Chilli Baked Stuffed Onions

Submitted by Missy Wombat

"This is a recipe shared by Mr Falafel from the newsgroup alt.food.vegan. I have posted this here so that I don't lose this recipe as his recipes tend to be very worthwhile."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 4 onions
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 medium red onions
• 1 green chili, very finely chopped
• 1 ounce margarine
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, for drizzling

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F.
2. Remove the outer skin from the onions.
3. Trim the tops and cut off the roots so that they stand level.
4. Make deep cuts to form a star shape in the top of each onion.
5. Beat the chilli into the soft margarine with a round-ended knife and press the mixture into the cuts on each onion.
6. Place in a greased ovenproof dish, cover with foil and bake in the pre-heated oven for 40?
7. 45 minutes basting several times during cooking.
8. Test with the point of a knife to ensure that the onions are tender.
9. Drizzle with a little balsamic vinegar and serve.

Reviews

[Yogi8]

I liked these tender onions. I used jalapeno for the chilie pepper and was hoping for it to be spicy, but I guess the long cooking time mellowed it out. The only change I made was to sub olive oil for the margarine. I would have given this 3 stars because I really liked it but didn't love it. I'm adding a star because the margarine could have given it the flavor I felt was missing. The balsamic drizzle adds a great 'other' flavor but I still think it needed something else. Maybe some spices or at least a little black pepper.