My Mexican parents loved to wrap up onions in foil and toss them in hot coals while they grilled meat outside. The onions would caramelize beautifully and we'd add salt and lime
It’s almost midnight, my freezer is full of frozen food, and the onion on my counter is, strangely, looking more appetizing than any of the other stuff in my house.
@@darkstalkerkaathe4582 I did, with limited success. I used a white onion, and after about an hour in the oven it still wasn’t fully cooked. But if you’re desperate or desperately bored, and you have an onion sitting around… That said, maybe not the best midnight snack.
I am on a very tight budget, and onions are a mainstay of my diet. I eat one every day- in some form. But I have never thought of roasting one in the oven with the skin on! This looks absolutely delicious and adds to my uses of onions. They are loaded with nutrients, too, and are good for the health. And crazy simple. Thank you, Sir!
One a tight budget I actually did a variety of onion, potato, and cheap packaged brown gravy meals. I could get two meals out of 1 potato and one onion plus the gravy. Easiest was probably bake 1 potato and onion. When they are about 20 minutes in make the gravy. Get out two bowls. When potato and onion are done you half both. squish the potato halves into the bottom of the two bowls, top the potato with half an onion (I'd usually give each half a chop or three), top with gravy. Also, if you peel potato, you can try to get the strips of skin to be semi evenly sized and fry them up (or bake them), top with salt when cooling and you have the most potato-y potato chips ever. Very easy to burn though.
What a world we live in. 5 million people have said to themselves, “Self, should I watch a guy bake an onion while dressed like Ben Franklin? Yes, Self, you should.”
I mean your not wrong there . All I can say if sticking you tongue out and rolling your eyes makes some young ladies 5 million per year I dont see why papa smurf here shouldn't be getting more love. I mean I find it quite interesting and learn to cook 1800 center to me has real appellation today. But that's come from some that would struggle to boil water in a microwave.
It's a historical reenactment. He's got the old timey kitchen set up, paired with an old timey outfit, making old timey dishes from an old timey recipe book with old timey ingredients/cooking methods
My late mother used to put onions in our open coal fire, rap them in tinfoil, and roast them...They were delicious with salt and brown homemade bread and Irish butter... Brings back memories. Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪
I am roasting 4 yellow onions as I type this out. 2 in foil and 2 bare. I prepared a pot of grits with bacon grease and cheddar cheese. A rustic supper for a cold evening.
They were quite tasty! Next time I will wrap them each in a thick bacon slice and roast them. We use bacon grease often in baking cookies, too. @@samscarletta7433
I did this not too long ago and decided to bake a potato to go with it. I then scooped out the insides of the potato and mashed them with the onion, some salt, pepper, and a bit of butter, then put the mashed mix back into the potato shell...legitimately one of the best things I've ever made. It was almost disappointing to me that it was so good simply because of how little culinary muscle is required. I like making complex dishes as a general rule...but this one threw me for a loop.
Roasted onions are really nice like this, and this is definitely authentic, but to everybody reading this....... Cut them in half (vertically) with the skin on, and place the halves flat side down in a pan with enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan....add a few sprigs of sage or rosemary (or both), and cook them as long as you would like, adding any additional seasoning at the end (salt, pepper, etc). The onions caramelize on the flat side while remaining tender from leaving the peel on. This is not to bash what is in the video, but you should definitely try it out. The pan can go in the oven at room temp, no need to get it hot first!
Afterburner No, the skin being left on will help retain most of the moisture. The flat (exposed) part of the onion will be cooking gently in the olive oil, so while that side may crisp a little bit, it shouldn’t dry out or burn in any way. This is why the pan should be at room temperature. If the onions are put on hot oil/preheated pan, that side might get too dark by the time they finish roasting.
Afterburner Yes, you should cut it in half so that from the scaly leaves to the stem, it is split down the middle, and end up with mirror-image halves (they will cook evenly this way).
Brendan Haley I appreciate your advice. I’m going to give it a try and I will let you know how it turns out. This sounds like the perfect dish to go with a steak.
@@baderminahdin9450 Well, I believe I read it either in the Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England or some other historical book related to food history. If you didn't have the cash, you could use crops and onions were used frequently. Another ingredient we think of as a recent development is almond milk, it was used extensively in medieval cooking.
Yeah I feel ya on how...humorous these older recipies are, ya know? Like, nowadays a lot of recipies are complex. Even more simple dishes have a few steps to them. But just a literal recipe that says “onion + oven = good” is just a comedical expectation subversion. It’s neat to see how far we’ve come in lots of little things even like cooking recipies.
It always shocks me that so many people don't really eat onions, haha. Where I'm from, eating onions is very common! :) I've been eating them raw and bakes since I was a child, along with garlic. The red (purple) ones we usually eat raw - you just eat it with some cold food, like smoked & salted ham, bread, sour cream, and sometimes even some boiled potatoes. (That's what we call the Peasant's dinner!) You can also chop them up, pour some vinegar on them and mix it with some sugar and salt (basically you make a real quick brine) and let it sit for a couple hours, or maybe overnight. It goes well with so many dishes, sandwiches too. It helps with digestion as well! As for the cooking onions (white / yellow), we very commonly bake them whenever we bake potatoes. Though, in my family we usually slice them in half, it makes them bake faster and allows you to add some salt or other seasonings on top if you feel like it. We also like to put in many cloves of garlic (the skin should be on!) in between the potatoes, and let those bake as well. You just peel the skin off when it's ready, and you can enjoy your caramelized onions and garlic along with your baked potatoes (and the potatoes taste better too if you bake everything together)! It's tasty stuff and healthy as well! Not to mention that onions are usually quite cheap. I really recommend eating them!
THIS. habits changed so much. I think the fact that onions and vegetables in general are less tasty than before plays a big role. I moved to the UK recently and they don't hit the same way as they did in my hometown.
@@legrandarkan Yeah, I think so too. I think it's the effect of growing them in masses in effective ways, not growing them naturally, and sometimes harvesting before they're fully ripe. Last summer we planted a few tomato plants. We mostly left them alone, no chemicals, only manual removal of bugs (ofc we could do this because we only had 3 plants, not 300), and only harvested them after the sun got them nice and ripe. And oh boy. Those tomatoes and the ones from the store couldn't be more different. The store-bought was dry-ish, didn't have a lot of taste, and it wasn't very sweet - it's sometimes kind of bitter, actually. Ours was juicy, had A LOT of taste (and a very good taste at that), it was pleasantly sweet but not to an overwhelming amount. I can't wait for it to be summer again, the store-bought tomatoes just don't do it for me anymore. And I think that's the case with almost all veggies and fruit...
Here in Mexico at any outdoor barbecue, we put green onions with their tails right along with the meat on the grill until they are charred. They are served alongside the meat and eaten with salt, lime juice and maybe some salsa. Delicious!
It stems from a Spanish tradition in which they bbq’d calcots (green onions) and served them alongside a tart/savory romesco dip with wine and bbq’d meat. Traditional Mexican cuisine is Mayan and azteca ZERO bbq. What you see in traditional Mexican “carne asada” is 100% Spanish.
Team Punk but they are so sweet and delicious.. broke or not roasted onions are yummy 😋. Best served hot out of the coals when camping don’t remove skin you can wrap in foil or not best to not. Cover in coals bake 20 mins while you bbq then remove, dust it off, peel and eat. Nom nom delicious
My friend does this then freezes them in an ice tray then pops the roasted onion/garlic ice cube in a bowl before pouring hot soup on it. A billion times better.
I've done this for years, except I peel the onion, score either side, place a pad of butter on both sides. I then wrap it foil, and bake. Sometimes I add Allegro seasoning, and serve with a good steak. Love this! Thank you!
Gonna try making this using a Vidalia Onion Update: Made last night, 3 Small to Med Vidalia Onions. Cooked 350• 45 Minutes Squeezed into Bowl as seen in this Video, Salt, Pepper Butter.....Delicious as a Side Dish with my Steak. It was unusual tasting an Onion not off BBQ Grill or Sauté in Olive Oil I liked it.
