A sweet and feisty accompaniment to your preferred frank-on-a-bun is made of sweet onions sautéed in butter and hard apple cider until soft and delicious. Serve hot dogs or other sausages in buns with spicy mustard using tongs.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 cup |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 large sweet onions, sliced lengthwise
- ¼ teaspoon garlic sea salt (such as Morton’s®)
- ½ cup hard cider (such as Woodchuck® Amber)
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 pinch white sugar, or to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic salt; cook and stir until tender and just starting to brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Add hard cider and black pepper; simmer, covered, until flavors combine, about 10 minutes.
- Uncover skillet and cook until cooking liquid evaporates, about 5 minutes. Add sugar as needed.
- You can use any beer plus additional sugar as necessary to suit your taste buds.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 37 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 4 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 70 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 2 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love me some caramelized onions and then you go adding hard cider to the mix and well…DELICIOUS! I used this with hot dogs and can only imagine how good this apple-y goodness would be with Kielbasa or even Bratwurst. Excellent recipe and one I will use often. Thanks for sharing Jarrie!