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FYI, the trick to making caramelized onions is boiling the onions. After you cut up your onions and add them to your pan, add a small amount of water, enough that the water will cook out after a few minutes. The water will steam the onions and cook them more quickly, which will them make them faster and easier to caramelize.
Here's a video to demonstrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovqhzil3wJw
This trick works well to make mushrooms more flavorful and all sorts of other foods!
You can also cheat by adding some sodium bicarbonate.
oo, I didn't know this trick, thanks!
Doesn't taste quite like real caramelize onions, but it's close enough for when you're rushing
The flavor is not as rich, and too much baking soda will make them slimy.
It's a good 'I really want Crêpes but it's already 7pm' thing.
haha, good to know - thanks!
Instead of water you can add a bit of beer to cook the onions. You don't taste the beer at the end but it brings a bit more flavors at the end.
yesss! and any broth really could work here in substitute for more flavor, but beer and onions is a bomb combo, especially with brats
Wine also. White is more subtle, red will give it a sort of balsamic vinegar type aftertaste.