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By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you’re transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any recipe! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish!
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-13.jpg)
For those that are new here, a little back story on Lori as a child. I was the PICKIEST eater EVER. I ate 3 vegetables – corn, potatoes, and canned peas (stop making that face too..). If my food had chunks I would not eat. And if it had an onion I would lose it.
I swear, the majority of my childhood was spent eating PB&J or mashed potatoes. I can still hear my parents begging me to “try it, you might like it!“ as I sat there with my squinched-up face. It’s a wonder I didn’t develop permanent wrinkles there!
Yes, Mom, I Made An Onion Recipe On Purpose!
So when I make a recipe like this on purpose I can’t help but chuckle and get a little smile on my face. I can only imagine the look of shock my parents have on their faces looking down at me from heaven. Yes, I really make onion recipes like this on purpose.
I LOVE caramelized onions. However y’all – smoking them to that caramelized state… NEXT LEVEL!
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-8.jpg)
Grab Your Ingredients
This recipe really has only a few ingredients. Just know that the quality of the ingredients matter.
- Vidalia Onions
- Butter, unsalted
- Chupacabra Chop Haus Seasoning
- Corto Olive Oil
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-3.jpg)
Preheat The Yoder Smokers YS640 Smoker
Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Yoder Smokers YS640? Seriously I use this thing at least 2-3 times a week.
- Preheat the smoker to 250F.
- For the hopper, I went with a mix of Competition and fruit pellets for the smoke.
- The damper was about 2/3rds the way pushed in.
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Assemble The Onions
- Slice the onions by removing the top and bottom ends, then slice in half. Peel off the skin.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out a small divot in the center of each onion half.
- Place the onions into a heat-safe dish, scoop side up. Drizzle some olive oil over each onion. Sprinkle the onion with the Chupacabra Chop Haus seasoning, add a pat of butter atop each onion, and sprinkle over a little more of the seasoning.
- Place in the smoker, (I went with the lower rack as I was making another recipe on the top rack).
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-4.jpg)
- Smoke for about 2-2.5 onions. This will depend greatly on the size of the onion. The onion should be pierced really easily with a sharp knife.
- Remove from the smoker, remove the outer “skin” on each onion as that will dry out and get leathery/tough
- Now, use the smoked onions in your favorite recipe, or yes, serve as a side dish.
Smoked To Perfection
Seriously, don’t those look absolutely incredible?! I honestly was shocked by the coloring on these but y’all that flavor was so amazing!
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-9.jpg)
Chef’s Tip About Removing “Smoke” Discoloration
So if you’re like me, you care about the dishes you use and want to make sure you take care of them. The first time I used one of my good dishes in the smoker, I took it out and it had this smoke coloration on it that soap and water didn’t take off.
Thankfully my cleaning pantry is stocked and y’all I have the BEST thing to use to remove the discoloration! Mr. Clean Magic Erasers are a godsend!!! All I had to do was wet them and for real, every dish I used it on, the smoke color came off immediately. So that white dish you see in the images, the dish was super gray and smoke-colored when I took it out of the smoker.
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-13.jpg)
A quick clean with soap and water to clean it and then a wipe with the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and it looked brand new again!
Ways To Use Smoked Caramelized Vidalia Onions
There are so many ways to use this!
- Side Dish – yes, serve this on the side with a veggie meal or with a steak!
- Topping – add to a burger, pizza, grilled chicken, or pork chops
- Filling – add to a meatloaf or meatball recipe
- Dip – Onion dip
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-10.jpg)
Recipe Substitutions and Additions
So you have 2 options here in my opinion you can swap out:
- Onions – So read that article. I would not recommend red onions as they will burn instead of caramelize. Shallots are AMAZING!!!
- Seasoning – this is where you can really shake things up. I would say think about how you want to use the onions and then adapt your seasonings to the onions.
