How to Make Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions

By sandiB2010

It takes 30 to 45 minutes of cooking and stirring to transform raw onions into perfectly soft, nutty-sweet caramelized onions. Good news: Your slow cooker can do the hard work for you.

Ingredients

• 8 medium/large onions*
• 1/4 cup melted butter or olive oil (about a tablespoon for every 2 onions)
• 1 teaspoon salt (1/4 teaspoon for every 2 onions)

Preparation

Step 1

1.Peel, cut in half, and thinly slice enough onions to fill a slow cooker half to three-quarters full.

2.Sprinkle onions with the melted butter or olive oil and salt. Toss to coat.

3.Cook for 10 hours on LOW. At this point, I found the onions had reduced from about 4 quarts raw to a little over 1 quart cooked onions and 1 1/4 cup liquid. To reduce further, leave the liquid in and cook for another 4 or 5 hours on LOW, stirring occasionally, until the onions are deeper brown and the liquid is almost completely cooked off.

*Note: I used a 6 1/2-quart slow cooker. Adjust the recipe amounts to suit the size of your equipment.