| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 10 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Inactive: | 30 min |
| Cook: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 2 cups |
Ingredients
- 2 large yellow onions
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup good mayonnaise
Instructions
- Cut the onions in half and then slice them into 1/8-inch thick half-rounds. (You will have about 3 cups of onions.) Heat the butter and oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the onions, cayenne, salt, and pepper and saute for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 more minutes until the onions are browned and caramelized. Allow the onions to cool.
- Place the cream cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until smooth. Add the onions and mix well. Taste for seasonings. Serve at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 613 |
| Total Fat | 63 g |
| Saturated Fat | 20 g |
| Carbohydrates | 10 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 5 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 87 mg |
| Sodium | 441 mg |
Reviews
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The dip was really good. The taste was so much better than store bought. Food processor worked great. I didn’t want a lot of dip so I only did about 2oz of crm chz and dollop of sour cream and Mayo.
Excellent! I needed additional servings and doubled the cream cheese, sour cream, black pepper and salt. Then added half a yellow onion sliced and carmelized. Delicious!
I’ve been making this dip for a long time. It’s sooooo good! Must try. I’m making it tomorrow.
Excellent dip and very easy to make. I served with ridged chips and kettle chips…..I think the ridged chips worked better. I used half the butter and oil and added Worcestershire and extra cayenne based on other reviews. The dip was very thick so I added more sour cream and Mayo til it was creamier. I used my food processor to mix the dip but did not add the onions, just mixed them in by hand. Will definitely make this again.
The other reviews are spot on! This is absolutely delicious. Honestly I love the packet onion dip (we all know the one) but my son can’t eat it because of food allergies. This dip totally satisfied my cravings and made me feel good about what I was serving to my guests since it doesn’t have all those artificial ingredients. I will absolutely be making this again.
We love this and have made it several times! We also add chives to ours for extra onion flavor.
Yummy! This is the homemade onion dip recipe I will use from now on. The only thing that takes any time is pan frying the onions. The flavors are so good! As have others, if you have lots of butter/oil left in the pan after the onions have caramelized (like I did), I recommend spooning the onions out of the pan and into the food processor. Thanks Barefoot Contessa for sharing this recipe!
Second time making this and oh my goodness it is perfection! Served with ridges potato chips.. my husband and I couldn’t stop eating it!
Making this for thanksgiving a day in advance so it is refrigerated for a good 24 hours. Using Vidalia. Yum!