There is really no point in frying them in olive oil, especially extra virgin olive oil, unless you specifically like the taste, as high temperature diminishes advantages of extra virgin olive oil over cheaper oils. I like to fry onions in sunflower oil. Will try to bake them over this weekend with some potatoes.
I made this for Friday lunch once at work. I looked up a video on how to make it just to make sure I didn't loose my mind. As I recall everyone ate at least one onion that day, and other people had brought in smoked pulled pork, mac and cheese, and chips and salsa.
I'm a trucker and I make this all the time. Wrap an onion in aluminum foil throw in the oven at 350 for an hour and presto you got a caramelized delicious onion you can eat like an apple.
That salad sounds nice. We use it like that in Britain and other anglophone countries. I like a bit of chopped raw onion with raita dipping sauce (raita is an Indian sauce, at it's most basic it's just mint + yoghurt)
@@vegasbattleborn1594 Middle Easterners (Levant area like Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan) use the sour pomegranate juice too. Ours is sweet as well as sour, I'm not sure how that compares with Turkey. It's called dibs rumman, you can Google it for more info
It's not uncommon to put onions in with a meat roast here, especially with some carrots or potatoes. We also cook our onions in different ways & add them to meals all the time, but I think what's so special about this recipe is that the onion stands on its own.
I am from Mexico and in my family we always do baked onions when we do a Carne Azada (mexican bbq), we quarter them, add a little butter and a splash of soy sauce, wrap them in foil and throw them on the grill while the rest of the stuff are getting cooked. Yummmm, they taste awesome with the tacos 😋 Thanks for sharring Keep up the good work God bless you
I’ve probably watched this video ten times. The first time, I made the onion (much to my girlfriend’s dismay.) The next time, I discovered the magic of this comment section and now I have to come back on a regular basis to crack up at people’s responses to this magical video. This is the best comment section on RUclips 😂❤️
Getting to know a girl.. Her: so can you cook? Me: ofcourse! Her: I love a man than can cook! What's your favorite dish to cook? Me: an oven baked onion Her:
Bake a potato along with it and give her beer to drink. Tell her it's a traditional meal. She will be impressed that you bothered to learn traditional meals and that it's healthy.
Here in Chile, my granny always bakes onions like this, sometime she makes a cold salad with chopped roasted onions, chopped hard boiled eggs, some oil and salt. It´s simply amazing and delicious 😋😊
I watched this video back along and it inspired me to bake onions just as you demonstrated. I liked them so much that I now bake onions in this manner rather frequently. It makes a change from eating meat or fish every evening. Onions are also extremely good for you. Very healthy! I always add salt and lashings of butter. The only thing I change is that I grind black peppercorns and white peppercorns on the baked onions as well. Delicious! Thanks for the suggestion.
no srsly. put a fro & facial hair on mr. townsends & he'll look like ross' ancestor-descendant! (i can't tell which) he's got the face for it, i tells ya
We tried this today. I roasted two onions of the same size but one was a yellow onion and one was a sweet onion. Made exactly as instructed in the video.Served it along side of a baked potato and meatloaf....delicious! The yellow and the sweet tasted much the same however the sweet one was not as well baked although they were done at the same time and they were the same size. Ate it with a little butter and salt. They were so smooth and so mild. I'm waiting to see if it will be kind to my stomach being prepared this way. We would gladly do this again. Thanks so much!
I've made this recipe as the video instructs and ate with butter and salt. Surprisingly delicious! But you have to like onions to start. Baking them takes most all of the "bite" out of them. Haven't tried yet but I just got some Vidalia (sweet and mild) onions and gonna see how they turn out.
When I was between jobs, I had 5 dollars per week for food. This was the early Eighties. I would buy 5lbs of potato's, 2.5 lbs Spanish onions and 1 lb butter.. I ate them 3 meals per day. They got me through those tough times.
I just tried this with a large yellow onion. Wow , I wish I had baked two now! It was amazing! Kosher salt worked great with it, offset the sweetness of the onion. Thanks for this!
When we make a campfire in the woods and grill skewers we just throw the whole onion in the ember. The outer layer burns (discard that), but inside is beautiful caramelized sweet onion.
Devexia :3 uhh don’t listen to this guy definitely not directly into the fire. Next to the fire will be fine. You could even put a few coals on top of the onions.
I love everyone's comments here. I'm giggling away. Yesterday I cut up some onions, must have done it wrong, methinks, but put them in with some potatoes, drizzled with olive oil and sea salt. They were amazing! So is this guy, amazing, love him!
My grandmother used to tell me about going to the movies in New York City in the 1920's and they served baked onions to enjoy. Onions are seriously underrated.
Growing up in the 1950's in Ireland my grandmother used to wrap a full onion in baking foil and place two or three of them in the middle of a turf fire for around 30 minutes. When she took them out she would remove the outer layer of the onion and cover the onion with Irish Country Butter, (salted), and white pepper. My mouth is salivating right now thinking about them! She would also, from time to time, place potatoes in their skins through a similar process and they too were absolutely delicious.
We basically do this when we grill. We wrap a few onions in tin foil and throw it on the grill and eat it with our meat. Not sure if its a Mexican thing but its really easy and goes good with anything
Romanian here. We usually just throw the onions in the embers(is that the word?) after the fire's died down. Just peel off the charred layer and you're good to go. Goes grreat with some bread that's been spread with the dripping from some smoked pig fat(slănină).
I didn't know this was a real thing! I learned about this from my grandpa and have done it myself for most of my life, but I haven't been able to find anyone else that did it. He called it a "squatted onion." I'm sure you get about a billion "This is the best channel on youtube" comments, but seriously. You just helped me make a major connection with my heritage and family history and I'm really thankful for that.
@Sekkeno It's hard to describe if you've never had any kind of cooked onion before. A little sweet, a little savory. Really great texture. Personally, I think it works a lot better as a topping or an ingredient in a bigger dish than it does by itself, but it's super delicious. I can't recommend it highly enough.
@@davidsoon757 My technique is pretty much exactly what his is here. It depends on how soft and jammy you want it. If you want something really sweet and soft, I'd go 375 for about an hour. If you want something a little firmer, 350 for 40 minutes or so. If you peel them beforehand, they'll fall apart. As far as that goes, it's more about how you like it. You can also do a quick version in the microwave but you definitely have to peel them. Wrap your onion in plastic wrap and nuke it on high for about 8-10 minutes and it still comes out great. It's not as caramelized and dark, but it's my go-to for a burger topping. You can definitely still eat it on it's own though.
@@davidsoon757 I almost forgot, for the oven I basically put as many as I can fit in a baking dish or on a sheet pan without overcrowding. In the microwave, you're gonna want to go one at a time.
A happy man, that is for sure. Haven't met many that love their jobs. This man does, and one gardner I knew. He would sing at 5 am while going to work. Woke me up, but what a wonderful way to be woken. Happy people are content, and share the joy of living.
A long time ago I read a book named Bound For Glory, by Woody Guthrie, about his experiences during the depression in America. Many times he would hardly eat. But he told of a memory, on occasion, with things so bad that it was a treat to get hold of an onion, eat it, and felt like he'd eaten all day. What a score. Good book by the way. I'll try this simple pleasure soon. Thanks.
Try this simple cheap dish. Get an onion and a potato. Slice both very thinly. Layer them in a pie tin or baking dish. Onion, potato, salt, pepper, butter. Repeat til you’ve used it all. Bake til soft. So good!
I'm Portuguese, we use a lot of onions in our culinary recipes and salads, I also bake them and caramelize. Caramelized onion+ baked apple/pear+ baked egg+ bread slices is delicious!
