Add minced onion to soups, stews, casseroles, and slow-cooker dishes, where it rehydrates during cooking. Use in dips, spreads, cream cheese mixtures, stuffing, meatloaf, and other ground meat dishes. Minced onion works well in salad dressings, marinades, and breadcrumb or coating mixtures and can be added to rice, pasta, and other grain dishes. Use anywhere you want visible onion pieces without fresh onion texture. About 4–5 teaspoons dried minced onion equals 1/4 cup fresh onion. For deeper flavor, toast minced onion briefly in a dry pan until lightly golden, then rehydrate. To rehydrate, soak in water for 10–15 minutes, drain, and use as you would fresh onion.