Who's fucking carmelizing onions?

I always say if you want to seem like a genius in the kitchen just sauté some onions

Best way to stop a small argument? Saute onions in olive oil then add some garlic. Guarantee a head will poke around a door frame and all arguments melt away.

I saw somewhere there exists a saying along the lines of ‘start sauteing onion, add some garlic, then you figure out what you are going to cook.’ When my wife and I have time to actually cook, this is basically what we do. everything is better with garlic and onions, from German to Korean. The rest is just details.

Apparently it’s a Ukrainian saying

Having an Asian extended family, I think it’s universal.

So how do you do it?

I’m asking because I learned not a long time ago to somewhat heavily salt the onions beforehand (in olive oil ofc) and it’s great. Burst for some minute or three, keep hot while stirring til done (hard, melted, …).

I don’t put garlic in it though, I’d put that in the rest of the food if I do.

Really I just lightly spray some canola oil in the pan and add sliced onions and heat.

When you think they’re ready, stir them up and let them cook for another half hour.

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.

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

4 large onions

So, like, 6 tablespoons of caramelised onion?

Sauteed onions in olive oil for 10 minutes is delicious, but it’s not caramelized onions. They’re talking about something completely different.

I usually start my meals by sauteing onions and without fail whoever is in the house will say “Ooo, that smells good what is it?”

Literally just onions

Haha, I can cook but I don’t really know what I am doing. It usually starts with some oil and garlic or onions in a pan, then I figure out what to actually cook. But if someone walks in at just that step they think you’re some culinary genious.

Haha, I can cook but I don’t really know what I am doing.

Bruh, don’t sell yourself short. If you know how to just throw shit into a pan and have it come out both edible and tasty (or even only the first one), you have a decent idea of what you’re doing.

Being able to do that is a skill that takes work, and is something my wife has worked hard to develop. He k, just knowing what spices go well together or with what meats is a skill in and of itself.

Saute onions and garlic, then decide what you’re making for dinner

Garlic makes your meal taste thicc. Trying to force myself into a lite and airy phase. Not sure why… think I’m just wanting to lose weight, not as if that’s how foods work though. Garlic isn’t fattening haha

Saute carrots, onions, and celery. Everyone will think you’re making something incredible. And, fortunately, you’ll have the base to follow through, if you so desire.

I do need more dishes in the back of my pocket that start with mirepoix. If y’all got favs, pop a holler.

Got me thinking it’s time for chicken pot pie again…

That’s probably why they call it an aromatic.

There’s a reason why cooked onions are common across almost every international cuisine on earth.

I like to add them to mac and cheese

Ooh sauté, well lah-de-dah Mr Frenchman!

Now I want to try some apples and onions with a caramel glaze.

Might work with pork chops.

Who’s caramelizing pork chops?

Pork chop sandwiches!

It would absolutely work with pork chops. It’s even better with a walnut crust.

I don’t know about caramel glaze, but you might want to try apple and or onion chutney.

Now I want to try thin sliced apples in with my onions when I caramelize them for added sweetness.

I wouldn’t cook them as long though 👍.

Dice the apples. That’s a common way to do it for curry meatballs (curry sauce with meatballs served with rice and various toppings).

The apples make the sauce more filling and offsets some of the potential sourness of the onions/curry. It is all about the balance. I like to taste the sauce to perfection using salt, pepper, curry, sugar or syrup before adding the meatballs, but having apples in the sauce definitely makes it easier to begin with.

This sounds fantastic, and I love curry and I love to try cooking new things, thank you!

Can’t speak for caramel, but they’re excellent with potatoes, butternut squash, browned butter and sage.

Gonna hand out caramel onions for Halloween now.

They better be Spanish/yellow onions. Don’t go easy on them with any Vidalia/sweet onion!

Nah, just like with caramel apples the best caramel onions are gonna be GREEN!

Kind of easy to tell a green onion from an apple though.

Caramel roulette. 5 apples and an onion on the same plate.

Little Anon Starting Early

I have a 3 year old nephew and if you gave him a caramel onion like that I think he’d either eat it happily or ask for a plain onion instead. That kid loves himself some onions.

The only thing I get from that story is that adults and peer pressure sucks. Eat that candied onion and enjoy it as much as you want, fuck those those stupid “grown-ups”.

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