Molasses-Baked Onions

Name: Molasses-Baked Onions
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams bacon slices , halved crosswise; 2 Tbsps molasses (regular or robust; not blackstrap); 1 teaspoons salt, or to taste; 12 fluid ounces 1/2 cups tomato juice (12 fluid ounces); 2 Tbsps unsalted butter; 4 larges sweet onions such as Vidalia, Walla Walla, or Oso Sweet (3 to 4 lb total); 355 milliliters water

Molasses-Baked Onions requires approximately 5 hours from start to finish. This side dish has 218 calories, 5g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of water, molasses, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.

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Oven

Peel and trim onions, keeping root ends intact, then halve each lengthwise. Arrange, cut sides up, in 1 layer in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish or other 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.

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Onion

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Glass Baking Pan

Baking Pan

Bring tomato juice, water, butter, molasses, and salt to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, then pour over onions.

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Tomato Juice

Molasses

Butter

Onion

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Bake onions, uncovered, basting with juices every 30 minutes, until tender, about 2 hours.

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Onion

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Oven

Lay 2 pieces of bacon side by side over each onion half and continue to bake onions, basting once with juices halfway through baking, until onions are very tender, bacon is browned, and juices are thickened, about 1 hour more.

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Onion

Bacon