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Caramelized Onions
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
Description
Learn how to make caramelized onions with this simple recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons butter or oil (or a 50/50 mix)
- 3 medium onions, sliced
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- water, as needed
Instructions
- Add the onions. Heat the oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onions, sprinkle evenly with the salt, and stir to coat.
- Soften. Sauté the onions, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until softened.
- Caramelize. Reduce heat to medium-low. Spread the onions out in an even layer and continue to cook, stirring every 2-3 minutes, so that the bottom layer can caramelize in between stirring. Anytime the onions begin to dry out, simply add in a tablespoon or two of water and use a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits that have collected on the bottom and stir them in with the onions. If the onions seem like they may begin burning at any point, reduce the heat to low.
- Finish. Continue cooking and stirring the onions until they have reached your desired level of caramelization, generally about 45 minutes to reach a golden brown caramelization, and 55 to 60 minutes to reach a deep brown caramelization.
- Serve or store. Remove pan from heat. Serve the onions immediately. To store, let the onions cool until they reach room temperature, then transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Até que enfim achei alguém como a mim, que ama cebola!!! Quanta delícia, tudo perfeito.
Muchos gracias, Suize!
Yummy !!!!! One of my favorites as well. My receipe omits the liquid. Love to add mushrooms!!! Will definitely try this one next time.
Thank you, we hope you enjoy!
I have always loved caramelized onions but had trouble making them so thanks soooo much for the tutorial. I cannot wait to make them.
You’re so welcome, we hope you find the tutorial helpful! : )
Looks good
Oh my word! I am drooling!!!
I love caamelized onions. Mine usually take over an hour because I do them on medium-low (probably an OCD thing). Have I mentioned your pix are great!
Growing up, this was one of my favorite snacks. I would get hungry and just go cook an onion. Love the how to, thanks. www.eatallovertheworld.com
Again beautiful photos. I love caramelized onions, and the smell MMMMMMM!!!
LOVE your tutorials. Your pictures are so incredibly STUNNING, as usual. I literally want to eat an entire bowl of caramelized onions right now!
Thank you for the tutorial. I caramelize onions with some frequency, but tend to get frustrated doing them. One other thing you can do which makes them really nice is to use a little soy sauce and butter for deglazing the pan. It makes the onion really rich. (I learned that reading a cookbook years ago while I was wandering around Barnes & Noble. I no longer know the proportions the book mentioned, but I’m sure doing it to taste would work.)