Best Sweet And Sour Onions Recipes

SWEET AND SOUR CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add onions and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and stir until well coated with butter. Season with salt. Cook and stir until onions are brown and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Pour in vinegar and sprinkle with sugar. Continue cooking and stirring until vinegar comes to a boil. Boil until vinegar thickens and glazes onions, about 5 minutes. Serve hot or cooled with vinegar syrup drizzled on top.

SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 1 each sliced Vidalia onion and red onion; cook, stirring, until soft, about 15 minutes. Add 1/4 cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, 2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, and salt and pepper to taste and heat through, 2 to 3 more minutes. Stir in 3 chopped scallions.

SWEET-AND-SOUR CIPOLLINE ONIONS

Steps:

• Blanch onions in a large pot of boiling water 1 minute, then drain in a colander and transfer to a bowl of cold water to stop cooking. Drain and peel onions.
• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Boil, without stirring, washing down any sugar crystals on side of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water, until syrup turns pale golden. Continue to cook caramel, gently swirling pan, until deep golden.
• Immediately remove from heat, then carefully add wine (caramel will steam vigorously and harden). Return pan to heat and simmer, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.
• Add onions, red-wine vinegar, oil, salt, peppercorns, and bay leaf and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender, about 1 hour. Transfer onions to a bowl using a slotted spoon, then boil liquid until reduced to about 1 cup, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in balsamic vinegar, then pour liquid over onions and cool to room temperature. Chill, covered, 1 to 3 days (for flavors to develop).
• Serve chilled or at room temperature.

ROAST BEEF SANDWICHES WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR RED ONIONS AND BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Combine onions, vinegar, and sugar in medium bowl; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Let stand until onions are soft, tossing occasionally, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
• Place bottom halves of rolls on work surface. Sprinkle with cheese. Top each with 3 tomato slices, then 1/4 of roast beef. Top each with 1/2 cup watercress, then 1/4 of pickled onions. Cover with tops of rolls. Cut each sandwich in half.

SWEET AND SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Arrange the onions in a 9x13 inch baking pan. Arrange the onions so that the flat side of the onion is facing the ceiling.
• In a small mixing bowl mix together the vinegar and sugar. Spoon the mixture onto the flat surface of the onions.
• In another mixing bowl combine the breadcrumbs with 1/4 cup oil, sage, rosemary and parsley. Mix the mixture until well combined. Pat the mixture evenly onto the flat side of the onions.
• Drizzle the remaining 1/4 cup of oil over the onions and bake for 45 minutes or until the onions are tender when pierced. Let the onions cool at room temperature. Serve with salt and pepper to taste.

SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Cut a cross into root end of onions, and set aside. In a saute pan that will hold onions snugly in one layer, place onions, butter and enough water to come no more than 1 inch up sides of pan.
• Place pan over medium heat for about 20 minutes, turning onions occasionally. Add a little water if pan begins to run dry.
• Add vinegar, sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Turn onions again, and reduce heat to low. Continue to cook for 1 hour or more, turning onions occasionally, and adding a tablespoon or two of water whenever necessary. Onions are done when they are a rich, dark, golden brown all over, and are easily pierced when prodded with a fork. Serve hot, with pan juices.

SWEET AND SOUR PEARL ONIONS

Steps:

• Working in 2 batches, blanch the onions in a medium pot of boiling water for 3 minutes. Peel.
• Heat the oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Cook, turning the onions over as they brown, until almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add the broth, vinegar, sugar and raisins and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until the sauce is slightly thickened and the onions are tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the salt and serve.

