Easy Creamed Onions

Name: Easy Creamed Onions
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: ¾ cup water; salt to taste; 2 cups peeled pearl onions; ¼ cup butter; 1 ½ cups cold whole milk; ¼ cup quick-mixing flour (such as Wondra®), or more as needed

Recipe By Erin Noel

Rating

Published Apr 4^th

Prep 10m Cook 15m Additional - Ready In 25m

Servings 6 servings Calories 161.1

My great-grandma’s recipe. Always a favorite at Thanksgiving dinner. Worth using fresh onions instead of frozen.

Recipe Ingredients

¾ cup water
salt to taste
2 cups peeled pearl onions
¼ cup butter
1 ½ cups cold whole milk
¼ cup quick-mixing flour (such as Wondra®), or more as needed

Cooking Directions

1 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.
2 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.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 161.1
Carbohydrate 16.2 g
Cholesterol 26.4 mg
Fat 9.7 g
Fiber 0.1 g
Protein 3.4 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 117.7 mg
Sugar 5.2 g

Reviews

9 reviews

Charlotte Feb 11, 2020 05:59 AM

Delicious!
galereed Nov 28, 2019 12:38 AM

Boiled onions in unsalted chicken broth. Removed onions and topped off remaining broth to make half a cup. Lightly sautéed onions in butter added AP flour. Then milk and broth. Season with pepper and salt. Will make this again.
jimjenhegs Nov 23, 2018 01:15 AM

Such a great recipe! Will def keep this easy peasy recipe on my holiday dinner list!
AJ Nov 22, 2018 05:29 PM

Really Nice - I made it on Thanksgiving Eve. Having read another recipe that added White Pepper I experimented one spoonful at a time. I decided I didn't like the White Pepper much. This recipe is great just as written. I am usually light on the salt so I needed to add just a little - Read more ...
Edwin Dec 31, 2016 10:08 AM

Larger sweet onions were used; boiled and skinned them. Used whole milk pepper and Ritz Crackers as changes. It was an great add to Christmas dinner!
gail Dec 7, 2016 05:59 AM

This is an excellent recipe. I recommend using jarred onions. You may want to order them in advance though.
Donnelly Nov 30, 2015 12:54 AM

Made this exactly as the directions dictated early Thanksgiving day and then refrigerated it. When it came time to reheat it, I had no burner available so I put it in a chaffing dish and put it in a 325 oven for 45 minutes. The sauce thickened and had a rich onion flavor. Everyone raved - Read more ...
Danipookie Nov 26, 2015 03:19 PM

This was the easiest version of creamed onions I've ever made, and it tastes just like my Nan's... I used chicken broth like a saw in a review (vs. Water) and it added so much flavor. That was the only swap. Excellent! Will be so enjoyed during our Thanksgiving dinner! Thank you!!
bd.weld Nov 14, 2015 06:26 PM

I was pleasantly surprised! I was thinking this was going to be boring but the flavors came through. The only thing I would add is black pepper which can be added at the table. I didn't use Wondra since I didn't have it on hand so I used AP flour and mixed it with the - Read more ...

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