To shudder at the phrase 'fry off the onions'

[Shinnoo]

Is it real English?

Is it real chef speak?

Does anyone else shudder when they read or hear this?

Never thought of it before but that's actually a weird phrase haha

Never heard of it!

Have you never read a recipe Tensixtysix?

Yes the phase makes me shudder too op

Eh? Is there something I'm missing?

HATE IT, OP. Totally with you.

See also ‘Just going to search up [X]’

Fry off means to fry quickly, so in terms of catering it describes exactly what needs to be done.

It is real chef speak. My DD is a chef.

I can't say it bothers me.

It’s up there with ‘switch out’ and ‘change out’ for ‘swap’, ugh

YANBU.. although I am slightly less upset by it now I know it has proper chef meaning! Thanks @Ponoka7

Ahh! Wouldn't it be easier to say 'lightly fry the onions'?

I didn't know it meant fast cooking. I worked out caramel onions means to cook them slowly.

Yes it's always annoyed me. I feel better knowing it is different from simply frying something.

The ‘off’ is superfluous. As the the ‘up’ in to train up. You’d hardly train someone down ffs.

It’s a chef term. Means as someone else mentioned to cook them quickly on a high heat.

There are a few ways of frying onions - slowly so they don't colour, browning them, caramelising them, sweating them etc. If a recipes says to fry them off I know exactly what they mean by it and how the onions should look so YABU.