french onion everything 💘✨🔥 i used ground chicken because i had it in my fridge, but tbh this would be even better with beef. use what you want! recipe below 👇🏻
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FRENCH ONION MEATBALLS AND ORZO
Serves 4
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INGREDIENTS:
– 2 Tbsp butter, divided
– 2 large or 4 small yellow onions, sliced
– 4 cloves garlic, minced
– 1/2 tsp dried thyme
– 1 lb ground beef, chicken or turkey
– 1/3 cup Panko breadcrumbs
– 4 Tbsp heavy cream, divided
– 1 large egg
– 1 cup dry white wine (I used sauvignon blanc)
– 1 1/2 cups dry orzo
– 3 cups beef broth
– 8 oz shredded Gruyere cheese
– Kosher salt and black pepper
– Chopped chives, for serving
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1) In a large skillet or pot with a tight-fitting lid, melt 1 Tbsp butter over medium-low heat. Add onions and season with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring frequently, for 45-60 minutes, or until deeply golden in color. The onions shouldn’t brown too much—if you notice any browning, turn the heat down a bit and deglaze with a splash of water.
2) Add garlic and thyme, and sauté for another 30-60 seconds, or until fragrant. Remove from heat and place half the onion mixture in a small bowl for later.
3) In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground meat, the remaining half of the onion mixture, breadcrumbs, 2 Tbsp heavy cream, egg, and generous pinches of salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly and form into 12 meatballs.
4) Return skillet to medium-high heat and add 1 Tbsp of butter. Once butter is melted, add the meatballs and cook for about 3 minutes on each side, or until browned.
5) Add wine and scrape up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Simmer for a minute or two to reduce by about half.
6) Add the onion mixture you reserved earlier, along with the orzo, beef broth, and another pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring once or twice halfway, until orzo is cooked through.
7) Stir in 2 Tbsp heavy cream, then top with shredded cheese. Either cover with the lid to melt for about 5 minutes, or transfer the skillet to the oven and broil to melt. (Only do this if your skillet is oven-safe!)
8) Serve topped with chopped chives.
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Girl you're so humorous 😅
And how long did that take 😂
You can easily caramelize onions in the crockpot
I need this recipe
recipe here!
FRENCH ONION MEATBALLS AND ORZO
Serves 4
.
INGREDIENTS:
– 2 Tbsp butter, divided
– 2 large or 4 small yellow onions, sliced
– 4 cloves garlic, minced
– 1/2 tsp dried thyme
– 1 lb ground beef, chicken or turkey
– 1/3 cup Panko breadcrumbs
– 4 Tbsp heavy cream, divided
– 1 large egg
– 1 cup dry white wine (I used sauvignon blanc)
– 1 1/2 cups dry orzo
– 3 cups beef broth
– 8 oz shredded Gruyere cheese
– Kosher salt and black pepper
– Chopped chives, for serving
.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1) In a large skillet or pot with a tight-fitting lid, melt 1 Tbsp butter over medium-low heat. Add onions and season with a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring frequently, for 45-60 minutes, or until deeply golden in color. The onions shouldn't brown too much—if you notice any browning, turn the heat down a bit and deglaze with a splash of water.
2) Add garlic and thyme, and sauté for another 30-60 seconds, or until fragrant. Remove from heat and place half the onion mixture in a small bowl for later.
3) In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground meat, the remaining half of the onion mixture, breadcrumbs, 2 Tbsp heavy cream, egg, and generous pinches of salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly and form into 12 meatballs.
4) Return skillet to medium-high heat and add 1 Tbsp of butter. Once butter is melted, add the meatballs and cook for about 3 minutes on each side, or until browned.
5) Add wine and scrape up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Simmer for a minute or two to reduce by about half.
6) Add the onion mixture you reserved earlier, along with the orzo, beef broth, and another pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring once or twice halfway, until orzo is cooked through.
7) Stir in 2 Tbsp heavy cream, then top with shredded cheese. Either cover with the lid to melt for about 5 minutes, or transfer the skillet to the oven and broil to melt. (Only do this if your skillet is oven-safe!)
8) Serve topped with chopped chives.
I am actively making this right now. It has been FIVE HOURS and it’s not even done… I started at 6pm thinking that it would be done by 8, which would be just in time for my husband to come home so we could eat together… that’s didn’t happen. I accidentally knocked all my onions onto my floor right when they were done, so I had to make a second batch, which already took up the two hours I had, so when my husband got home all I had was some onions 😭😭 anyway, then I realized that my ground beef was in my freezer, so I thought I could just defrost it in my microwave, but then my microwave started smoking for an unknown reason so I decided it would be best to not use it. This meant I waited TWO MORE HOURS until I was finally able to make my meatballs. By this point my husband already had gone to sleep and I had just been sitting on our couch, scrolling mindlessly through the web for just about 4 hours. I am know on hour five where I have started simmering my meatballs. It is 11pm and I’m so overstimulated once this is all over I’m going straight to bed and I’ll probably eat my food in the morning. I figured I would post this just to warn other that this IS in fact a whole afternoon project, and don’t make the same mistakes I did 😭😭❤️❤️
Pray for me yall 😭
UPDATE
I finished it. It tastes so heavenly I actually recommend this, just don’t be like me 🦄