Pasta & Rice

Caramelized Onion

Name: Caramelized Onion
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 3 large onions sliced into rings; 4 tbsp olive oil

Onion sliced into thin rings, fried in oil 20 to 40 minutes until deep brown, soft and sweet, or crisp.

⏱ 38 min

⚖ Pareve 🥬 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan 🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Slice the onion into thin rings.
KnifeCutting board
2
Heat the oil in a wide pot and fry the onion over medium heat 30–35 minutes, stirring, until it is deep brown.
StoveWide, shallow pot
💡Onion caramelizes with patience: over medium heat it reaches deep brown in about half an hour, over low heat it takes close to an hour, and over high heat it burns at the edges before it softens. A pinch of salt at the start draws out its liquid, and when it starts to stick, add a tablespoon of water and scrape the bottom.
3
Remove about half of the onion to a bowl, for garnish, and leave the rest in a pot.
Bowl

154calories

1 gprotein

7 gcarbs

14 gfat

● protein 3%● carbs 17%● fat 80%

Per serving (101 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

Onion: measured in pieces: one ≈ 117 g · 40 kcal per 100 g · More about Onion →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Wide, shallow pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)
Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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🧩 Parts

Roast Chicken (optional): Nut-Crusted Chicken Breast · Roast Chicken · Stuffed Chicken Breast · Chicken with Tahini · Oven-Baked Chicken Gizzards

⚙️ What you can change

Possible additions: Extra oil for frying · Sugar · Vinegar · Rosemary · salt · black pepper · Reduced to a jam (15) · Stored in the fridge (up to two weeks) · butter · Only part of the fat for the onion (tbsp of the olive oil) · Thyme · garlic · Wine · Brief finish in the pot (minutes) (5) · Into the chicken pan halfway through roasting (minutes) (25–30) · Parsley on top · Peeling by boiling (minutes) (2)
How it's sliced: into thin rings
Frying vessel: in a wide pot
Where the rest of the onion stays: in a pot
Where the onion comes out of: from the pot
Sign it's done in the oven: the chicken is cooked and turning golden
How much onion is saved for garnish: about half
Sign that frying is done: deep brown