I always throw at least one whole onion in on the rare occasion I actually make a roast. They're really tasty and make a great addition to a roast, though I will try roasting with skin on like this guy next time
This is in our Pakistani culture particularly in sindh province . Where i learned this technique from my gramdmother , one time i remeber got an spike stuck in my right foot and it was very hard to take out spike with needle . So she backed this in traditional (oven- different from western ovens) and put a slice of onion on my foot where the spike was stuck . Thirtee minutes later i took off the slice of onion from my foot and there it was the spike was literally just peeking out from the skin and rest of the onion was a delicacy to enjoy.
I decided to make one, and my fiance and her family think I'm a joke, they're making memes like "when your husband says he making dinner!" And there taking pictures of the onion in the oven😭
There's a wonderful Italian cookbook called Cucina Fresca that has a very similar recipe for whole onions, roasted with their skin on, but with balsamic and olive oil, along with salt and pepper. Also very delicious
@@LewisGreyChemGeek Yea exactly,, butter and beer in the north, and olive oil, balsamic and (red) wines in the south. Common misconception BC so many immigrants to English speaking countries come from the south as it's poorer with higher immigration
I tried this recipe, but I'm actually allergic to onion, so I left it out when I made it. Let me tell you, the flavor was. It had this wonderful taste of. Truly a versatile recipe. Thank you.
Wow, I just remembered that my aunt used to bake onions and serve them just like this. This is a memory from when I was a kid. The taste is sweet and mildly oniony, and it has a very interesting texture.
My grandma was from WWII era, and she’d eat raw onion sandwiches, just a thick slice of onion with buttered bread. I’d rather eat onions with your aunt. In fact, my mom hates onions even today because my grandma put so much in her dishes.
I was drunk and hungry recently and remembered this video so I put it in the microwave oven under the 'baked potato option'. And it came out so perfect! put some butter and some salt and pepper on it and I cant believe how delicious it was despite being so simple!
Drunk or sick is when I make this, mind you not throwing up type sick, ypu only make that mistake once. Fot thar i just stuck to fruit and sweet candies, pretty much things that will still taste sweet and sour when they are thrown up (makes it slightly more bearable) This us super healthy for you though I'd suggest a ref onion is the best nutritionally
You can elevate the dish as well, Either use a oven safe pan, of use the metal tray in the oven. Heat oil and fry a half cut onion cut side down till golden brown then flip on the round side If you like chared onions, fry with no oil till chared to your liking, then flip and add oil. In the pan, add water, just enough to cover the pan in a thin layer, and stuff to make sauce mix and match depending on your taste (examples like, gocuchang, soy sauce, tomato sauce, jam, marmelaid, miso paste.) Season with salt and pepper And bake
Stop by their shop some day. We did on a whim while traveling. Everyone was nice, I didn't expect to get to meet Jon and was shocked when he walked up to us.
I would line to hang with this guy talking history also. My husband is a history major but his focus was in war, I on the other hand am more interested in the culture, clothing, food, what did the average person do. Food is a type of loving archeological history. Many recipes from centuries to millennia ago are still being used, even if they came from the other side of the world.
@@willlienellson7451 Biden's closest competitor in the primaries was also in his 70s, and the current president is as well. "Old" and "running for president" usually goes hand in hand.
we (least our family) still does this in britain, especially near christmas, only difference is we add lard, bit of oil and roast them with the potato's, you know they're done when the inner layers start popping out. it's good to appreciate simple wholesome ingredients like a fresh vine-picked tomato or an apple.
and on the other side of the globe, where it is summer in December, we have our Christmas meals etc, sometimes doing a special meal.... with a pork or sheep roast (mainly lamb or hogget, but mutton is popular too), with the onions, sweet potato (specifically kumara), parsnips and any other root vegetables..... slowly roasted in with the meat...OMG !!! But as it is our summer.... we sometimes just travel light, have a sandwich or two, and go for a swim at a river or beach..
@@colonelfustercluck486 I remember my mother roasting onions, with lamb mainly, along with the roast potatoes. That was back in the 1950's and early 60's. I don't think I have ever done that myself, but i can still remember the taste.
I actually tried it and y’all... it was actually really good! I was scared that I would still be tasting the rawness and pungent of an onion but nope I was wrong plus it tasted better than actually fried onions after adding some white and black pepper🤷🏾♂️
Have you never eaten cooked onions lol. Onions get SO SWEET when they're cooked. They don't taste the same at all it's crazy. Can't believe people don't know this :P
This is the first Townsend's video I saw, years ago. Have since watched every new video and went back to watch many that were posted before this. And here I am 4 years later watching roasted onions again. Love you guys!
Stuff like this really gives you an appreciation for the meagre means our ancestors dealt with. A single onion and some salt and that was a meal for some people, and I'm sure they were appreciative of it.
You know back in those days countries and kings and monarchs went to war and sacrificed a lot of lives in order to obtain salt. Seasoning was like an ingredient only the rich and monarchs could have.
As you should be ! There is no telling where life is going to go for you, so being prepared to eat and prepare simple homemade food is really important
You mentioned baking at 350ºF, which is a typical baking temp. Roasting is usually done over 400ºF. A higher temp may change how the sugars in the onion caramelize. This might be worth trying a couple different ways.
@@nahimgudfam it doesnt taste as strong as regular onion. and the core is almost gooey. makes ur whole house smell like it too, which is nice for me i think
This man made me eat an entire onion at 4am by myself
I will never forget this
I love going back to this video from time to time just to read the comments. Hysterical 🤣
Im doing it Now lol
I decided to do one because I’m also seasoning cast iron so the oven’s hot anyway
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lololl
"mother, I am gut-founded! Might we stop at the tavern to sup?"
"My dear, there is foodstuffs at the homestead!"
The foodstuffs at the homestead:
The foodstuffs within said homestead, indeed were an improvement to the tavern's sup. It appears mother's claim was correct by all means.
Gut-founded, huh.
😂
@@doodoobrn quite
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Baked onion recipe
"bake the onion"
Bruno Lopez-vega
I luv ur belly button 😘
Took more letters to write the recipe name than the actual recipe
@@Samiolla Gracias
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Bruno Lopez-vega
I still luv ur belly button 😋
There's something amazingly wholesome about a soft spoken kindly man in a shapeless hat enjoying the hell out a plain baked onion.
Lol 😊😊😊😊
When your actually hungry nobody complains.
"j'aime l'oignon🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅🧅"
- napoleon
“Shapeless hat” made me laugh out loud. Thank you
He reminds me of Bilbo 🤭
recipe too confusing, accidentally made beef Wellington, supper is ruined.
Why can't I have accidents like that at my house?
Lucky, mine got turned it crystal meth
Updoot
Don’t feel bad. It’s an easy mistake to make.
LoL
Can't belive I watched this guy make an onion again 3 years later ...
Same what the hell
u and me both fella
I’ve watched it like 4 times now. I revisit it from time to time
has anyone tried the recipe? lol
@@st0l3nd4rts I’m about to. 😁
2020: Broke? eat Ramen Noodles
1820: Broke,? eat an onion...
o n y o n
@Avomallow The Marshmallow And waaaaaaaay healthier to eat onions
@Avomallow The Marshmallow and better for the environment! compost the wrapper
I had a friend from school who lived on onions for a few weeks between paychecks! Tasty and satisfying
@@montanacrone8984 All the same-may you and your friend never ever have to be real hungry again!
My Mexican parents loved to wrap up onions in foil and toss them in hot coals while they grilled meat outside. The onions would caramelize beautifully and we'd add salt and lime
In Chile we do the same, it's delicious!!
Omg that's the best.
I had an uncle who would do the same, but he also added sliced portobello mushrooms and butter inside the foil. It was wonderful!
In Poland we do that with potatoes
Mexicans just know how to make amazing food
It’s almost midnight, my freezer is full of frozen food, and the onion on my counter is, strangely, looking more appetizing than any of the other stuff in my house.
Did you do it?
@@darkstalkerkaathe4582 I did, with limited success. I used a white onion, and after about an hour in the oven it still wasn’t fully cooked. But if you’re desperate or desperately bored, and you have an onion sitting around…
That said, maybe not the best midnight snack.