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-Pinterest-4-800x1200.png)
Grill Instructions
You can make this dish on a grill (gas or charcoal) but you have to set it up for an indirect method. Just keep the temperature at 250F on the direct heat side.
Again, the time it will take to render down and caramelize will vary on how big the onions are.
PrintCaramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2-2.5 hours
- Total Time: 3 hours
- Category: vegetarian, side dish, smoked veggies, pellet smoker, grilled veggies
- Method: smoker, grill
- Cuisine: vegetarian, side dish, smoked veggies, pellet smoker, grilled veggies
By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you’re transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish!
![By smoking and caramelizing Vidalia onions, you're transforming a humble vegetable into a mouthwatering dish that will elevate any dish! From burgers to pizza, casseroles to dips, smoked caramelized onions add a savory culinary delight to any dish! Caramelized Sweet Vidalia Onions On The Smoker, smoked onions, smoked caramelized onions, yoder smoker smoked onions, onion dip, onion jam, burger toppings](https://www.thekitchenwhisperer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Smoked-Vidalia-Onions-large-150x150.jpg)
Ingredients
- 2 large Vidalia onions
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 4 Tablespoons butter, unsalted
- 2 Tablespoons Chupacabra Chop Haus seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat the Yoder Smokers YS640 to 250F.
- Slice the onions by removing the top and bottom ends, then slice in half. Peel off the skin. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out a small divot in the center of each onion half.
- Place the onions into a heat-safe dish, scoop side up. Drizzle some olive oil over each onion. Sprinkle the onion with the Chupacabra Chop Haus seasoning, add a pat of butter atop each onion, and sprinkle over a little more of the seasoning.
- Place in the smoker, (I went with the lower rack as I was making another recipe on the top rack).
- Smoke for about 2-2.5 onions. This will depend greatly on the size of the onion. The onion should be pierced really easily with a sharp knife.
- Remove from the smoker, remove the outer “skin” on each onion as that will dry out and get leathery/tough
- Now, use the smoked onions in your favorite recipe, or yes, serve as a side dish.
This is such a delicious way to cook onions! These would make the perfect side dish for a nice, juicy grilled steak. Yum! 🙂
Yes! That’s one of the ways we serve it!
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I love caramelized onions and especially like putting them on pizza or burgers. Definitely gonna have to try that with this recipe.
You’re going to love these smoked onions!
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Easy, delicious recipe! I threw these onions on the smoker while my husband was making ribs. The result is tender, flavor onions. Perfect for serving with burgers or as a side with steak.
Thank you so much
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Your smoked Vidalia onions were easy to make and made a delicious addition to our burgers yesterday!
Thank you so much Dennis!
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It is good to see that onion is getting the recognition it deserves! You can do whatever you want with it, it is versatile and this dish is awesome too the flavors were on point!
I couldn’t agree more; thank you!
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I had no idea that you could caramelize onions on a smoker! I sent this right to my husband to try out and it was SO good!
OMG wait until you try these on top of a smoked burger! It’s NEXT LEVEL! So happy you loved it!
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My husband loves caramelized onions, so I decided to try this recipe. These onions were an absolute delight. I used one of them for a creamy dip recipe. So so good.
Thank you so much!!! So happy you loved it! That was the first thing I made with the onions too!
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This smoked onion recipe was perfect , i used them to add to my homemade pizza, the flavour was superb 🙂
Thank you so much Luke!
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What have you done to me Lori? I was like you growing up. I would have rather went to bed without dinner than ever eat an onion but these looked so amazing that I had to try it.
My Gosh these were incredible! I took your advise and put them on top of some burgers and my god I’m an onion lover!!! I can’t wait to see what you also make with this as I need more recipes with these onions!!!
Teehee 🙂 I know, right>?! Onions! Who knew!
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Thank you for introducing me to this seasoning! I served these onions on burgers and they were a hit. I will definitely be making this recipe again, especially during burger season this summer!
It’s pretty amazing, isn’t it?! Thank you so much for the kind words!
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