Smoked Onions

[Kyote]

well I thought we had a place for smoked veggies.

was wondering if any one has smoked onions then froze them for later use.
I am sure you can not smoke one whole. so I was thinking using my mandoline slicer doing several pounds sliced and seperated then in one of the smoking baskets put them in the smoker in a cold spot (low heat area) for a hour or two do not want them to dry out.give em a shuffle every now and then.
If it works out. should be great in soups and even salads and topping for tacos and burritos.
camera will be rollin when I get to itjust need it to up load. I think the puppy chewed the port thingie.

[ALX]

I have smoked them and dehydrated for a powder....Never done a smoke and then freeze though...

[Mikey]

I've had some pretty good luck with the onions. I use one of those apple corer things through the onion, drizzle a bit of olive oil over it, a touch of salt & pepper and into the smoker. Vac-pak and into the freezer.

[erain]

i did some stuffed onions which i smoked... they are pretty awesome too. if you have any sweet ones give this a try.
http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1554

interesting idea on having smoked onions on hand for use during the week, maybe take it a step further and then dehydrate them???

let us know what ya do and how they turn out!!!

[Whisky Fish]

Virtually every time we get together and grill, we throw onions and garlic in foil with some olive oil and just let it do it's thing. It comes out sweet and mellow and yes it freezes up great for soup. Everytime we get together, I do up a batch of garbage beans with the left over sausages, tri tip, pork chops, onions, garlic, whatever, from the previous grill and it's one of the first things people dive into. No reason they wouldn't smoke up great.

JT

[Whisky Fish]

i did some stuffed onions which i smoked... they are pretty awesome too. if you have any sweet ones give this a try.
http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1554

interesting idea on having smoked onions on hand for use during the week, maybe take it a step further and then dehydrate them???

let us know what ya do and how they turn out!!!

Erain, that's an awesome post! Definately gonna try that, thanks!

[RowdyRay]

Erain, that's an awesome post! Definately gonna try that, thanks!

Those things are really good WF. The last time I made them, I poured some ranch dressing over it and dug in.

[Kyote]

oh yea, when ever we grill which is often. we 1/4 the big onions and try differnt herbs and spice either evoo or butter, normally done wrapped in foil and they go fast. I enjoy the out side burnt lookin parts.
am going to try unfoiled and basting. plus a basket full, sliced and seperated. nothing added to them. see what happens.

[chefrob]

i just cut them in 1/2 separate them a little and hit them with olive oil and they come out great......i use them for salsa and other things.

[WaysideRanch]

We cut them in rings. Add butter and garlic in a aluminum pan and smoke. Try it once!