@@theatlascomplex2052 Interesting findings. I have just now put 2 shallots to bake as a midnight snack since I don't have anything else to eat.
@@georgieboy761 Update?
Well yeah because freshly cooked food is 100x better than anything frozen
"Hey honey, what's for dinner tonight?"
'An onion."
I mean, it's a dish with layers
Oh boy onion rings!
Cant stop laughing at your comment kebin! Hahahaha made my day
Eat honey instead.
@@DrBodyshot Good one lol
tried this, i feel like there was too much onion, the flavour overpowered the rest of the dish.
Maybe try adding more onion to compensate?
cheesebumble no they need to add a half cup less of onions my friend had the same problem
A sprinkle of onion; always better with some seasonings.
Try some onion salt
Might I suggest doubling the quantity of onions used in this recipe?
I am on a very tight budget, and onions are a mainstay of my diet. I eat one every day- in some form. But I have never thought of roasting one in the oven with the skin on! This looks absolutely delicious and adds to my uses of onions. They are loaded with nutrients, too, and are good for the health. And crazy simple. Thank you, Sir!
One a tight budget I actually did a variety of onion, potato, and cheap packaged brown gravy meals. I could get two meals out of 1 potato and one onion plus the gravy. Easiest was probably bake 1 potato and onion. When they are about 20 minutes in make the gravy. Get out two bowls. When potato and onion are done you half both. squish the potato halves into the bottom of the two bowls, top the potato with half an onion (I'd usually give each half a chop or three), top with gravy. Also, if you peel potato, you can try to get the strips of skin to be semi evenly sized and fry them up (or bake them), top with salt when cooling and you have the most potato-y potato chips ever. Very easy to burn though.
@jamesshoemaker3424 Sounds yummy! Thank you for the Recipe. I also eat potatoes almost every day.
They skewer nice, aka “shish kebob”. I can get by without some ingredients- onions aren’t really one of them
eating onions by themselves. Bidenomics
Ive heard that a whole onion a day apparently makes a mans testosterone skyrocket. Feeling thay at all?
I can’t believe I watched this guy eat an onion with a spoon
I think because it was so easy to prepare and cook he had to balance it out and make it awkward to eat.
This from is the 1800s, like dinosaurs were wiped out only a few years before this so they arent have any forks and knifves
#mukbang
@@K4inan wat
I lol’ed hard for real
What a world we live in. 5 million people have said to themselves, “Self, should I watch a guy bake an onion while dressed like Ben Franklin? Yes, Self, you should.”
LOL, you ain't wrong.
I mean your not wrong there .
All I can say if sticking you tongue out and rolling your eyes makes some young ladies 5 million per year
I dont see why papa smurf here shouldn't be getting more love.
I mean I find it quite interesting and learn to cook 1800 center to me has real appellation today.
But that's come from some that would struggle to boil water in a microwave.
It's a historical reenactment. He's got the old timey kitchen set up, paired with an old timey outfit, making old timey dishes from an old timey recipe book with old timey ingredients/cooking methods
Isn't it great?
I have no regrets
I'm glad someone took the time 200yrs ago to publish this recipe.
Indeed. What if they just carried on their daily lives with this magnificent recipe instead of posting it on their online blog?!?
YUM EDIBLE GROWTHS
This video is an old classic. Cooked onions are one of the simple pleasures that I’ve come to appreciate in this hard life. Thanks Townsend.
Some Hipster restaurant will certainly put this on their menu and charge folks $15 an onion.
there can be only one
$25, because it's served on a splintered wooden board that was smashed out of a packing crate.
oRgAnIc fLaMbEaU'd oNioN rEdUcTiOn
If some idiot ist buying it.. why not? Good business!
Don't gimme ideas to make my first million, now.
My late mother used to put onions in our open coal fire, rap them in tinfoil, and roast them...They were delicious with salt and brown homemade bread and Irish butter... Brings back memories. Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪
Sounds delicious! My regards. God be with you.
Sincerely, a campbell blooded American!
@@KJV_1789 Thankyou 🇮🇪💚
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@@KJV_1789 I prefer NIV
Irish ppl are the negros of Europe, A British man once told me so.
I love this video. He promises to roast an onion in the oven and does exactly that. No more, no less.
One of the things that made me sub lol. I don't need theatrics or overacting, just good content and that's what this is. Who'dathunkit.
Simple yet satisfying =)
you get exactly what you expect and nothing more.
its simple, yes, but good
He promised onions from 1808, but these onions are much younger
@@davidmills7046 Well, he does dress up for the show. In a way that's theatrics, no?
I am roasting 4 yellow onions as I type this out. 2 in foil and 2 bare. I prepared a pot of grits with bacon grease and cheddar cheese. A rustic supper for a cold evening.
That sounds exceptionally delicious ❤️
They were quite tasty! Next time I will wrap them each in a thick bacon slice and roast them. We use bacon grease often in baking cookies, too. @@samscarletta7433
Looks a bit too complex for my liking
Yeah I got anxious when he said I needed to do all that. There's just something off about it. I thought I was gonna pass out whew
I just eat flour. Every morning, every evening, every night. Cake flour is for when I’m feeling fancy
All that just to eat an onion......
@@milyon8910 a mood
Ahahahahaaaaaa
These onions are in great shape for being 200 years old
They've been rejuvenated from 2 centuries of age by soaking them in life juice for a day
Onions are love, onions are life.
GMO
😂
L.M.A.O so funnnnyyy
"We were so poor, we didn't have any salt to put on our baked onions." My great grandfather
Let alone cold butter and such
my grandfather used to slice them before baking. this way he could collect some tears to spice the onions afterwards.
Your family ha onions? Luxury!
malthuswasright
we pick them in secret from the neighbours tree.
Omer Ahmed clearly you haven’t tried hard enough if you don’t have onion trees
I did this not too long ago and decided to bake a potato to go with it. I then scooped out the insides of the potato and mashed them with the onion, some salt, pepper, and a bit of butter, then put the mashed mix back into the potato shell...legitimately one of the best things I've ever made. It was almost disappointing to me that it was so good simply because of how little culinary muscle is required. I like making complex dishes as a general rule...but this one threw me for a loop.
Mother of god that sounds good 🤤
I am taking your suggestion and making this for my lunch today :)
@@GlazedLemon I hope you like it as much as I do.
@Dom_Maretti I can confirm it was very tasty! 😋
@@GlazedLemon Glad to hear it.
Roasted onions are really nice like this, and this is definitely authentic, but to everybody reading this.......
Cut them in half (vertically) with the skin on, and place the halves flat side down in a pan with enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan....add a few sprigs of sage or rosemary (or both), and cook them as long as you would like, adding any additional seasoning at the end (salt, pepper, etc). The onions caramelize on the flat side while remaining tender from leaving the peel on. This is not to bash what is in the video, but you should definitely try it out.
The pan can go in the oven at room temp, no need to get it hot first!
Brendan Haley Do any vital onion juices tend to escape with them facing down?
Afterburner No, the skin being left on will help retain most of the moisture. The flat (exposed) part of the onion will be cooking gently in the olive oil, so while that side may crisp a little bit, it shouldn’t dry out or burn in any way. This is why the pan should be at room temperature. If the onions are put on hot oil/preheated pan, that side might get too dark by the time they finish roasting.
Brendan Haley Thanks. When you say to cut vertically, you mean from the top of the onion to the bottom rather than from side to side, correct?
Afterburner Yes, you should cut it in half so that from the scaly leaves to the stem, it is split down the middle, and end up with mirror-image halves (they will cook evenly this way).
Brendan Haley I appreciate your advice. I’m going to give it a try and I will let you know how it turns out. This sounds like the perfect dish to go with a steak.
The humble onion. So versatile you could even use them to pay your taxes in medieval times.
