Our do-it-yourself caramelized onion dip will shortly grow to be your favourite celebration appetizer! It’s full of wonderful savory taste, oven-roasted onions and garlic cloves, and creamy Greek yogurt and bitter cream.
A bit candy, completely savory, and delightfully thick caramelized onion dip is our go-to celebration appetizer, and has been for years. It’s all the time the primary appetizer to vanish on sport day, impresses a crowd, is made with healthful elements, and comes collectively simply with out many dishes to wash!
Roast the onions and garlic within the oven, then combine all of it along with Greek yogurt, bitter cream, and a few spices for the final word app. It’s completely versatile, tastes nice with veggies, crackers, and extra, and is full of taste. Make a double (and even triple!) batch on your subsequent gathering. Belief us! This dip will disappear 😉
“This recipe was so scrumptious and really easy to make!! Who knew you possibly can caramelize onions within the oven!! We ate it with chips, crackers and veggies!” – Alex
Customise this caramelized onion and garlic dip to your liking with any of those swaps and variations:
Our Prime Suggestions When Making This Dip
Double or triple to feed a crowd: Since you pile the onions in the course of a baking sheet and so they don’t take up an excessive amount of house, be at liberty to double or triple the recipe to feed a crowd with out including to the prep time!
Don’t burn your onions: When roasting the onions, be certain that they’re all touching one another on the pan. If there are any stragglers on the perimeters, they’ll possible burn. Maintain ’em in a pile to keep away from burning — it’s idiot proof.
This dip disappears shortly so don’t plan on having any leftover! In the event you do have leftover caramelized onion dip, retailer it in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days.
Make Forward Caramelized Onion Dip
There are a pair methods to make this dip forward of time, which may are available in clutch when you’re planning for a get-together or celebration:
- Slice the onions and put together the pinnacle of garlic. Place in an hermetic bag (get as a lot air out as doable) and refrigerate for as much as 2 days earlier than roasting. When able to make the dip, comply with the recipe as written.
- Observe the recipe by way of step 6. As soon as the onions and garlic are utterly cool, switch to an hermetic container and refrigerate for as much as 2 days earlier than persevering with with the recipe.
You may serve this dip scorching or chilly, however we favor including the recent onions proper into the Greek yogurt combination and consuming instantly. Different concepts we’ve tried:
- As a dip: This recipe is in the beginning a creamy dip for recent veggies, crackers, pretzels, crostini, crusty bread, you title it.
- Unfold it on a sandwich: This caramelized onion dip could be a scrumptious addition to so many sandwiches! Add it to our breakfast sandwich or strive it in your favourite deli sandwich.
- In a rooster salad: This may occasionally sound loopy, however shred some rooster and blend it with 1/2 cup to 1 cup of this caramelized onion dip for one AMAZING rooster salad. Thoughts blown!
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Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
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Add the white onions to a baking sheet. Add 3 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 teaspoon of salt to the onions. Toss the onions till they’re all coated in oil. Collect all the onions to the center of the pan so they’re all in a pile. If they’re unfold out, they’ll burn.
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Run the open finish of the garlic underneath water in order that the cloves grow to be moist. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of olive oil after which wrap the pinnacle of garlic in tin foil. Place it on the baking sheet.
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Bake the onions for 40-50 minutes, tossing each 20 minutes till the onions are brown and caramelized.*
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Whereas the onions are baking add the Greek yogurt, bitter cream, Worcestershire, recent thyme, the remaining salt, and pepper to a bowl and blend to mix.
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When the onions are caramelized, take a kitchen shears and lower by way of the onions so they’re lower up into smaller items.
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Add the onions to the yogurt combination and squeeze the cloves out of the garlic head. Smash the cloves with the again of a spoon and stir all the elements collectively to mix.
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Take pleasure in instantly with crackers or crostini or cowl and refrigerate. The dip will grow to be extra flavorful the longer it sits.
- The cook dinner time varies by oven.
- We used white onions, however yellow or pink onions will work, too.
Energy: 95 kcal, Carbohydrates: 6 g, Protein: 3 g, Fats: 7 g, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 3 g
Vitamin data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Images: pictures taken on this submit are by Erin from The Picket Skillet.