Creamy Onion Appetizer Recipes

EASY CREAMED ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring water and salt to a boil in a small saucepan; cook onions in the boiling water until just tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup water in saucepan, and return onions to pan. Add butter to onions.
• Mix milk and quick-mixing flour together in a bowl; add to onion mixture. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in more quick-mixing flour if mixture is too thin.

ONION ROLL APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Chop onions.
• Place in frying pan with butter.
• Fry for 20 minutes or until onions are limp.
• Stir in cream cheese and grated swiss cheese.
• Stir until melts.
• Spread on tortillas.
• Roll and refrigerate overnight.
• To cook: Grease baking sheet.
• Cut into 1" pieces.
• Bake, upright, at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.

CREAMY ONION SPREAD

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute onion in oil for 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook for 8 minutes or until onion begins to turn golden brown. Add the green onions, salt, pepper and cayenne. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the sour cream, mayonnaise and cream cheese until smooth. Stir in onion mixture. Garnish with additional green onions. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve with breadsticks and peppers.

CARAMELIZED ONION TARTLETS

Steps:

• Let refrigerated pie crusts come to room temperature; cut with 3-inch round biscuit cutter or glass. Press crust circle in each of 24 small muffin cups, 1 3/4x1 inch.
• Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Cook 3/4 cup onion in butter 5 minutes, stirring occasionally; reduce heat to medium. Cook about 15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened and golden brown; remove from heat.
• Heat oven to 400°. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in sour cream, salt and pepper sauce. Stir in onion. Stir in 1/4 cup of the cheese. Spoon onion mixture into crusts. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown and set in center. Serve warm or at room temperature. Garnish with additional onion.

PARMESAN-ONION APPETIZER ROUNDS

Steps:

• Heat broiler.
• Mix mayo, Parmesan and onions until well blended.
• Spread onto crackers; place on baking sheet.
• Broil, 6 inches from heat, 2 to 3 min. or until mayo mixture is bubbly and golden brown. Serve warm.

CREAM CHEESE ONION SPREAD

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook onions in oil about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender.
• Stir in parsley and cream cheese until smooth. Spoon into small bowl. Serve warm or cold with cocktail bread.

CREAMY CORN-AND-ONION DIP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium. Cook onions with a pinch of salt, stirring, until caramelized, about 20 minutes. Add corn and 2 tablespoons water. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until corn is tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and let cool. Reserve 2 tablespoons corn mixture for garnish; transfer the rest to a bowl. Add Worcestershire sauce and Greek yogurt to bowl with corn mixture and mix to combine; season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with reserved corn mixture and serve. Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 3 days.

CREAMY BAKED ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400°F
• Peel and trim the roots of the onions but leave them whole. Cook in a large pan of boiling water for 25 mins until tender, then drain, reserving a little cooking water.
• Season the cream and mix in 2 tbsp of the onion water.
• When the onions are cool enough to handle, slice each in half through the root.
• Lay the onion halves, cut side down, in a large baking dish with the bay leaves.
• Pour over the cream, scatter with the parmesan, and bake for 25 mins until the cream is bubbling and the onions are just beginning to brown.

WRAPPED ONION APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Wash and dry onions; cut off roots and trim green tops to about 5-6 inches.
• Thinly spread cream cheese on one half of one slice of beef.
• Lay one onion on the cheese-covered half of the meat so that white end of the onion lines up with the middle of the meat (where the cheese ends) and the side of the onion lines up with the edge of the meat.
• Fold the plain half of the meat up over the onion, matching up the edges of the meat.
• Starting with the onion end, roll up beef and cheese tightly around onion (most of the green top will stick out).
• Repeat until the rest of the ingredients are used up.
• Refrigerate until cheese is firm and serve cold.

BACON-ONION APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients.
• Unroll crescent rolls and separate into 8 rectangles; firmly press perforations of triangle to seal into a rectangle.
• Spread butter mixture evenly over dough.
• Roll up each rectangle, beginning with short side; pinch seam to seal.
• Cut each into 4 slices.
• Place pinwheels on ungreased baking sheet; flatten slightly.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden.

CREAMY ONION APPETIZER

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees F.

GRILLED BACON-ONION APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Cut each onion into 12 wedges. Cut bacon strips in half widthwise; wrap a piece of bacon around each onion wedge and secure with toothpicks. Place in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. dish. , In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, vinegar, molasses and barbecue sauce; pour 1/2 cup over onions. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, turning once. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade for basting., Drain and discard marinade. Grill onions, covered, over medium heat for 10-15 minutes, turning and basting frequently with reserved marinade.