{"id":594,"date":"2019-01-17T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteadinginthecity.kleinmartin.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2019-01-18T18:44:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T23:44:03","slug":"carmelizing-onions-the-easy-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteadinginthecity.kleinmartin.com\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"Caramelizing onions the easy way."},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently a friend complained that food bloggers tell people that it takes 3-5 minutes to caramelize onions. It doesn’t. if you are hoping to get dinner on the table in 20 minutes, you are not going to be able to do it if it takes 35 to get the onions done.<\/p>\n

In other news, Hex is having a tooth removed on Friday and asked for onion soup for dinner afterwards.<\/p>\n

So, here I am about to make a batch of caramelized onions, the easy non time consuming way.<\/p>\n

In a slow cooker.<\/p>\n

Sure it will take more time, but it is down time, not active time. And once they are done I can freeze them to use in the future.<\/p>\n

So, here we go.<\/p>\n

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Lots of onions, too much butter, salt, pepper, and I like garlic. I am going to run the onions through the food processor and put them in the cooker for a day.<\/p>\n

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Five and a half hours later, and I am ready to stir.<\/p>\n

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And stirred. Another few hours, and soup and stew and pizza toppings and on steak and…<\/p>\n

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And here it is 16 hours later on low. Mid stir. Smells perfect.<\/p>\n

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Stirred.<\/p>\n

This is what I woke up to. Three stirs, 16 hours. No real labor. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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This made three batches. Italian onion soup for supper tomorrow, and I will use the other two batches in the future.<\/p>\n

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Recently a friend complained that food bloggers tell people that it takes 3-5 minutes to caramelize onions. It doesn’t. if you are hoping to get dinner on the table in 20 minutes, you are not going to be able to do it if it takes 35 to get the onions done. 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