Spread the love
These Foil Roasted Caramelized Onions are a great way to make caramelized onions without the fuss and problems of stirring them in a pan and hoping that they don’t burn.
Simple and not much active time, get you a lovely little caramelized onion. Perfect!
How to use Foil Roasted Caramelized Onions
And there’s so many things you can do with them!
- Blend them into a soup for a roasty flavor.
- Chop them up and add them to tacos, enchiladas, or a sandwich.
- Top a pizza with caramelized onions.
- They make a great addition to a side dish.
- Just steam or roast some veggies like broccoli, asparagus or carrots and throw in some foil roasted caramelized onions for a super simple but yummy side.
- Add some green or red peppers and you have the makings for fajitas.
- Oh, or top them with a fried egg for a yummy breakfast!
- They’re kind of like how I do my baked potatoes; and they’d be great in a baked potato too!
- The options are pretty much endless.
Roast these in the oven year-round, or on the grill when the weather cooperates.
Foil Roasted Caramelized Onions Recipe
Foil Roasted Caramelized Onions
Ingredients
- 1 large onion peeled
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil or light tasting oil of your choice
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 1 thyme sprig
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Cut onion in half vertically, and drizzle each cut side with 1/4 teaspoon oil. Sprinkle halves evenly with salt and pepper. Place thyme sprig on 1 onion half; top with other half. Wrap in foil.
- Bake the wrapped onion at 400° for 1 hour or until tender. Cool to room temperature. Discard thyme, and chop onions.
Recipe Notes
Adapted from Cooking Light
culinaryginger says
What a great idea! I love caramelized onions and this makes it so much easier.
Sophia @ NY Foodgasm says
OMG I am obsessed with caramelized onions! LOOOOOVE this! Love how easy you make it!
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
omigosh this is crazy easy!! brilliant!
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
Those onions would be perfect on my burgers! YUM. This is a great way to do it.
Jeanine says
Wow this would be perfect for me! I don’t like dealing with onions and This would be so much easier!
Chelsie Carr says
I am TOTALLY trying this for my beef stroganoff I’m making tomorrow! Thanks!
kcurrierlewis says
I absolutely love onions on almost everything! This is such a great method of cooking them!
Michele says
WOW I never thought of wrapping an onion in foil and baking–it makes a lot of sense. I do love onions but klutzy me generally burns them on top of the stove.
mealplanmaven says
I love this idea Debi and can’t wait to try it! The onions must taste so sweet!
Two Healthy Kitchens says
What a beautifully simple idea! I love all your suggestions for yummy ways to use this, but you really got we with the fried egg topper! Yes, please! I’ve seriously got to try that (like, maybe even tomorrow)! Mmmmmm … thanks for the great idea! 😀 ~Shelley
Cara (@StylishGeek) says
They look delish but I’m not a fan of onions (yup, not even onion rings). But my hubby is so this is a good recipe to add to my archives 🙂
Erica (@Erica's Recipes) says
just like roasted garlic, magic happening in a pouch. I never would have thought to do this to onions and I’m loving the idea Debi
Heather Sander says
Yum! I want to try this out. I love caramelized onions.
crystal says
Yum, that sounds amazing. I love any recipe that’s easy to prepare & to clean up. This will be added to our rotation.
Chelley @ AisForAdelaide says
This is my favorite way to have an onion! They’re SO good!
Andi says
My hubby would love this! And my co-worker – both love onion everything!
Debra says
Oh man. We don’t eat onions because of my husband but man, I want to break the rules for this!
Karissa Ancell (@KarissaAncell) says
What a great way to do onions.
Michelle F. says
Yum! I love caramelized onions. What a great way to make them.
Jenna @ A Savory Feast says
I made dinner wrapped in foil last night, and now I’m obsessed! That would be such a tasty way to cook onions. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Myrabev says
I am never actually eaten caramelized onions before so this is awesome for me to try
redheadloves says
Mmmm! Those look really really good!
Ask Coach Donna says
Yep – I have saved this recipe – never knew – but I do love the flavor of sauteed onion – I just know I’ll love this and the ideas you gave – thank you!!
Rebekah says
Oh my gosh I can imagine how fantastic they must smell! yummy!
Mistee Dawn says
Yum! I bet my hubby would really love this. He loves caramelized onions.
daydreamingbeauty says
These look delicious! I will definitely be trying!
kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says
You’ve just blown my mind with this one…YUM! Pinning.
Liz Mays says
Sounds incredible and I may just dream of this for the rest of the day.
Nicole Neverman says
This sounds like a wonderful way to caramelize onions. I love that sprig of thyme, bet it adds such a beautiful flavor to the onions. I must try this!!
Jeanne Melanson says
Yum, I’ve got to give this recipe to my boyfriend. He’s the cook around here, and he adds onions to everything. He’s going to love this. Thanks!
Jaime says
I seriously just swooned. I looooove onions and this looks like heaven!
Travel Blogger says
Those look so good! I love cooking things in aluminum foil, clean up is a breeze and they always cook so beautifully.
Katie Matthews (@XKatieMatthewsX) says
Mmm yummy! I love using red onions for extra flavour! Have you tried adding a bit of honey?! It adds such a lovely touch!
Katie <3
Rosie says
Oh my golly this looks amazing. Great post I will definitely be trying it out. A red onion would be tasty too.
Rosie
http://www.rosedogandco.blogspot.com.au
Charlotte's Little Web says
Seriously?? These look incredible. And I absolutely LOVE the idea of blending them into a soup! Thanks for the tip!
xx
Charlotte’s Little Web
Laurie says
I Love this idea! Thanks.
Local Adventurer (Las Vegas Blog) says
this looks delicious. we need to try roasting in foil more often! 🙂
thatfinancechic says
These will go perfect with bone soup…..
Deidre says
SO smart. We have been using foil a lot in our cooking lately.
Taralyn - Keep Moving Forward With Me says
Those sound yummy! Perfect addition to dinner!
Michelle De La Cerda says
Brilliant idea, can’t wait to try it. I love onions!!! I’d eat it straight out of the foil.
Taneja's Bride says
Okay, this is probably a way I can eat an onion AND like it. This looks delish! <3
Lindsay says
Ahhh this is perfection! I love onions and I need to make this ASAP 🙂
Emily says
I am an awful cook! But this looks easy enough for me! Love onions!!
April J Harris (@apriljharris) says
Love this idea, Debi! Your Caramelized Onions look so good and this is such a great method. Pinned, yummed, added to Foodie and tweeted. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Hearth and Soul hop.
vegetarianmamma says
They look great! Pinned this!
Winter White says
I LOVE ONIONS! Especially on tacos or any other Mexican food dish. This would be a great way to add them into other dishes as well.
Healing Tomato says
What a brilliant idea for caramelized onions. I am actually thinking of making these onions and then pickling them into Indian Flavored pickles.
Adrienne Andrews says
I can’t wait to try this for my French onion soup. Can any extra onions be frozen?
Debi says
Adrienne, French onion soup is a great use for these onions. I love it! I’ve never frozen these onions, but I freeze my Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes with Onions all the time https://lifecurrentsblog.com/balsamic-roasted-tomatoes-onions/ So, I think it will work well. Thanks for stopping in and leaving a comment!