Best Baked Stuffed Onion Recipes

BAKED STUFFED ONION

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Wrap garlic in aluminum foil, and cook until soft, about 45 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Cut off the top of garlic head, and squeeze flesh into a small bowl; set aside.
• Cut off top quarter from each onion, and wrap each onion in aluminum foil. Cook onions until soft, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove onions from oven, unwrap, and let cool 15 minutes. Peel, and discard skins. Working from the center of each onion, pull out all but two outer layers, leaving a shell. Place shells in a small baking dish. Measure 3 cups of onion flesh.
• Place half of the onion flesh in the bowl of a food processor. Add basil, parsley, reserved garlic flesh, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Puree, and set aside.
• Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Peel potatoes, and cut into 2-inch cubes. Cook potatoes until fork tender, about 20 minutes; drain in a colander.
• Pass potatoes through a ricer set over a large bowl. Slowly whisk in pureed onion mixture. Set potato filling aside.
• Coat a small saute pan with cooking spray, and set over medium heat. Add one variety of mushroom. Season with remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; cover. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and slightly golden. Transfer mushrooms to a bowl. Repeat cooking process with remaining mushrooms. Roughly chop remaining onion flesh; stir into mushroom filling.
• Stuff onion shells with alternating spoonfuls of potato and mushroom fillings. Spray with cooking spray. Add wine to baking dish.
• Bake stuffed onions until they are soft and golden, about 30 minutes. Let onions cool slightly, and serve warm.

CARAMELIZED ONION-STUFFED BAKED POTATO

Steps:

• Pierce potatoes with a fork; arroange on paper towels in microwave.
• Microwave on High for 10 minutes or until done.
• Cut each potato in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/4 inch thick shell.
• Combine potato pulp, 1/4 cup cheese, sour cream, salt& pepper.
• Spoon potato mixture evenly into shells.
• Melt butter in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion and sugar; saute 8 minutes or until browned.
• Stir in sherry, worcestershire sauce, thyme,& garlic.
• Cook 1 minute or until liquid evaporates scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
• Top each potato half with about 2 tablespoons onion mixture and 1 tablespoon of cheese.
• Microwave on high 1 minute or until thoroughly heated.
• (Note: can also warm potatoes in oven for a few minutes if you're already using your oven.).

ONION BACON CHEESE STUFFED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bake potatoes at 350 degrees for one hour or until done.
• Scoop out potato.
• Put potato in large bowl and mash.
• Fry chopped bacon until crisp.
• Remove from pan.
• Fry onions in bacon grease.
• Drain grease.
• Add bacon, onion, and cubed cheddar cheese to the potatoes.
• Add sour cream and milk.
• Mash and mix until smooth.
• Pile into baked potato skins.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes.
• Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top and put back in oven until cheese is melted.
• These can be frozen when put potato mixture into baked potato skins.

VIDALIA-ONION-STUFFED BAKED POTATOES WITH "THE DEENS' LIST" OF TOPPINGS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Rub the potatoes with the olive oil and salt. Place the potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, or until tender.
• Allow the potatoes to cool slightly and, when just cool enough to handle, slice them in half lengthwise.
• Divide the chopped onion, butter, and mayonnaise over the cut sides of the potatoes and, using a fork, mash them into the potatoes. Serve hot, providing small bowls of The Deens' List of Toppings (below), if desired, so everyone can customize his or her own potato.
• When you (or your kids) are hungry, an hour can seem like a lifetime to wait for that potato to bake. We usually throw a few spuds into the oven when we're doing the Sunday roast. When the potatoes are done, we just wrap them in aluminum foil and keep them in the fridge. Then, they're all ready to be reheated and stuffed for the next night's dinner.
• Sour cream
• Chopped fresh chives
• Cooked, crumbled bacon
• Shredded cheddar cheese
• Chopped pitted kalamata olives