Braised with butter and chicken stock, these are a great side for roast beef or stews.
Braised onions are the side of choice withbeef Bourguignonbut they are also wonderful with roast beef and other stews.
Trader Joe’s sells a pack of multi-colored pearl onions that cook up beautifully as braised onions.
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it’s possible for you to of course skip this first step by using pre-peeled frozen pearl onions.
These onions are delicious.
More Ways To Prepare Onions
Braised Onions
Recipe fromJulia’s Kitchen Wisdomby Julia Child.
Blanch whole pearl onions to make the skins easy to remove.Elise Bauer
Drain and rinse in cold water to stop cooking.
Slice off the ends; slip off the skins.
If you are using frozen pearl onions, defrost and drain them before the next step.
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Put onions in one layer in a saucepan with chicken stock or water coming up halfway.
Add 1 tablespoon butter, season lightly, cover, and simmer slowly 25 minutes, or until tender.
Before braising, saute peeled onions in one layer in butter until lightly browned.
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Uncover, boil off excess liquid, and fold in another Tbsp of butter if you wish.
For “creamed” onions add some heavy cream to white-braised onions when they are just tender.
Simmer several minutes until thickened, basting.
