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Caramelized Onions

Caramelized onions are sliced thinly then cooked for a long time until completely brown.

They can be used in lots of recipes. For example, they can transform a simple omelette into a divine treat.

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Last modified on: September 23^th 2015

For 150 g, you will need:

1 500 g onion
2 3 tablespoons oil
3 salt
4 pepper
Total weight: 545 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
9 min.	20 min.	29 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed box.

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Stage 1 - 3 min.

Peel then rinse 500 g onion and cut in half lengthways.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Slice the onions thinly. If you have one, a mandolin will make this job a lot quicker.

This seems like a lot of onions to begin with, but they will reduce by 2/3 when cooked.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons oil into a large pan on medium heat.

When hot, add the onions and mix well.

Stage 4 - 20 min.

Leave to cook gently until caramelized, stirring from time to time.

Stage 5

The onions will gradually brown.

Stage 6

Stop when they are browned to your liking.

Salt and pepper to taste...

Remarks

Once cooked, the onions will need quite a generous amount of salt as the process tends to make them rather sweet.

You can balance this sweetness, which can be a bit excessive at times, by pouring half a glass of dry white wine or 3 tablespoonsful of vinegar into the pan 5 minutes before the end of cooking.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
610 Kcal or 2,554 Kj	7 gr	45 gr	45 gr
31 %	3 %	4 %	7 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
112 Kcal or 469 Kj	1 gr	8 gr	8 gr
6 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

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For 150 g : 0.69 €

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