Green Onion

Scientific Binomial Name: Allium wakegi

Selection Information

Usage: Salads, seasoning, vegetable platters, baking, stir-fry, soups & virtually all meat dishes.

Selection: Good-quality Green Onions, also known as spring onion, salad onion, onion sticks, green shallots, and siobhes, have bright-white bulbs with dark green ends, are straight along their entire length and are crisp. Green onions are basically onions that have not matured - they are picked while the tops are green and the bulbs are small.

Avoid: Avoid product with wilted, yellow or slime-spotted greens or those that are bowed or curved with frayed ends. You should usually avoid onions with large bulbs ends, but young Walla Walla onions with large bulbs are available in the spring. They are sold as a bunch like green onions and are very sweet.

Seasonal Information

Available year-round.

Washington green onions are available July through October.

Green Onion Nutritional Information

Serving Size: 1 Cup, tops and bulb chopped (100g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 32	Calories from Fat 2
	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g	0%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 16mg	1%
Total Carbohydrate 7g	2%
Dietary Fiber 3g	10%
Sugars 2g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 20%	Vitamin C 31%
Calcium 7%	Iron 8%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Source: PMA's Labeling Facts

Green Onions are low in Sodium, and very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. They're also a good source of Thiamin, Riboflavin, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper, and a great source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Potassium and Manganese.

Green Onion Tips & Trivia

Use the stem end of a green onion as a "brush" to apply marinade to food on the grill.
Onions and garlic have been cultivated for 6,000 years and have been credited with everything from making hair grow on bald heads to giving valor to the troops of Alexander the Great.
Onions are the vegetable which gave Chicago its name since the Chippewa Indians found these "she-gau-ga-winshe" growing at the site of the modern day city.
The name onion comes from the Latin, "unio" via the French "oignon" and the English "unyun." The onion plant belongs to the same family as the narcissus.