Caramelized onions . . . in the crockpot!
09-29-2012, 07:16 AM
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Caramelized onions . . . in the crockpot!
I love caramelized onions but just don't have the patience to cook them on the stove for that long. I get impatient and turn the heat up too high. It occurred to me yesterday that maybe they could be cooked slowly in the crockpot. So I Googled it, and YES YOU CAN! I used my large crockpot and only about 1 1/2 onion. The recipes if you Google say to fill the crockpot (4-5 lbs of onions) with some butter or olive oil and cook on high for an hour or so, then turn down and contine cooking for 10-12 hours. Makes about 5 cups and stores in the refrigerator for a long time. I'm going to get a bag of onions at Costco and try a pot full. My 1 1/2 onions turned out wonderfully. I put them on some swiss dip sandwiches (grilled hamburger with swiss cheese, grilled ciabatta rolls, carmamelized onions, ah jus). They were SO good!
Other ideas for using caramelized onions:
Pizza ~ Caramelized onions, walnuts, feta or goat cheese
Soups ~ French onion; mushroom . . .
Topping for mac & cheese (or as DD's boyfriend it - kase spaetzle)
Other ideas for using caramelized onions:
Pizza ~ Caramelized onions, walnuts, feta or goat cheese
Soups ~ French onion; mushroom . . .
Topping for mac & cheese (or as DD's boyfriend it - kase spaetzle)
09-29-2012, 09:04 AM
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Yum that sounds good! I'll have to try that. Another thing I do in the crock pot is roast garlic. Cut the top off a head, drizzle with olive oil, wrap in foil then cook in the crockpot- high 4-5 hours, low 6-8 . I do several heads at once & usually put the crockpot outside because the smell is too strong for my husband.
09-29-2012, 09:20 AM
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Yum that sounds good! I'll have to try that. Another thing I do in the crock pot is roast garlic. Cut the top off a head, drizzle with olive oil, wrap in foil then cook in the crockpot- high 4-5 hours, low 6-8 . I do several heads at once & usually put the crockpot outside because the smell is too strong for my husband.
So I thought, why not let it cook overnight.
I woke in the middle of the night ... severely nauseous!
... thanks to the cabbage aroma that had filled my home.
Learned that lesson ............. and it took a long time before I could handle making it, even during the daytime.
Ironically, the sweetness of the cooked cabbage is what I love in that soup ... though the middle of the night aroma was not a good mix!
09-29-2012, 09:53 PM
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When you make French Onion soup in the crockpot, do you basically caramelize the onions in the crockpot like DJ described and then add the broth, etc.?? Would love to learn an easier method!
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