Y’all are taking too long!! Seriously. Send it. Water or white wine, repeat. Stir. Walk away. Liquid. Stir. Walk away. OH SHIT IT’s BURNING. Nvm. Liquid, stir. Perfect. (Smidge of salt as well to help keep it wet)
Pictured: 20+lbs of onions caramelized in UNDER an hour. Only a few crusties on the bottom of the pot.
I challenge all of you slow-caramelizers to turn the heat all the way up next time with a quart of water or wine next to the pot as a safety net. Baby sit it. Hydrate it. Find your comfortable speed.
All of that being said. If you want to spend 5+ hours on one of the most forgiving culinary tasks, by all means, enjoy. Just know that you don’t need to.
by EfficientPepper2982
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Did you really have that cooker at 100% power for the entire process, or did you end up turning it down somewhat near the end?
i have a friend who once tried to caramelized either half, or a single onion. she was on a discord call with a group of us to show progress. 2 hours go by and she still wasn’t done and when I asked why she said she was scared of turning the heat up so she kept it on low low heat the whole time. i assume others that struggle have a similar fear as her
Yep, all these ‘took 6 hours’ posts are very baffling to me too. It absolutely doesn’t take that long.