BBQ PORK SANDWICHES WITH SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS AND CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450F. Make pork rub: 1. In a small bowl with a fork, stir together all pork rub ingredients until well combined. 2. Pat pork dry and press rub into meat (expect uneven clumping) 3. In a nonstick skillet, heat veg. oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and brown pork, turning occasionally, about 5 min. 4. Transfer pork to shallow baking pan and roast in middle of oven until 155F (about 15 minutes) 5. Transfer pork to cutting board, let stand 5 min. Toast rolls in oven. Make basting sauce: 1. While pork is roasting, in a bowl stir together all basting sauce ingredients Make BBQ sauce: 1. While pork is roasting, in a small sauce pan heat peanut oil over med-high heat until hot but not smoking and cook shallot, garlic, red pepper flakes, cumin, and chili powder, stirring 2 minutes. 2. Stir in remaining BBQ sauce ingredients, simmer, stirring, 4 minutes or until slightly thickened. Prepare onions and cucumbers: 1. Peel and seed cucumber and cut enough into ¼ inch dice to measure ¼ cup. 2. Thinly slice enough onion to measure ¼ cup 3. In small bowl, stir together cucumber, onion, vinegar, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Make Sandwiches: 1. Slice pork an toss with basting sauce. 2. Make sandwiches with rolls, pork, BBQ sauce, and cucumbers

SEARED TUNA WITH OVEN-DRIED TOMATOES AND SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• To make the tomatoes, preheat the oven to 280 degrees. Place the tomatoes on a baking sheet and sprinkle with the thyme, sugar, half of the garlic and salt and pepper. Bake for 3 1/2 hours.
• Meanwhile, to prepare the onions, combine the water, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper in a medium-size saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes. Drain and let cool. Toss with the olive oil and set aside.
• When the tomatoes are cool enough to handle, coarsely chop them. Heat the olive oil in a medium-size skillet over medium heat. Add the tomatoes, tarragon and remaining garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• To make the tuna, combine the rosemary, garlic, poppy seeds, cracked pepper and salt. Roll each piece of tuna in the mixture until well coated. Heat the oil in a large nonstick or cast-iron skillet over high heat. Sear on all sides until browned on the outside but medium rare in the center, about 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from pan and cut each piece across into 1/4-inch thick slices.
• Divide the onion mixture among 4 plates. Place the tomato mixture over the onions. Top with tuna slices, season with salt and serve immediately.

SWEET AND SOUR BALSAMIC BABY ONIONS

Steps:

• Cook the unpeeled onions in boiling water to cover for about 10 minutes; drain.
• Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain well.
• Peel the skin off of the onions.
• Cook the butter with brown sugar in a saucepan or skillet until butter melts, whisking often.
• Add in balsamic vinegar; mix to combine, then add in peeled onions; season with salt and pepper (if using) simmer for about 15 minutes or until thickened.
• Delicious!

GREEN BEANS WITH SWEET AND SOUR RED ONIONS

Steps:

• Steam beans until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer to plate.
• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add next 3 ingredients. sauté until onion begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Add vinegar and sugar. Stir until sauce thickens, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add beans; toss to coat and heat through, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Mound in shallow bowl.

SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Boil onions in well-salted water for 5 minutes, until softened slightly but still firm. Drain and place in baking dish (ceramic or stainless steel) just big enough to contain onions in one layer.
• In small bowl, stir together red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, salt and saffron until dissolved. Add raisins and currants. Pour mixture over onions to coat evenly. Cover tightly and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees, stirring every 15 minutes or so, until onions are quite tender. Cool to room temperature.
• Carefully stir in lemon zest and lemon juice. Let onions marinate at least 1 hour. Serve sprinkled with pine nuts. May be prepared ahead and refrigerated up to 4 days.

GRILLED SALMON AND SWEET AND SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Peel and cut onions into quarters or eighths and slice in food processor.
• Heat oil in nonstick skillet and saute onion, partly covered, about 10 minutes.
• When onion begins to soften, stir in ginger and vinegar; cover and continue cooking over low heat until onion is soft, 5 minutes more.
• Wash and dry fish. Grill on stove-top grill, or broil. Measure fish at thickest point, and cook 8 to 10 minutes to the inch.
• Wash and stem grapes. Add grapes, oregano and thyme to onion; season with pepper and cook, covered, until the rest of the meal is ready, a few minutes longer. Arrange salmon on two dinner plates and top with onion-grape mixture.

