I used to use my old lab goggles from high school chemistry to cut onions, but they have been missing for a long time . . . might have to check your link!

Best,
Sarah

I will definitely be making these! What a great use for the slow cooker. Onions–as my boyfriend’s dad says–are the food of the gods.

aurelia.donka said…

That looks yummy.

It also looks like instant french onion soup with the addition of the beef broth in the freezer.

7:31 AM
Charlie’sMama said…

All I can say is…..
THANK YOU!!!!!

7:33 AM
Greta @ Mom Living Healthy said…

This is so great! You have wonderful ideas for using the crock pot. Thanks

9:40 AM
Jennifer said…

Oh my – I have to try this! Love my slow cooker….. love onions…… cannot get any better!

Cut your onions COLD – refrigerate a couple hours before cutting Helps alot! Have heard you can just stick in the freezer for a short while too but never tried it!

4:08 PM
Julie said…

GREAT idea!

Have you tried slicing them in a food processor? Mine has a slicing blade. Or would this make the slices too thin?

6:23 PM
Sarah said…

Aurelia – EXACTLY!! Yum.

Jennifer – Thanks for the tip! I’ve tried that before (the cold thing) and it does tend to work pretty well . . . I always end up crying at the end though! I found that the tip worked better if I had it in the fridge for at least a few hours rather than the freezer for twenty to thirty minutes. Plus, I’d always forget about one or two in the freezer, they’d freeze, and then defrost into mush. Ugh.

I’ve also been trying to NOT cut the root end off and that seems to help too. I cut the stem end off, cut it in half, through the root end, and then peel the papery skin off and chop until I reach the root, which I discard. It works, a bit, but I still cry!

Julie – I think the food processor might make it a bit too thin, they work best if they’re around 1/4″ thick or else they just kind of melt away, but I haven’t tried it yet. The onions I used were pretty large and I’d have had to cut a lot off of them to make them fit the chute, so I decided to just cut them in half and then in half moons.

Thank you all! I hope you decide to make these, they are SOOO yummy!

Best,
Sarah

4:02 PM

3:50 PM
Erin said…

This is one of the few recipes where I’d pull out my V-slicer. Like a mandoline, only about $20 instead of $200. You could set it to the thick setting and each onion would be done in about 1 minute. The tears might still get you, but slicing them that fast would help a lot.

3:51 PM
Anonymous said…

My husband swearas by this annd it does seem too work. He lights a candle nearby while slicing onions. This is susposed to pull the onion oil from the air and keep you from breathing it in.
HTH,
Kristal in the mountians of SW VA

**Can’t wait to try this recipe.
**Please post your recipe for onion dip using these onions!!

7:38 AM
Anita said…

This sounds delicious….topping for hamburger steak, sandwiches, the applications are mind boggling..and so easy. Thanks for the tip.

9:26 AM
Tracie said…

Wow…the timing for this recipe is perfect! I just bought one of those huge bags of onions from Costco and really wanted to make Onion soup. I am also putting together a post for unique homemade gifts..hope you don’t mind if I link to your post for this one? ….This looks delish!

9:55 AM
Mary said…

I’m going to give this a try. You’ve made me very curious.

9:57 AM
ButterYum said…

Count me in!!! I adore the way your described these. Will definitely be trying them very soon!!!

ButterYum

5:11 PM

I also came to the decision that I am not going to bother planting onions next year! Mine are all mush already. (Nasty, moldy mush.) A high school acquaintance grows them and sells 50# bags at the farmers market in the summer for $15 – that seems like a no-brainer. Two of the onions pretty much filled my crockpot, too!

Here's hoping I can spring fondue on my hubs soon. :>) Oh, and how about the recipe for the dip? Superbowl is coming!