Vegetables Recipe • Caramelized Onions

This has the sweet Vidalia onion and it's just plain good. Other sweet onions can also be used if Vidalia is not in season. Try it, you'll like it.

Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon, chopped
• 2 medium (2-1/2" dia)s sweet onions, cut into thin strips
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper

Cooking Directions

1. Place bacon in a heavy skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove bacon, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings in skillet. Crumble bacon, and set aside.
2. Cook onions in reserved drippings for 15 minutes, or until onion is soft and caramel colored. Stir in molasses, salt and pepper. Place in a serving dish, and sprinkle with crumbled bacon.

Nutrition Facts

• calories243.7
• carbohydrateContent13 g
• cholesterolContent28.6 mg
• fatContent19 g
• fiberContent1 g
• proteinContent5.5 g
• saturatedFatContent6.3 g
• sodiumContent501.2 mg
• sugarContent7.9 g