For each flower, remove root and green top from 1 green onion. Cut onion into 3-inch piece. Make 4 cross cuts about 3/4-inch deep on one end; repeat on other end. Place onion in iced water about 10 minutes or until ends curl.
From "Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.