BLACK COD WITH ROASTED SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Using sharp knife, make three 1/4-inch-deep, 2 1/2-inch-long diagonal cuts in skin of each fish fillet. Arrange fillets in single layer, skin side up, in 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish. Pour Sherry and 1/4 cup olive oil over; sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to 6 hours, turning occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 425°F. Combine butter and garlic in heavy medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat until butter melts and garlic begins to brown, about 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard garlic clove. Add panko to butter (mixture will bubble); cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Add lemon juice; remove from heat. Stir in pimentón. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Cover to keep warm while preparing fish.
• Remove fish from marinade and drain. Sprinkle fish with coarse salt. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish fillets, skin side down, and cook until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Turn fillets over; place skillet in oven and roast until fish is just opaque in center, about 2 minutes.
• Spoon Roasted Sweet-and-Sour Onions into center of 6 plates. Top each serving with 1 fish fillet. Spoon sauce over and serve.
• *Available in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets and at Asian markets.
• **Available at some supermarkets, specialty foods stores, and by mail from La Tienda (888-472-1022; tienda.com).

CIPOLLINI AGRO DOLCE (SWEET AND SOUR ONIONS)

Steps:

• Place onions in a single layer in a large pot.
• Add equal amounts of wine and water, enough to cover the onions.
• Add olive oil, salt, pepper, and red chili pepper if using.
• Bring to a boil, cover and boil slowly for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove cover and add sugar, vinegar, and tomato paste, stirring to combine.
• Boil down liquid, stirring often, to glaze onions with juices, until the sauce has thickened and the onions are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Remove chile before serving.

ROASTED SWEET-AND-SOUR ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Wrap each onion tightly in foil. Place onions in roasting pan and roast until very tender when pierced with knife, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool. Trim and remove onion peel. Halve onions lengthwise, then slice thinly lengthwise. Transfer to medium bowl. Add vinegar and lemon juice and toss to blend. Let onion mixture stand at room temperature at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.
• Combine 1/2 cup vermouth and currants in small saucepan. Bring to boil. Remove from heat. Cover and let steep at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.
• Stir currant mixture, oil, and 1 tablespoon vermouth into onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before continuing.) Stir in pine nuts.

SWEET AND SOUR CIPOLLINI ONIONS

Steps:

• Place raisins in a bowl; cover with 1/2 cup hot water. Let stand 30 minutes or until plump. Drain.
• Trim top and root end of onions. Cook onions in boiling water 2 minutes. Drain. Cool and peel.
• Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions to pan, stirring well to coat. Stir in 3 tablespoons water, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, and black pepper.
• Cover, reduce heat, and cook 40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Add raisins and pine nuts to pan. Increase heat to medium, and cook, uncovered, 10 minutes or until lightly browned and liquid almost evaporates, stirring occasionally.

SWEET AND SOUR PEARL ONIONS WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan 3/4 full of water to a boil over high heat. Add the onions and cook for 30 seconds.
• Drain and place under cold running water to halt the cooking.
• Drain again.
• Using a small, sharp knife, trim off the root ends and slip off the skins.
• Do not cut the onions too deeply or they will fall apart.
• In a large, heavy frying pay over medium heat, combine the onions, stock and butter.
• Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are partially cooked, about 30 minutes.
• Uncover the pan and stir in the vinagar, sugar, salt and pepper.
• Reduce the heat to low and cook, uncovered, shaking the pan occasionaly, until the onions are very tender when pierced with a fork, about 30 minutes.
• Add a bit of warm water if needed to keep the onions moist.
• Serve warm.

SWEET-AND-SOUR BABY ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add cippoline onions and saute until brown in spots, about 5 minutes. Add vinegar and powdered sugar and toss to coat. Bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until onions are just tender, about 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper and simmer uncovered until vinegar is reduced to glaze, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Transfer to bowl and serve. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over low heat, thinning with 1 tablespoon water, if necessary.) *Available at specialty foods stores and some supermarkets.

ONIONS AGRODOLCE (SWEET AND SOUR ONIONS)

Steps:

• Put the onions in a heavy saucepan with the olive oil over moderately-high heat.
• As soon as the onions start to brown, add the port, vinegar, brown sugar raisins and salt and cayenne pepper to taste.
• Simmer slowly until the onions are quite soft and the sauce has turned to a thick syrup.
• Serve at room temperature with roast or grilled meats.