Sauteed onions make perfect, quick and fast easy to cook onions that makes great side dishes, toppings etc for rice, pasta, pizza, soup etc or add them to other vegetables like bell pepper, carrots and more! If you wonder how to cook onions fast or easily, sauteed onions is the answer as they are much faster and quicker to make than caramelized onions! You can use any kind of onions to make sauteed onions including sweet yellow onions, red onions or white onions.
The flavor of the sauteed onions will greatly depend on the kind of onions you use and also the spices or seasonings that you add.
If you want mildly sweet onions, it is a good idea to use yellow onions.
However, red onions and white onions too make great sauteed onions but the flavor won’t be sweet like using yellow onions.
Onions are often eaten raw in salads, or they are pickles, and onions are also caramelized to make caramelized onions for soup, burgers, pizza etc and also they are fried, baked, roasted etc.
However, I think one of the most easy ways to cook onions if you don’t want to enjoy them raw in salads or use in pickles is to make sauteed onions.
Sauteed onions is one step lesser than making caramelized onions and they don’t need as much time to finish cooking like you need for browned caramelized onions.
You just need to simply saute the onions to your liking along with salt and some spices or seasonings of your preference to make the most easy, perfect and simple sauteed onions which goes great as a side dish with many meals including lunch or dinner or use it a topping for pizza, or filling for sandwiches etc.
So here is how you can easily cook onions by sauteeing the onions on stove top using a large pan or skillet.
How To Saute Onions To Cook Onions Easily And Faster?
We can easily make sauteed onions on stove top using following ingredients.
ingredients to make sauteed onions
onions 2 large
salt adjust to taste
lemon juice 1 tablespoon
garlic powder 1 teaspoon
paprika ½ teaspoon
black pepper powder ½ teaspoon
cumin seeds powder ½ teaspoon (optional)
oil 2 tablespoons
Step by step instructions
Slice the onions (I cut them in slightly thin long slices) and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and carefully add the onions (make sure there is no water in onions while you add them to hot oil). Also make sure you use a large sized pan or skillet or stirring will be difficult.
Add salt, cook in medium heat for about 2 to 3 minutes.
Stir the onions and continue cooking in medium low heat for about 6 to 7 minutes (stirring in between) until the onions start to turn soft in texture and become translucent or semi transparent.
Add lemon juice, spice powders, mix well with the onions.
Saute in high heat for another 4 to 5 minutes (if onions tend to burn you can reduce the heat to medium as needed) until the onions are well sauteed to your preference.
Make sure to stir often to avoid burning the onions at the bottom of the pan and also adjust the heat as needed.
If necessary, you may add a little more oil and you may also add any of your favorite spices or seasonings.
Once the onions are sauteed to your liking, turn off heat and keep the pan in a cool place to avoid further cooking.
You can add the sauteed to any vegetable side dishes like bell peppers, potatoes etc or with rice, pasta etc or use it as a pizza topping, nachos topping or filling for sandwiches, tacos etc as you like!
You may also enjoy this as a simple side dish with rice or any meal as you like!
Below you can get the recipe for sauteed onions in detail.
Sauteed Onions – How To Saute Onions
Ingredients
- 2 large onions
- salt adjust to taste
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds powder optional
- 2 tablespoons oil
Instructions
- Slice the onions (I cut them in slightly thin long slices) and keep aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and carefully add the onions (make sure there is no water in onions while you add them to hot oil). Also make sure you use a large sized pan or skillet or stirring will be difficult.
- Add salt, cook in medium heat for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Stir the onions and continue cooking in medium low heat for about 6 to 7 minutes (stirring in between) until the onions start to turn soft in texture and become translucent or semi transparent.
- Add lemon juice, spice powders, mix well with the onions.
- Saute in high heat for another 4 to 5 minutes (if onions tend to burn you can reduce the heat to medium as needed) until the onions are well sauteed to your preference. Make sure to stir often to avoid burning the onions at the bottom of the pan and also adjust the heat as needed.
- If necessary, you may add a little more oil and you may also add any of your favorite spices or seasonings.
- Once the onions are sauteed to your liking, turn off heat and keep the pan in a cool place to avoid further cooking.
- You can add the sauteed to any vegetable side dishes like bell peppers, potatoes etc or with rice, pasta etc or use it as a pizza topping, nachos topping or filling for sandwiches, tacos etc as you like! You may also enjoy this as a simple side dish with rice or any meal as you like!
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