Sweet and Sour Onions

By minicoopercraig

How would you invest 50 calories? On an Oreo cookie? Five or six potato chips? Or how about anbig mound of gooey glazed onions bursting with the yin-yang balance of sugar (most of it natural) and vinegar? Serve a scoop of these brilliant bulbs with your next steak or roast chicken and offer silent thanks to the genius who invented frozen pearl onions.

Ingredients

• 1 bag (16 oz) frozen pearl onions
• 3/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup white or red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• Pinch of red pepper flakes
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Combine the onions, water, vinegar, sugar and pepper flakes in a medium saucepan. Place over medium-low heat, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Remove the lid and cook for another 10 minutes, until the liquid has reduced and begins to cling to the onions. The onions should be tender but not falling apart. Season with salt and pepper.