Caramelized Onion Dip

made with St.Helga's Swiss

Ingredients

  • 4 large sweet onions
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 8 oz St. Helga’s Swiss, shredded
  • 8 oz Prairie Farms Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning
  • ½ cup crispy fried onions (such as French’s)
  • Kosher Salt
  • Black Pepper

 

Directions

Caramelized Onions

  1. Thinly slice onions. This will look like a lot of onion, but they will cook down!
  2. Heat the butter in a cast iron and stainless steel pan over medium heat. Add enough onions to form a single layer. Allow the onions to cook down for about 1-2 minutes before adding another layer. Continue until all the onions are in the pan. Season with a bit of salt.
  3. Reduce heat to low. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally. For this dip, we want the onions to be dark, golden-brown and heavily caramelized. This will take about an hour. If you find the onions are sticking, add a bit of water and loosen them with a wooden spoon. In the last 15 minutes of cooking, watch carefully so they don’t burn (this will happen quickly!) Remove from heat and let cool.
  4. Alternatively, you can add the onions and butter to a crockpot and cook on low for about 9-10 hours, stirring every couple of hours or so.

The Dip

  1. Take the caramelized onions and gently chop in a food processor. You should have about 1 cup of onions for the dip.
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 and lightly spray a baking dish with avocado oil (or any other vegetable oil).
  3. Mix together the cream cheese, St. Helga’s Swiss, sour cream, chopped caramelized onions and Old Bay seasoning.
  4. Spoon the mixture into your pre-sprayed baking dish. Bake for about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with fried onions, and broil on low for about 4 minutes, until the fried onions are crisp.
  5. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes and serve with potato chips or your favorite chip, vegetable or bread.