Add the diced vegetables, baby onions and thyme sprigs to the pan.

Slowly braised until tender with carrots, button mushrooms and baby onions.

Follow the recipe on the preceding page for Chicken with Caramelized Baby Onions and Honey.

To peel the shallots or baby onions more easily, blanch them in boiling water for 5 minutes.

-Replace half of the potatoes with baby onions or leeks.

Fry the baby onions or shallots and the whole cloves of garlic in the fat, stirring until golden.

To peel the baby onions or shallots more easily, put them in boiling water and simmer for 5 minutes.

This is one of the classics of Moroccan cooking and this version, with shallots or baby onions, is sensational.

To peel the baby onions or shallots, drop them in boiling water and poach for 5 minutes to loosen the skins.

1 pound (about 2 cups) shallots or baby onions

2 pounds (about 4 cups) baby onions or shallots

1½ pounds shallots or baby onions

½ pound baby onions or shallots

Add the shallots or baby onions and continue to cook, covered, for about 25 minutes, or until the remaining chicken pieces are very tender.