Sean Greer As was the style at the time
what ? you cant write such a juicy bit of fiscal history like that without expanding on it xD
@@baderminahdin9450 Well, I believe I read it either in the Time Travellers Guide to Medieval England or some other historical book related to food history. If you didn't have the cash, you could use crops and onions were used frequently. Another ingredient we think of as a recent development is almond milk, it was used extensively in medieval cooking.
@@brandonletzko4239 A way to both comply with the law and send a message that taxes stink!
@@wk3820 Well, onions don't stink per se, but taxes do make me cry.
The closest thing we get to a recipe here is:
• Onion
• Oven
• 35 minutes
• Maybe salt or butter or whatever
temps at 350 or so as well!
if you see that as a negative, i feel as though you have missed the point of the series entirely
Nah, just thought it was kind of funny.
Yeah I feel ya on how...humorous these older recipies are, ya know? Like, nowadays a lot of recipies are complex. Even more simple dishes have a few steps to them. But just a literal recipe that says “onion + oven = good” is just a comedical expectation subversion. It’s neat to see how far we’ve come in lots of little things even like cooking recipies.
350 what?
It always shocks me that so many people don't really eat onions, haha. Where I'm from, eating onions is very common! :) I've been eating them raw and bakes since I was a child, along with garlic.
The red (purple) ones we usually eat raw - you just eat it with some cold food, like smoked & salted ham, bread, sour cream, and sometimes even some boiled potatoes. (That's what we call the Peasant's dinner!) You can also chop them up, pour some vinegar on them and mix it with some sugar and salt (basically you make a real quick brine) and let it sit for a couple hours, or maybe overnight. It goes well with so many dishes, sandwiches too. It helps with digestion as well!
As for the cooking onions (white / yellow), we very commonly bake them whenever we bake potatoes. Though, in my family we usually slice them in half, it makes them bake faster and allows you to add some salt or other seasonings on top if you feel like it. We also like to put in many cloves of garlic (the skin should be on!) in between the potatoes, and let those bake as well. You just peel the skin off when it's ready, and you can enjoy your caramelized onions and garlic along with your baked potatoes (and the potatoes taste better too if you bake everything together)!
It's tasty stuff and healthy as well! Not to mention that onions are usually quite cheap. I really recommend eating them!
THIS. habits changed so much. I think the fact that onions and vegetables in general are less tasty than before plays a big role. I moved to the UK recently and they don't hit the same way as they did in my hometown.
I eat loads of onions. I will do this.
Wow that sounds great
@@legrandarkan Yeah, I think so too. I think it's the effect of growing them in masses in effective ways, not growing them naturally, and sometimes harvesting before they're fully ripe.
Last summer we planted a few tomato plants. We mostly left them alone, no chemicals, only manual removal of bugs (ofc we could do this because we only had 3 plants, not 300), and only harvested them after the sun got them nice and ripe.
And oh boy. Those tomatoes and the ones from the store couldn't be more different. The store-bought was dry-ish, didn't have a lot of taste, and it wasn't very sweet - it's sometimes kind of bitter, actually.
Ours was juicy, had A LOT of taste (and a very good taste at that), it was pleasantly sweet but not to an overwhelming amount.
I can't wait for it to be summer again, the store-bought tomatoes just don't do it for me anymore. And I think that's the case with almost all veggies and fruit...
@@annamarielewis7078 That's great! :) I hope you'll enjoy them, onions are amazing food!
Here in Mexico at any outdoor barbecue, we put green onions with their tails right along with the meat on the grill until they are charred. They are served alongside the meat and eaten with salt, lime juice and maybe some salsa. Delicious!
That's wicked popular in Catalonia, they eat grilled scallions and drink red wine.
That sounds amazing.
We don't have onions here in Italy, I hope someday I will come to mexico to try them
It stems from a Spanish tradition in which they bbq’d calcots (green onions) and served them alongside a tart/savory romesco dip with wine and bbq’d meat. Traditional Mexican cuisine is Mayan and azteca ZERO bbq. What you see in traditional Mexican “carne asada” is 100% Spanish.
We do skewers of peppers and garlic at our _barbacoas_ along with the green onions.
How to Make Roast Onion:
"Idk just put it in the fkn oven or somethin'"
indig0 lmfao
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Lmaoooo chippppp!!!!
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N shiznit!
When u r so broke that u gotta eat roasted onion.
That's me
@@KMF3 same...literally same
Team Punk but they are so sweet and delicious.. broke or not roasted onions are yummy 😋. Best served hot out of the coals when camping don’t remove skin you can wrap in foil or not best to not. Cover in coals bake 20 mins while you bbq then remove, dust it off, peel and eat. Nom nom delicious
That is not a shame. Nor funny. Nor cringy. If you can shrvive and not borrow monney, that means that you are inteligent.
@@jadebell550 baked onion I have not tried yet, but I'm soo gonna😎👌 baked garlic I have tho and they are lovely. Might try both at the same time.
We used to cook Large Onions and Potatoes on the Locomotives , when working the stone trains from Wiltshire up to London at night.
Really sorry for this, but I have to ask
Did you ever do a fry up over the coals?
that's very interesting, sir! my great grandfather was too a railroad man here in italy, but during ww2
When the coronavirus hits and you only stock up on onions
Ryan Mielcarek this is exactly the reason I’m watchin this 🤣🤣
Maybe this video explains why there were no yellow onions at the super market last Thursday...
@@jasonprocellous5268 i havent even checked, but now Im curious
Baked toilet paper
I planted some garlic that sprouted today, just in case, 😄
Cooked this and added some chopped sausages and bacon.
It was heaven on earth.
add eggs and itll be a hearty breakfast
Add some bread and you're set.
don’t forget the hashbrowns
Also some mushrooms
Add a bit of Cilantro get it a bit
Color to it.
Baked the onion and a garlic bulb at same time.
Blended together, awesome on toast and corn on the cob.
this is me Slow down, man. That’s getting a little too complicated.
My friend does this then freezes them in an ice tray then pops the roasted onion/garlic ice cube in a bowl before pouring hot soup on it.
A billion times better.
Can you guys give me exact measurement? Like 1 kilo of onion to 1 kilo of garlic?
@@xTWOx thank you very much! I guess I'll try it your way first before I go on my own ratio.
@@victorvalenzuela9174 I just edited in a bit more detail into my comment. Sorry, I don't have specific ratios. Let us know how yours come out. 🥄🍲🧂
I've done this for years, except I peel the onion, score either side, place a pad of butter on both sides. I then wrap it foil, and bake. Sometimes I add Allegro seasoning, and serve with a good steak. Love this! Thank you!
Gonna try making this using a Vidalia Onion
Update: Made last night,
3 Small to Med Vidalia Onions.
Cooked 350• 45 Minutes
Squeezed into Bowl as seen in this Video, Salt, Pepper Butter.....Delicious as a Side Dish with my Steak.
It was unusual tasting an Onion not off BBQ Grill or Sauté in Olive Oil
I liked it.
Very first time I see a comment say they’re going to make the dish in the video and then come back to update on what the results were. Thank you
Having it with steak seems like a good idea, thanks for sharing!
I bet the steak was better than the onion.
There is really no point in frying them in olive oil, especially extra virgin olive oil, unless you specifically like the taste, as high temperature diminishes advantages of extra virgin olive oil over cheaper oils. I like to fry onions in sunflower oil. Will try to bake them over this weekend with some potatoes.
I recommend cooking at 200° to avoid melting the oven
This is amazing!!!! I didn’t know a recipe could have so many layers!
I made this for Friday lunch once at work. I looked up a video on how to make it just to make sure I didn't loose my mind. As I recall everyone ate at least one onion that day, and other people had brought in smoked pulled pork, mac and cheese, and chips and salsa.
I see what you did there =)
Indeed, each bite makes you cry.
just like ogres
BAhahahaha I needed that; thanks. XD
Imagine a contestant from Hell's Kitchen makes this as their dish for Gordon Ramsay.
Bluebomb grilled lettuce
John Dope tell him it’s Moroccan.
RAW!!
