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Vidalia Onions a la Mike

Unread postPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:51 pm
by Mike
Me and my son-in-law came up with this once upon a time. He is from Vidalia and still lives there.

Prepare one nice sized onion for each person to be served.

Peel the outer layer off the onion

Core the onion about 3/4 of the way down

Into the hole from coring put a pat of real butter, a teaspoon of Tone's Beef Base (similiar to Demi-Glaze but not near so costly) which is like bullion but much richer and darker......and tastier. I believe I got my Tone's at Sam's Warehouse. Drizzle into the core about a teaspoon of bourbon (don't use Old Crow.......use something rich in flavor).

Wrap the onion(s) in foil and cook on the grill or in the oven for a half hour or so. The onion gets steamed with the great flavors.

As Justin Wilson used to say, 'Man, that some good stuff!'

Sopping up the juice that's left after you eat your onion with some of MikeK's bread would be some mighty fine eating.

Unread postPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:10 pm
by brendaj
Mike,
Sopping up the juice that's left after you eat your onion with some of MikeK's bread would be some mighty fine eating.

I just can't believe how many wonderful ideas have popped up already! This one sounds just crazy good! I love Vidalias...could almost eat one raw. This is an absolute must-try!

Also, I agree with you about the Tone's. Can't be beat. I love the idea that the first ingredient on the label is actually beef... :thumbleft:
Bj

Re: Vidalia Onions a la Mike

Unread postPosted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:23 pm
by 393foureyedfox
improvised a bit with a half a chicken boullion cube in each, with light butter (thats all we keep around here) and used EW BIB.

not bad. it surely wouldve been better with the beef flavoring you used and real fat-butter though!

Re: Vidalia Onions a la Mike

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:12 pm
by devilscut

An even better, sweeter and milder onion than Vidalia is the Texas 1015 onion, if you can find them. You can eat them like an apple.

Re: Vidalia Onions a la Mike

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:59 am
by kellybeehler
Hey devilscut can you please provide the recipe of Texas 1015 onion?I have heard a lot about it but can't get it anywhere.

Re: Vidalia Onions a la Mike

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:28 pm
by devilscut
I don't know what you mean by recipe, but outside of Texas, they are hard to find. You have to check little fruit markets, or you can order them to plant yourself, through seed catalogs. They are
excellent. I moved here from Texas, and you can eat these onions like an apple. They are mild and sweet. I love them! They were created by Texas A&M University. The name 1015 comes from
their planting time, October 15th. Good luck finding them. The next closest thing is Vidalia onions.