm, I wonder if I could use this for a Japanese curry instead of onion. I have to get someone else to chop the onion for me when I make it cause I just can't stand that smell until after they've caramelized. Also, I've seen enough Uncle Roger videos to know that "onions are for poor people." lol

[@IWantToCook]

These might just work for that. And as for the smell, since they are less strong in taste, i also find them tamer in smell. Cheers!

[@xindy7126]

Can you try the onion goggles?

[@IWantToCook]

Hey I might just do that. If nothing else, it will be a culinary fashion statement, lol.

[@sarahelizabethfoster]

@@IWantToCook I have those onion goggles and they've really helped me! I love them. I noticed shallots are usually used in pate recipes. I've been making pate with them and it tastes great.

[@IWantToCook]

Great to hear!

[@gitaprashad7315]

Well what I want to point out is about size. The onions not necessarily are bigger in size as we get very tiny onions too

[@mariamshaibu8385]

In Ghana Charlotte onion is cheaper

[@IWantToCook]

Right on. Good to know and thanks for watching!

[@Huzefakhozemasaifee]

So you're saying I should spend 4 times the money for lesser flavor?!

[@benc2798]

with price so much more expensive, if i want wilder flavor, i just use less onion. 😏

[@danielleb5016]

I am in Canada. Shallots are much cheaper!

[@IWantToCook]

Yet another reason the love your country, lol. Cheers!

[@airiksg817]

Cutting an onion versus cutting a shallot does not explain flavor. I feel like or maybe it just don't get it?

[@airiksg817]

So I came to this video because I have cooked with both because a recipe has asked for it but intensity of flavor is something I have not considered because I guess I haven't thought of two different named ingredients tasting the same but with a different intensity not a thing. And to be honest when it comes to food I care about taste alone (and smell as well) my eyes will be fine.

[@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII]

Never in my life have I heard onions being too strong of a flavor and what's up with sweet onions, onions already are extremely sweet when you just cook them longer

[@iivarimokelainen]

if they're "less onion" why not just use less onion?

[@IWantToCook]

That could work, yes, but keep in mind that even less onion can still be too powerful when it comes to flavor intensity. Some people just don't want to bite down on an onion -- however small a piece -- and get hit in the face with onion taste. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!

[@vonaramisrafols3958]

in my family in the philippines, im the shallot😭

[@pclsidaustincohm]

Like a lot less onion

[@tzungodyuo8490]

In india shallot is cheaper then onion

[@faithlilis]

"Shalots give a misty eye" yay 😅 i gotta try to, in all my 40yrs ive never bought shalots, Regular onions i love yellow and purple,but yellow and white! Make my eyes sting and 🔥😭🔥😭🔥😭! AM I THE ONLY ONE, YES I DO HAVE ALREADY DRY EYES and certain onions is a torture but i love the flavor😢

[@IWantToCook]

Give them a try! If you like onions that much, you'll surely love shallots. Oh, and about those tears? Try this. It actually seems to work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqq8c36go850bK8

[@vjtaAZian]

Whaat ?? I only thought the difference is just of being more or less pungent and their design 😂

[@19hoggy66]

WHY do Americans pronounce SHALL-LOTS as ShallADS there's no 'D' there!

[@JohnSmith-r6z7d]

It's more like shall-əts, it's just a neutral vowel, super common in most dialects of English, even overseas. French does that at the end of almost every feminine word, and all over the place in the middle of other words; we mostly learned to use shallots from our French cultural influence, (our language is literally like half french) so really it's pretty fitting

[@JohnSmith-r6z7d]

He uses a "ts" sound, not a "d", maybe it's just harder to pick up on for someone who doesnt speak American English

[@hadiparnoto]

And i call red onion, not worng ?

[@IWantToCook]

Red onions tend to be the strongest, at least to my nose and eyes. 😀

[@nogamblinge2671]

Red onion is an onion different from a shallot. I am no expert but in my Opinion Applications. White onion : is great raw or pickled with salsa. Minced into a chili or sliced thin on a hot burger. Can taste pretty good fried (I.e blooming onion). White is my least favorite onion grilled or sautéed but it is still fine. Hate white onion on pizza as a topping (red onion tho is 10/10 pizza) Yellow onion: my go to for sautéed and grilled onions especially with mushroom in like a homemade spaghetti. Or grilled to go into a pub burger or California style burger. Not a fan of it raw . I would not slice yellow onto my sub sandwich. But so good cooked. Red onion: my favorite raw in cold sub sandwiches or salads will use more likely as a substitute for a white onion in a salsa. Red onion is the only Onion I like on pizza like a bbq chicken pizza. A lot of places use white and that’s a no for Me.

[@MeatBicycle8678]

If you’re crying, you need to work faster and sharpen your knife. Just stick your face in the freezer for a second.

[@devanand4000]

I will be booted by my mother if I buy shallot instead of onion 😂, consider useless and it's price is 10 times cheaper than onion in my country

[@xXBobbyXx86]

Who else is here because of South Park? 😂

[@IWantToCook]

… I’ve also got a video on creme fraiche 🤣

[@rikumajumder1558]

So Shallots are discount Onions.

[@IWantToCook]

Where I live they cost more.

[@mikehorrigan6106]

I don't shallots

[@aboutjava]

Onion is sweet

[@richardkim412]

Shallots are overpriced.

[@alienlife7754]

Both disgusting.