@@chrisreid5745
BuT iTs RoAsTed 🔥🔥
@@SecondTremble lol don't forget grilled watermelon
I'm a trucker and I make this all the time. Wrap an onion in aluminum foil throw in the oven at 350 for an hour and presto you got a caramelized delicious onion you can eat like an apple.
Cooked onion is a very common garniture for kebab in Turkey.We regularly eat it as a salad.With some salt,sumac lemon juice or sour pomegranate sauce.
That salad sounds nice. We use it like that in Britain and other anglophone countries. I like a bit of chopped raw onion with raita dipping sauce (raita is an Indian sauce, at it's most basic it's just mint + yoghurt)
Could you share the sour pomegranate sauce information if you have it please?
@@vegasbattleborn1594 Middle Easterners (Levant area like Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan) use the sour pomegranate juice too. Ours is sweet as well as sour, I'm not sure how that compares with Turkey. It's called dibs rumman, you can Google it for more info
It's not uncommon to put onions in with a meat roast here, especially with some carrots or potatoes. We also cook our onions in different ways & add them to meals all the time, but I think what's so special about this recipe is that the onion stands on its own.
And that’s why Turkish guys extremely hot as hell 🤤💦💦
You say that it's really simple but i think its quite obvious that theres several layers to it.
This comment is so underatted
You sly dog you...
ROFL! Well played, sir :D
If you peel back all the layers of that onion you will get to the bottom of it.
A roasted Sweet Onion was probably a treat for kids back then.
Same with pickles. It's amazing how spoiled we are now.
Back then a kid knew if he survived the winter, he could look forward to a sweet onion after burying his less lucky siblings in the thawed ground
No it was hunny sweet potatos stuff like that
@@socialismo52 no we arent spoild we just live in a different time I wouldent consider not dying of Scarlett fever spoild
a roasted sweet onion is a treat for me, today
This has got to be the most wholesome popular channel on the tube.
am I the only person who could eat a plate of caramelized onions?
No
Yea your so unique and one of a kind...ive never met a single other person on earth who likes carmelized onions... you should write a book about it
@@phobod1 kind of a douche but yeah you're right, very
No, but I get where you're coming from. I don't have any friends who like onions...
Yes
I am from Mexico and in my family we always do baked onions when we do a Carne Azada (mexican bbq), we quarter them, add a little butter and a splash of soy sauce, wrap them in foil and throw them on the grill while the rest of the stuff are getting cooked. Yummmm, they taste awesome with the tacos 😋
Thanks for sharring
Keep up the good work
God bless you
Yes! Its amazing.
When I visit the taqueria in DC they do this also and it is my favorite. ❤❤❤
I'm from Ga. and we quarter onion add a little butter, black pepper, and salt, wrap them in foil and bake. 350 for an hr.
@@frantazo5710 que importa? Puede comer lo que quiera. Y cometió un error, asada, azada, es casi lo mismo.
Y'all are making it too complicated! Ya get onion, ya cook onion, ya done.
Everybody turning their noses on this onion like they wouldn’t eat the whole thing if it had breadcrumbs on it
They'd be Instagramming it if it was deep fried and cut like a flower.
Fr lmao
Thomas Spengler Exactly 😂😂
this comment is SOOOOOO underrated! lol
And cheese with broth. Oh wait...
I’ve probably watched this video ten times. The first time, I made the onion (much to my girlfriend’s dismay.) The next time, I discovered the magic of this comment section and now I have to come back on a regular basis to crack up at people’s responses to this magical video. This is the best comment section on RUclips 😂❤️
Getting to know a girl..
Her: so can you cook?
Me: ofcourse!
Her: I love a man than can cook! What's your favorite dish to cook?
Me: an oven baked onion
Her:
Lol
And that, kids, is how I met your mother.
Me:👀
Marcel Joel loll
Bake a potato along with it and give her beer to drink. Tell her it's a traditional meal. She will be impressed that you bothered to learn traditional meals and that it's healthy.
I didn't have any onions so I tried this with lettuce. Didn't work
Cabbage could have worked, not lettuce it's too soft, keep them in the salads
Thanks for lettuceing us know.
Why didn't you go to the shop and get a bag of onions?
@@rhymeswithteeth you disnt even try did you
Bruh moment
Here in Chile, my granny always bakes onions like this, sometime she makes a cold salad with chopped roasted onions, chopped hard boiled eggs, some oil and salt. It´s simply amazing and delicious 😋😊
That sounds awesome so I am going to make a salad like that today!! I love salads especially with Onion dressing. God Bless you and yours Christopher.
@@millerscorner2 Thanks Barney! I'm sure you will make delicious meals, Greetings from the south of the world!
Oooh I m trying that!
Wena ql 🤝
Chile is a very long country.
I watched this video back along and it inspired me to bake onions just as you demonstrated. I liked them so much that I now bake onions in this manner rather frequently. It makes a change from eating meat or fish every evening. Onions are also extremely good for you. Very healthy! I always add salt and lashings of butter. The only thing I change is that I grind black peppercorns and white peppercorns on the baked onions as well. Delicious! Thanks for the suggestion.
Bob Ross for cooking
no srsly. put a fro & facial hair on mr. townsends & he'll look like ross' ancestor-descendant! (i can't tell which) he's got the face for it, i tells ya
NightCore v2 there are no burnt edges just happy accidents
Cooking a happy little onion
Nah. Ainsley Harriot is
He’s even from Indiana too!
As Mexican, this not even weird, we STILL eat onions this way to this day, they are a popular side dish in a lot meals, like tacos.
absolutely, especially when we bbq food just wrap an onion in tin foil and bam a delicious side dish.
@@a.vasquez771 learned that in Boy Scouts. Moved on to onion, bell pepper, and a smoked sausage. Tin foil cooking!
It's so good and healthy
@@nomadmarauder-dw9re Rather get something else than tin foil. Something that is reusable..
@@lb8384 this was about 55 years ago.
We tried this today. I roasted two onions of the same size but one was a yellow onion and one was a sweet onion. Made exactly as instructed in the video.Served it along side of a baked potato and meatloaf....delicious! The yellow and the sweet tasted much the same however the sweet one was not as well baked although they were done at the same time and they were the same size. Ate it with a little butter and salt. They were so smooth and so mild. I'm waiting to see if it will be kind to my stomach being prepared this way. We would gladly do this again. Thanks so much!
Update on if it agreed with your stomach?
@@Jessie_Helms I know her. There was extreme gastronomic distress. Her wallpaper is ruined. Beware.
I've made this recipe as the video instructs and ate with butter and salt. Surprisingly delicious! But you have to like onions to start. Baking them takes most all of the "bite" out of them. Haven't tried yet but I just got some Vidalia (sweet and mild) onions and gonna see how they turn out.
When I was between jobs, I had 5 dollars per week for food. This was the early Eighties. I would buy 5lbs of potato's, 2.5 lbs Spanish onions and 1 lb butter.. I ate them 3 meals per day. They got me through those tough times.
I just tried this with a large yellow onion. Wow , I wish I had baked two now! It was amazing! Kosher salt worked great with it, offset the sweetness of the onion. Thanks for this!
Which mode of oven did you use? And what temperature?
@@notyourtypicalgirl9802 bake at 350
Have you had red onions? Are they just as good 😳?
@@smellychocolatetoo240 which mode? Convection or top bottom mode?
@@notyourtypicalgirl9802 there should be a mode called "bake"
Its amazing how the taste of onion changes drastically when cooked
Just like a baked potato. Baked potato soup has a significantly different flavor than any other kind of potato soup.
A lot of food be like that. I’ll never forget the day I discovered how to bake human meat. Raw meat in general are pretty tasteless and chewy.
@@unclekanethetiberiummain1994 i beg to differ, try vegetarians
True enough.
Finally not a meme comment
When we make a campfire in the woods and grill skewers we just throw the whole onion in the ember. The outer layer burns (discard that), but inside is beautiful caramelized sweet onion.
