• Wogi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    45 minus to fully caramelize.

    If you don’t want them that dark you don’t have to cook them that long.

    • moakley@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Sure, you can use non-caramelized onions. You just won’t get that sweetness.

          • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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            1 month ago

            Saves times and gives the sweet taste. If someone doesn’t want to do it for 45 minutes then yeah

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              1 month ago

              But it keeps the the sour and bitter tastes in. Caramelizing replaces most of those with sweet.

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                1 month ago

                Sour and bitter can be good though. I love fresh onion as is. I ghetto caramelize it a bit to make it more palatable to my girlfriend though. For that you don’t need to do a proper caramelization, getting the process going and adding a bit of sugar is enough.

                I love to add vinegar too though. Vinegar, a bit of sugar, a bit of salt, some time on the pan, delish.

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                  1 month ago

                  Bitter is great. But at some point it ceases to be caramelized onions.

                  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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                    1 month ago

                    They’ve been caramelized some but not all the way, dunno where it’d draw the line at least when cooking at home