Caramelized Onions

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Caramelized onions have to be my favorite condiment ever. They’re so flavorful and can go on almost anything. I’ve blogged about putting them in a quesadilla and a dip so far.

After the burnt caramelized onions from last week, I decided I needed to come up with a method to make caramelized onions. And I figured that I’d post it here. I’m sure everyone out there has a way they do this, but this is what worked for me.

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Caramelized Onions

Ingredients:

1 onion, cut in half, then sliced
1/2 Tbsp olive oil
pinch salt

Directions:

Place olive oil in a 8" skillet with a lid. Turn heat on medium. Once the oil is warm, add the sliced onion.

Put a lid on the skillet. After about 2 minutes, give the onions a quick stir. If they are starting to brown/burn, turn the heat down a bit. Put the lid back on and set the timer for 5 minutes.

The onions should be soft, but not brown at this point. Remove the lid and stir the onions.

Add a pinch of salt to the onions. Continue to cook without the lid for another 10-15 minutes until caramelized completely.

Recipe adapted from the method shown on Branny Boils Over

Side Dish

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7 Responses to “Chicken Parmesan Burgers”

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Debbi Does Dinner Healthy — August 17, 2010 at 11:58 am

This sounds awesome! The pictures are wonderful as well. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to get good burger pictures. I love the pizza sauce on this! Thanks!
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We Are Not Martha — August 17, 2010 at 12:10 pm

Yum! I love chicken parmesan and I love burgers, so why not, right? They look delicious!

Sues
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Melissa — August 17, 2010 at 2:44 pm

I love how there are so many variations of burgers! Yours sound delcious!
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Fun and Fearless in Beantown — August 17, 2010 at 4:28 pm

I love chicken parmesan so this sound so great to me! Like you, I love living in the city but wish I could grill during the summer!
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ellysaysopa.com — August 19, 2010 at 1:37 am

So glad you liked them! Love the caramelized onions on top. I just had a burger with bbq caramelized onions this week. 🙂
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an adventure in wool — September 30, 2010 at 11:44 pm

i love this idea! was writing my grocery list and realized there is no parmesan in the recipe?
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Jen — October 11, 2010 at 12:41 am

That’s a good point, there isn’t actually Parmesan in it… You could use parm instead of provolone cheese.