In the amber, like do you mean on the red hot stuff just next to the fire ?
'cause i need to try this it sounds dope
@@Xx2Devexia2xX I'm assuming they meant into the fire; hard to image the outer layers would burn if it was just next to the fire
Devexia :3 uhh don’t listen to this guy definitely not directly into the fire. Next to the fire will be fine. You could even put a few coals on top of the onions.
I mean it tastes great to eat grilled onions, but its super dangerous to eat a lot of them nefore sleeping in a tent.
You gonna float around 😂
I love everyone's comments here. I'm giggling away. Yesterday I cut up some onions, must have done it wrong, methinks, but put them in with some potatoes, drizzled with olive oil and sea salt.
They were amazing!
So is this guy, amazing, love him!
My grandmother used to tell me about going to the movies in New York City in the 1920's and they served baked onions to enjoy. Onions are seriously underrated.
_hmm kinda like the blooming onion at the restaurants. Minus the breading._
Yessssss... onions 🌰 🌰 🌰 are amazing 👏👏👏😋 🙌
Onions are the backbone of many dishes. Wouldn't call them underrated at all
@@jonahbrown5669 dont you mean garlic ?
@@calonyoutuber1399 100% Onions
"No seriously that's all we're going to do." That moment when John didn't even believe what he was doing.
I love this video because it is so honest. No attempts to add frills. Its just an onion in an oven. 100% adds to the credibility. Love this channel.
onion in an oven and salt and possible butter.... let's get it right 👍
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If you cook without salt or butter, you need to rethink your life.
Growing up in the 1950's in Ireland my grandmother used to wrap a full onion in baking foil and place two or three of them in the middle of a turf fire for around 30 minutes. When she took them out she would remove the outer layer of the onion and cover the onion with Irish Country Butter, (salted), and white pepper. My mouth is salivating right now thinking about them!
She would also, from time to time, place potatoes in their skins through a similar process and they too were absolutely delicious.
No longer shall onions be secondary. Long live our new King.
All hail the onion
All hail the Onion King
All hail the Onion King!!
Rule Onion!
All hail these nuts
We basically do this when we grill. We wrap a few onions in tin foil and throw it on the grill and eat it with our meat. Not sure if its a Mexican thing but its really easy and goes good with anything
Definitely a Mexican thing. All my family does this and it's delicious
@@unholyiiamas igual
We do the same here in Chile
We do the same in Turkey. Just without foil. We do grill garlic as well.
Romanian here. We usually just throw the onions in the embers(is that the word?) after the fire's died down. Just peel off the charred layer and you're good to go. Goes grreat with some bread that's been spread with the dripping from some smoked pig fat(slănină).
This is my first RUclips video since getting my wifi turned on. Love it.
Welcome Back to the land of the living!
I am 300 years old and that was one of my first cookbooks. Just kidding. Lady at work put roasted crybabies in her French Onion Soup. Two thumbs up.
I didn't know this was a real thing! I learned about this from my grandpa and have done it myself for most of my life, but I haven't been able to find anyone else that did it. He called it a "squatted onion."
I'm sure you get about a billion "This is the best channel on youtube" comments, but seriously. You just helped me make a major connection with my heritage and family history and I'm really thankful for that.
@Sekkeno Like a onion
@Sekkeno It's hard to describe if you've never had any kind of cooked onion before. A little sweet, a little savory. Really great texture. Personally, I think it works a lot better as a topping or an ingredient in a bigger dish than it does by itself, but it's super delicious. I can't recommend it highly enough.
@@wyattisrite5153 Can I get your cooking time and temperature? And also how many you roast at once? I really want to try it out myself.
@@davidsoon757 My technique is pretty much exactly what his is here. It depends on how soft and jammy you want it. If you want something really sweet and soft, I'd go 375 for about an hour. If you want something a little firmer, 350 for 40 minutes or so. If you peel them beforehand, they'll fall apart. As far as that goes, it's more about how you like it.
You can also do a quick version in the microwave but you definitely have to peel them. Wrap your onion in plastic wrap and nuke it on high for about 8-10 minutes and it still comes out great. It's not as caramelized and dark, but it's my go-to for a burger topping. You can definitely still eat it on it's own though.
@@davidsoon757 I almost forgot, for the oven I basically put as many as I can fit in a baking dish or on a sheet pan without overcrowding. In the microwave, you're gonna want to go one at a time.
I've never gotten a better vibe from anyone on RUclips since I've started watching this dude.
A happy man, that is for sure. Haven't met many that love their jobs. This man does, and one gardner I knew. He would sing at 5 am while going to work. Woke me up, but what a wonderful way to be woken. Happy people are content, and share the joy of living.
George bush
Gordon Ramsey
Steve Martin
All under one beanie
Ahahahahahahahaha
Bol🤔🤣😅🤢
And John C. Reilly
Omg bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
At the end when he smiles, he remineded me Joe Pesci from "home alone"
A long time ago I read a book named Bound For Glory, by Woody Guthrie, about his experiences during the depression in America. Many times he would hardly eat. But he told of a memory, on occasion, with things so bad that it was a treat to get hold of an onion, eat it, and felt like he'd eaten all day. What a score. Good book by the way. I'll try this simple pleasure soon. Thanks.
🌰🧅🥔🧄🌶 and enjoy the treat.😊❤
*SHREK WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*
Shrek is love shrek is life
shrek lives matter
Underrated comment 😂
*"DONKEY!"*
ONIONS HAVE LAYERS!
No nutmeg?!? Are you ok? Are you safe? Are you being held against your will?!?
Hahahahahaaa :-P
:D
;DDDDDDDDD
Because onions used to taste better because it was before the green revolution
Lol
dude im so broke that this recipe is a lifesaver, gonna try it tomorrow
Try this simple cheap dish. Get an onion and a potato. Slice both very thinly. Layer them in a pie tin or baking dish. Onion, potato, salt, pepper, butter. Repeat til you’ve used it all. Bake til soft. So good!
*when you open the fridge 30 times not because you expect something new to snack on but because your snack expectations have lowered."
@@HGD70 sounds delicous, i think my grandma used to make a sort of gratin that was similar! thank you!
All vegetables are great roasted!🥰
How’d it go?
I'm Portuguese, we use a lot of onions in our culinary recipes and salads, I also bake them and caramelize. Caramelized onion+ baked apple/pear+ baked egg+ bread slices is delicious!
And so was born the legend that is Ser Davos, Onion Knight.
That was not oven baked, it was wildfire.
Sir Davos was the first guy I thought of.
Davos? You mean Siegmeyer
Whenever he complained about his Sigil I yelled the the screen about how awesome Onions are.
@@Dantick09 nice one
Roast onion is amazing. Honestly its completely underrated these days.
Honestly it sounds good! I genuinely want to try it
I always throw at least one whole onion in on the rare occasion I actually make a roast. They're really tasty and make a great addition to a roast, though I will try roasting with skin on like this guy next time
Sorry the instructions were unclear my onion turned into fresh bread
Gosh darn it not again
Bro this joke is from at least 2012
Haha original joke
That's okay. I'm sure your buns are delicious.
What are you all looking at me like that for? I'm talking about her bread!
Nothing a little nutmeg can’t fix.
This is in our Pakistani culture particularly in sindh province .
Where i learned this technique from my gramdmother , one time i remeber got an spike stuck in my right foot and it was very hard to take out spike with needle . So she backed this in traditional (oven- different from western ovens) and put a slice of onion on my foot where the spike was stuck .
Thirtee minutes later i took off the slice of onion from my foot and there it was the spike was literally just peeking out from the skin and rest of the onion was a delicacy to enjoy.
I decided to make one, and my fiance and her family think I'm a joke, they're making memes like "when your husband says he making dinner!" And there taking pictures of the onion in the oven😭
Lmao!
This gave me a chuckle, thank you lmaooo
Lmfao
Still making people laugh with this comment 6 months later lol
How'd it turn out? Were their doubtful minds disproven?
