Caramelized Onions
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  • Minutes to Prepare:
  • Minutes to Cook:
  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
4 c onions, white or yellow, sliced thin1/2 t black pepper1 t butter, unsalted
Directions
Place a large saute pan over moderate heat. Once warm add butter. Once butter is foaming, add onions. Stir onions occasionally. After 10 minutes, when the onions start to turn light brown, add 1 ounce (2 Tablespoons) of warm water to the saute pan to remove the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Continue cooking and repeat two more times, every 10 minutes. Season with pepper.
Makes 8 two tablespoon servings.
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 26.4
  • Total Fat: 0.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 1.3 mg
  • Sodium: 1.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 5.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
  • Protein: 0.7 g

Member Reviews
  • REDEUCE
     I MAKE CARMELIZED ONIONS ALL THE TIME BUT, I SEASON THEM WITH A LITTLE CHILI POWDER AND OLIVE OIL. THEN
    I BAKE THEM IN THE OVEN AT 4OO FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR ON A DISPOSABLE FLAT TIN PAN. I EAT THEM BY THEMSELVES AS A SNACK. TRULY DELICIOUS!!!!! - 5/25/11
  • LQUEST4754
     Try changing it by adding some red, yellow or green peppers! - 10/10/10
  • WENDIQ
     I make these often and use Olive Oil instead of butter. Always adds to whatever I serve them with. - 10/9/10
  • HARMONB1
     I made this thinking I'd just freeze what I didn't use on dinner that day - big mistake. The frozen cooked onions in butter turned into mush upon reheating. From now on, I'll make this fresh ONLY. They tasted GREAT the day I made them - I used margerine and Pam instead of butter. - 10/22/10
  • WALKERSSS
     Very good over a blackened steak! - 3/7/10
  • CD7023171
     I add mushrooms.. - 11/3/11
  • KITT52
     I love this when it's all done I add garlic - 12/8/10
  • SHISMAMA
     Made these tonight for Dinner. Used them as a topper for baked sweet potatoes. Yum!!! DH loved these and enjoyed the sweet potatoes. Says he will eat them again if I top them with these onions. - 5/18/11
  • PHILLYEXPAT
     Great way to make onions--the texture was perfect and I loved the flavor. - 12/18/09
  • GREASE31
     I luv this recipe, it sounds just perfect. - 11/16/12
  • MEATBALL44
     Yummm.... Killer on Roast Beast Samichez.. - 11/5/11
  • MANTIPOSA
     Does caramelizing onions change their nutritional breakdown other than the addition of the butter? Does the sugar percentage increase as the water is sweated out? - 11/2/10
  • BARBEECUE
     Bring on the onions! I love it! - 7/21/10
  • RHOOK20047
     I never took this long to to saute my onions before but the result was great. - 5/27/21
  • CD6913562
     Delicious! - 5/27/21
  • ELRIDDICK
     Thanks for sharing - 6/9/20
  • 1CRAZYDOG
     I do the baking method as well. Delicious! - 3/27/19
  • SWEETTOOTH10
     These would be good on blackened blue burger recipe from Chef Meg, and would be great w mushrooms too!!! I would add some chili spice Like Reduece said too and of course garlic!
    - 7/22/16
  • CD13628286
     Ooooh. Looks like the math is wrong: 1/8th tsp does not equal .04 tsp, so the calorie count is wrong, as well.
    Also, I wouldn't try this in a non-stick pan - not good for the pan, and caramelization doesn't happen in non-stick as well as iron or steel. Caramelized onions are delish! - 2/13/14
  • CD1772602
     I always add some herbs depending on what the onions are being served with - rosemary, sage, parsley, mint...they're all good! - 1/14/13
  • PINK4YOUTOO
     sounds good! - 12/17/12
  • SANDRA083
     I add to my gill chicken so delicious!!!! - 10/12/12
  • SENIORSWIMMER
     The down side to this recipe is the time it takes to cook it and the sustained 30 minutes of attentiveness you need to have. They look and smell beautiful. I snitched an onion string, and it tasted as good as a piece of cooked onion can all by itself. - 10/9/12
  • JUSTYNA7
     I never added water before. It worked wonderfully - 10/4/12
  • RETURNTOTHIN
     Since I learned that Olive Oil releases some kind of toxin when it reaches high temperatures, I use Coconut Oil or grapeseed oil. But I'll bet this would be great on a GF grill.... - 10/4/12



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