One of my husband’s favorite meals around here is French Onion Soup. In order to make my soup super easy I carmelize and can my onions ahead of time. I know to some of you that may sound intimidating or maybe even flat out scarey but I want to show you today just how easy it is to make carmelized onions with your crockpot.
Ingredients For Crockpot Carmelized Onions
- 6 pounds onions
- 1 stick of butter or margarine (I use butter for a richer flavor)
Instructions For Making Crockpot Carmelized Onions
- Peel and slice onions. You can either make rings or wedges.
- Place onions in a 6 quart crockpot and top with a full stick of butter.
- Place lid on crockpot and allow to cook untouched for 8 hours on low. I usually just leave mine cook overnight and finalize things in the morning.
- After 8 hours turn off the crockpot and pack onions into warm sterile canning jars. I use pints as they are perfect for a batch of soup.
- Process onions for 60 minutes in a pressure canner.
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UMmm…now I feel really stupid! Like I couldn’t see the words “caramelized onions” hilighted in link-me red!!!! I’m going to blame it on the fact that it is 12:38 AM. SO…thanks for the great idea. Going to use this soon!
Beth ~ I so hear you I do that kind of thing often. I have a lot of homemade convenience tricks I hope to share more of them with you in the future just follow in your favorite social media avenue to get more info.