There's a wonderful Italian cookbook called Cucina Fresca that has a very similar recipe for whole onions, roasted with their skin on, but with balsamic and olive oil, along with salt and pepper. Also very delicious
Olive oil is the butter of Italy, so that checks out
@@miladragon only the South. Butter is the more common fat in the North
@@LewisGreyChemGeek Yea exactly,, butter and beer in the north, and olive oil, balsamic and (red) wines in the south. Common misconception BC so many immigrants to English speaking countries come from the south as it's poorer with higher immigration
@@LewisGreyChemGeek you mean where it counts. The north are awful
@@THESLlCK Lol this is the only thing i knoe about italy is that the south hates the north
I love how he gets all excited with the first bite and then the music kicks on at 3:46. This channel is the wholesomeness we all need.
I tried this recipe, but I'm actually allergic to onion, so I left it out when I made it.
Let me tell you, the flavor was. It had this wonderful taste of. Truly a versatile recipe. Thank you.
Wow, I just remembered that my aunt used to bake onions and serve them just like this. This is a memory from when I was a kid. The taste is sweet and mildly oniony, and it has a very interesting texture.
fun fact, the onion taste of this dish *actually* comes from the onion
The onion tasted oniny, did it? No way!🤔
@@CoolGuyMcGruff lol u took my reply
My grandma was from WWII era, and she’d eat raw onion sandwiches, just a thick slice of onion with buttered bread. I’d rather eat onions with your aunt. In fact, my mom hates onions even today because my grandma put so much in her dishes.
I was drunk and hungry recently and remembered this video so I put it in the microwave oven under the 'baked potato option'. And it came out so perfect! put some butter and some salt and pepper on it and I cant believe how delicious it was despite being so simple!
You also got "Onioned Up"...
how did you not puke while being hammered with a whole fking onion in your stomach
or you just thought it was good because you were drunk
I have to try it
Drunk or sick is when I make this, mind you not throwing up type sick, ypu only make that mistake once. Fot thar i just stuck to fruit and sweet candies, pretty much things that will still taste sweet and sour when they are thrown up (makes it slightly more bearable)
This us super healthy for you though I'd suggest a ref onion is the best nutritionally
I saw this and ate roasted onions for a month now I cant look at them.
Lol, that's how I roll, too
Disgusting
it's addicted XD
😂😂 😂
@The Name Is Evian I feel you I used to be the same but now I try to go back and listen once in awhile out of respect for the artist/artists 🤣
You can elevate the dish as well,
Either use a oven safe pan, of use the metal tray in the oven.
Heat oil and fry a half cut onion cut side down till golden brown then flip on the round side
If you like chared onions, fry with no oil till chared to your liking, then flip and add oil.
In the pan, add water, just enough to cover the pan in a thin layer, and stuff to make sauce mix and match depending on your taste (examples like, gocuchang, soy sauce, tomato sauce, jam, marmelaid, miso paste.) Season with salt and pepper
And bake
I made this. Now I eat every day. The "poor" eat hella good.
How long do you cook and at what temperature?
gabriel mansbach It's mentioned in the video - very similar to oven-baked potatoes. 35-40mins at 350°F
top with some slow cooked cheap beef (like round you can get for $2.99/lb) its even better
Sushi, pizza and lobster were typical poor foods too
@@yunikage add in a single potato if you can, and maybe a can of crushed tomatoes. Golden.
Man... I'd love to just hang out with this guy in his 18th century kitchen, and just talk history.
I'd love to be the food taster
Stop by their shop some day. We did on a whim while traveling. Everyone was nice, I didn't expect to get to meet Jon and was shocked when he walked up to us.
I would line to hang with this guy talking history also. My husband is a history major but his focus was in war, I on the other hand am more interested in the culture, clothing, food, what did the average person do.
Food is a type of loving archeological history. Many recipes from centuries to millennia ago are still being used, even if they came from the other side of the world.
I’d rather shoot up heroin and watch rugrats
"...we used to tie onions on our belts back then, it was the style at the time..." said Grandpa Simpson.
Pretty sure that's a Joe Biden quote.
“Back then, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. Give me five bees for a quarter, you’d say!”
@@willlienellson7451 Biden's closest competitor in the primaries was also in his 70s, and the current president is as well. "Old" and "running for president" usually goes hand in hand.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
granpa simpson was getting ready for lunch.
we (least our family) still does this in britain, especially near christmas, only difference is we add lard, bit of oil and roast them with the potato's, you know they're done when the inner layers start popping out. it's good to appreciate simple wholesome ingredients like a fresh vine-picked tomato or an apple.
and on the other side of the globe, where it is summer in December, we have our Christmas meals etc, sometimes doing a special meal.... with a pork or sheep roast
(mainly lamb or hogget, but mutton is popular too), with the onions, sweet potato (specifically kumara), parsnips and any other root vegetables..... slowly roasted in with the meat...OMG !!!
But as it is our summer.... we sometimes just travel light, have a sandwich or two, and go for a swim at a river or beach..
@@colonelfustercluck486 I remember my mother roasting onions, with lamb mainly, along with the roast potatoes. That was back in the 1950's and early 60's. I don't think I have ever done that myself, but i can still remember the taste.
This the youtube quality content I was looking for.
I actually tried it and y’all... it was actually really good! I was scared that I would still be tasting the rawness and pungent of an onion but nope I was wrong plus it tasted better than actually fried onions after adding some white and black pepper🤷🏾♂️
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I like vidalia onion roasted, with salt and Irish butter.
YUM!!
I like my roasted onions sweet with a side of saltiness
I gotta try myself. It looks so tatsy!
Have you never eaten cooked onions lol. Onions get SO SWEET when they're cooked. They don't taste the same at all it's crazy. Can't believe people don't know this :P
I'm sorry... I got lost in the instructions...
Mark Leon Tanner it will help if you pause and rewind. That’s what I did
Hahaha.. try to digest it now🤣🤣
LOL
350 oven. yellow onions on a pan. 40 mins. There ya go
Lol
This is the first Townsend's video I saw, years ago. Have since watched every new video and went back to watch many that were posted before this. And here I am 4 years later watching roasted onions again. Love you guys!
Stuff like this really gives you an appreciation for the meagre means our ancestors dealt with. A single onion and some salt and that was a meal for some people, and I'm sure they were appreciative of it.
You know back in those days countries and kings and monarchs went to war and sacrificed a lot of lives in order to obtain salt. Seasoning was like an ingredient only the rich and monarchs could have.
As you should be ! There is no telling where life is going to go for you, so being prepared to eat and prepare simple homemade food is really important
Natural food itself is very delicious. Process food are designed to get people addicted, few to none are actually flavorful and satisfying.
You mentioned baking at 350ºF, which is a typical baking temp. Roasting is usually done over 400ºF. A higher temp may change how the sugars in the onion caramelize. This might be worth trying a couple different ways.
Ladco77 Agreed. I did one according to Townsend at 350f but think 400f (at the minimum) would be the way to go.
Ok, I did one at 430f for an hour and wasn’t much different from the one at 350f for an hour. Next time I’m trying 450f.
@@_Lightning_Dog_ I'm making this right now. I'll crank oven up to 450
MookieSynkk Results of 450f?
@@_Lightning_Dog_ wasn't much of a difference. Delicious none the less.
He gets so excited when he takes that bite lol. As if he’s surprised it tastes like a cooked onion. Made me laugh so hard.
It's *AMAZINGLY GOOD, TRULY*
Yeah well it’s because he loves and appreciates good food. Hell I’d do the same exact thing!
What does a cooked onion taste like?
@@nahimgudfam it doesnt taste as strong as regular onion. and the core is almost gooey. makes ur whole house smell like it too, which is nice for me i think
@@nahimgudfam roasted onion is better than youd think its sugars sweeten and caramelize textures weird tho
Want to kick it up a notch? Make a simple béchamel sauce ( flour, butter, salt, pepper and maybe some milk ) to pour over the onions. Heaven!