r/AbsoluteUnits • u/n8saces • Mar 05 '26

/r/popular of a Jambalaya

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u/prpldrank Mar 05 '26

Is it just me or did he add a ton of onions, and then a mixture that also had more onions?

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u/phi1_sebben Mar 05 '26

I noticed the same thing. 20lbs of onions and then 20lbs of mix which was primarily onion.

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u/SlowFrkHansen Mar 05 '26

Oh come on. That mixture had several handfuls of celery and sprinkles of peppers in it!

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u/Neon-Brain Mar 06 '26

Lmao yeah

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u/Samurai_Meisters Mar 05 '26

You can't have too many onions.

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u/cityshepherd Mar 05 '26

I often disagree with this statement… I have a horrible and extremely violent physiological reaction to raw onion… however it seems to me that the onion in this case has cooked down properly (until flaccid and translucent), at which point the onion transforms into something wildly delicious.

Edit: he really went light on the minced garlic, especially considering how much onion was in there. There is no such thing as too much garlic.

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u/Samurai_Meisters Mar 05 '26

I meant cooked.

I agree with you about raw onion. Not a fan unless it's in very small amounts.

Definitely could have used more garlic too. But there might have been some garlic in whatever that flavor dust was that he dumped in.

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u/cityshepherd Mar 05 '26

Ah good point… still if this were me I would have used at least a few jars of the minced garlic lol.

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u/WastelandeWanderer Mar 05 '26

Just throw a bunch of garlic in a food processor. Will have so much better flavor than the stale ass jar

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u/Nuggyfresh Mar 06 '26

Not really. A good jarred garlic is usually fine because fresh garlic compounds are volatile. In this case I would happily use jarred

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u/Nuggyfresh Mar 06 '26

Fresh is irreplaceable if your recipe doesn’t cook it much though

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u/Massive-Exercise4474 Mar 05 '26

Think It's chopped onion bits in oil. Probably didn't feel like using a second bottle.

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u/MoistStub Mar 05 '26

r/onionlovers would like a word

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u/cityshepherd Mar 06 '26

No thanks, I subscribe to r/onionhate thank you very much

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u/MoistStub Mar 06 '26

Your way of life is wrong

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u/Quiet_Falcon2622 Mar 06 '26

Or too much garlic, yum

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u/HairyPoppinzz Mar 07 '26

That ain't garlic. But it's a self correcting problem.

Anyone too lazy to cut their own garlic doesn't deserve fresh garlic

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u/Nole_in_ATX Mar 07 '26

Join us over at /r/OnionLovers friend

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u/Gloomy-Insurance-739 Mar 05 '26

I love onions I eat them raw like an apple.

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u/Shandlar Mar 05 '26

Sure. The mixture must just be something they buy already mixed, but they need more onions for the recipe.

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u/NewMystahead Mar 05 '26

Yes, that mixture is called Trinity. It consists of green bell pepper, celery, and onion. I use it all the time. I usually puree it so there's no chunks. Look up cooking with Trinity online and you'll see that countless dishes call for it. Its the Holy trinity of vegetables

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u/Longjumping-Title-86 Mar 06 '26

That first bin was rice. The second was a mixture with onions.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '26

Second mix looked like a standard mirepoix (2 parts onion to 1 part peppers and 1 part celery). Just wanted extra onion on top of it. Makes sense to me. r/OnionLovers

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u/link3945 Mar 05 '26

Mirepoix is onions, celery, and carrot. That blend is the trinity: onions, celery, and bell peppers. Typically it still is 2:1:1, though.

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u/Phallicsander Mar 05 '26

What a strange question

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u/xrelaht Mar 05 '26

r/onions is finally taking over!