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What is the difference between green onions and chives?
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Green onions are actually young onions, and will tend to have a little bit of a bulb, whereas chives are perennials and are grown for the greens only.
As a result, the green onions will be stronger tasting and have a bit more texture. The flavor is close enough that most of the time it'll be fine to interchange them, but if you need something that's most subtle, the chives will always win out, and if you need something a bit meatier, the green onions should be the choice.
I've used them interchangeably, and it's never caused any issues for me - about the only time it might really be a problem is if someone really hates onions.
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M$Consensus seems to be, yes, you can replace one with the other in a recipe. However, it also sounds like green onion has a stronger flavor, so if you are substituting it for chives, use less; if you are substituting chives for green onions, use more.
Either way, I recommend growing yourself some perennial chives to make your bake potatoes reign supreme ;).
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If you need a dash of something oniony in a recipe and all you have is chives, then you can use them. But if you have a choice, use what the recipe calls for.
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