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tammy richards

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I have more chives than I know what to do with! Can they be used in place of onions successfully? Any other ideas? I hate for them to go to waste...

elle sagenev

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You should put them as a pizza topping. it's my FAV!!!

You should dry them.

I'd try them in place of onions. let me know how it worked out.

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I'm just letting mine go to seed so they spread around...if they work that way. The flowers are kind of cool.

If you really want to use them in cooking and have more than you can eat then I would cut them up and dry them, kinda how you buy them at the grocery store as a spice.

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Catie George

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I don't find them to have much flavour when cooked so mostly use them as toppings.

Baked potato ? Chives.

Eggs? Chives.

Salad? Chives.

Cooked carrots? Chives.

Etc.

I tend to go to the garden while the meal is plated with my scissors, then scissor them directly on top of the food. . Once you start it's surprising how quickly you can demolish a chives patch when you use them regularly.

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They freeze really well. I keep a quart mason jar in the freezer and just snip them into it. Then you have chives all winter long, no need to defrost, just sprinkle them straight from the jar.

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I use them the ways others do. I tried making chive soup once, figured it would be like onion soup? It was nasty bitter, spicy stuff I do NOT recommend the idea!

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Once chives get established, I feel like they are bomb proof in my climate. Where every other herb has a weak season, the chives persist.

I find chives are excellent with eggs, potatoes, and other savory dishes. I have tried to dry chives before and use them with good success. Has anyone tried to powder them like a garlic or onion powder?

A chive infused butter can be used in so many ways in my home it isn't funny. Use that with some chicken or pork and forget-about-it.

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In college we'd go to happy hour at this fancy restaurant in downtown Portland, on top of a large office tower, and they had chive burgers, where they used chives in place of onions on the burger, super tasty!

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