When you make caramelized onions, they release their sugars which then caramelize, creating a sweet yet savory addition to many dishes such as burgers, steaks, or even your favorite soup recipes!
Serve this easy recipe with bacon fried rice and an bacon wrapped chicken for the perfect meal!
How to make caramelize onions :
Now melt some butter over medium heat in a pan!
placing onion slices in a pan of melted butter
No worries if some are still stuck together. You can use your wooden spoon/ spatula to help you out with the rest of them.
When they are in the pan, give everything a good stir to coat all the pieces in butter. Once it is sizzling, reduce heat to low. Then you want to leave them alone for about 5 minutes until some little golden edges start to show up.
Give ’em a good stir, and let them go another 10 minutes on low. I stir mine about every 5 minutes.
You can cook them on the stove top or in the slow cooker and both are equally delicious!
What kind of Onions to use for Caramelized Onions? I find sweet onions work the best but you can truly use any kind of onion to caramelize.
Caramelizing the onions slowly in butter until they’re rich golden-brown (but not so dark as to taste bitter) produces the sweetest, most flavorful results.
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Caramelize Onions
- pan
Equipment
- pan
Ingredients
- 2 large onions approx.
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar optional.
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Melt about 2 tablespoons of butter in a saute pan. Then add all of those onions, and give them a good stir to coat them in the butter.
- stirring occasionally, until softened, about 8 minutes. add the brown sugar. sprinkling some salt on the onions and stirring it in.
- Lower heat to medium-low and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are very sweet and a rich golden-brown color, About 35 minutes.
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