Our favorite snack of all time is a slice of bread topped with caramelized onions. It might seem very easy, but if you don’t know How to Caramelize Onions, you might end up with sauteed onions. Yes, they are completely different!
If you love onions as much we do, you should check out our recipes for stuffed onions, roasted onions and sumac onions too.
Are you a savory or sweet person when there is still time for dinner and you need to snack on something to suppress your hunger? Waiting for the main course might take ages if you are hungry and what you need is a small snack to get that patience back. If you have some caramelized onions on hand, just make a quick snack by spreading some on a slice of bread.
The first thing you should know about caramelized onions is that you need time. About an hour. That’s the only hard thing about this incredibly simple yet tasty snack. Caramelized onions are something you should always have in a jar so that you can easily top a slice of bread with it when you have that feeling of starving.
As it takes time to caramelize onions, it’s better to make it beforehand when you have time. The best would be caramelizing some onions when you are already in the kitchen making something else. You don’t need to watch the onions in the skillet very closely, just stir them occasionally. So they will be ready when you finish preparing dinner.
I love to use little grape molasses when caramelizing onion to give it an extra kick, it helps caramelizing as well. But you can leave it out if you don’t have it. Then transfer the caramelized onions in a jar and use them on whatever you like. You can keep it in the fridge for about a week.
Serving Suggestions
You can use them in sandwiches, with pasta or on savory tarts or quiche. Or you can just put some on bread to prepare the quickest snack ever!
Also, these make a great topping on dips like lentil hummus or fava bean dip. They are great additions in an omelette or frittata as well.
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📖 Recipe
How to Caramelize Onions
INGREDIENTS
- 4 onions halved and sliced thinly
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon grape molasses optional
- 1 tablespoon water
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat.
- Add all the onions and stir to coat all the onions evenly. Stir occasionally.
- Reduce the heat to medium low so that the onions don’t burn.
- Add in salt after 10 minutes and add water to the skillet if the onions start to stick at the bottom of the skillet.
- Cook them for 30 minutes stirring occasionally and add in grape molasses.
- Bring the heat to the lowest and let them cook for about 20 minutes more.
- Don’t forget to stir every few minutes.
- Let them stick a little to the skillet to get a nice brown texture, so don’t stir too often.
- Continue to cook and scrape until you have the desired caramelized onions.
- Cool and store in the fridge for several days.
NUTRITION
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
dina says
they have so many uses and really add great flavor!