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About Fried onions
"A bowl of sliced, fried onions."
Fried onions are a members-only food made by cooking a chopped onion on a fire or range, requiring 42 Cooking and granting 60 experience. When eaten they heal 5 hitpoints, but they are more commonly used as an ingredient to make mushroom & onion topping for mushroom potatoes.
How to cook fried onions
Fried onions are cooked from a chopped onion on a fire or cooking range, requiring 42 Cooking and granting 60 experience per successful cook. The action takes 1 tick the first time, then 3 and 4 ticks for subsequent Make-X cooks. You can burn onions while cooking, producing a burnt onion, but the burn rate falls as your Cooking level rises and stops entirely at level 77 on both fires and ranges. Cooking one is a slight loss at Grand Exchange prices since a chopped onion costs more than the fried onions sells for, so they are made mainly for Cooking experience or as a recipe ingredient.
Healing and cooking uses
When eaten, fried onions heal 5 hitpoints. Their more common role is as an ingredient: combine fried onions with fried mushrooms at 57 Cooking to make a mushroom & onion topping. This step grants no Cooking experience, but the topping can then be used at level 64 with a potato with butter to create a mushroom potato for 55 experience. A handy trick is that a sack of onions holds up to 10 onions, so with a knife, a bowl, and a range or fire, a single inventory slot can be turned into 50 hitpoints of healing.
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| Product | Skill | Lvl | XP | Qty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mushroom & onion | Cooking | 57 | 0 | 1 |
Fried onions Trivia
- Onions are the only ingredient needed to make fried onions, and because a sack holds up to 10 onions, one inventory space can heal 50 hitpoints with a knife, bowl, and access to a range or fire.
- Fried onions were added on 30 January 2006 in the 'Runesquares, Harpie Bugs and new potato recipes!' update.
Fried onions FAQ
Are fried onions members-only?
Yes. Fried onions are a members-only food. They can only be cooked, traded, and eaten on members worlds, and the recipes they feed into, such as mushroom potatoes, are also members content.
How much do fried onions heal?
Fried onions heal 5 hitpoints when eaten. They are a low-tier healing food, so most players use them as an ingredient for mushroom & onion topping rather than as combat food.
What level do you need to cook fried onions?
You need 42 Cooking to make fried onions by cooking a chopped onion on a fire or range, gaining 60 experience per cook. The chance to burn one decreases with level and reaches zero at Cooking level 77.
What are fried onions used for?
Fried onions are mainly used to make mushroom & onion topping at 57 Cooking by combining them with fried mushrooms. That topping is then used at level 64 with a potato with butter to make a mushroom potato for 55 experience.