• HessiaNerd@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    I made a big batch yesterday (4 large onions).

    Butter and olive oil. Add onions. I add water at the beginning so I don’t have to pay as much attention as the beginning. Once the onions are soft, turn it low and take your time. Only stir occasionally.

    I used the instant pot yesterday and it was super easy.

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      24 days ago

      What do you do you with a big batch? Saving some for later or just gorge on sautéed unions?

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        24 days ago

        I needed some for käsespätzle, and it’s one of those things where if you make it a little little might just as well make a lot. It will get used. Caramelized onions go well with just about everything.

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        23 days ago
        • on top of meat, like a steak or a burger
        • incorporated into mashed potatoes
        • I’ve been seeing various recipes for “French onion soup style” g occhi
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            24 days ago

            Also high-sugar varieties like Vidalia and Candy onions. Don’t knock us for our onions - at least our onion farmers aren’t dropping bombs on brown people.

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            24 days ago

            The larger the onion, the more water is in it and the less it tastes, from my experience.

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              24 days ago

              I never realized Americans had particularly big onions, but a lot of them are bigger than my fist and definitely full of flavor. Now something like a shallot is small and delicious but it’s a different flavor.

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                23 days ago

                To be fair, I don’t know anything about american onions. Just remsrked that on varying sizes in general.

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              23 days ago

              Maybe: it does seem like the larger onions tend to be the sweeter varieties. That’s great though, when one slice covers your entire burger, and you get the satisfying crunch of a nice thick slice of onion without all the bitterness.

              That being said, Ive tried caramelizing red onions instead off the more standard yellow, and I’m not sure the final result is any different

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                23 days ago

                That’s different variants though, and they’re great too ofc, like sweet or red onion in the salad.