Name: Grilled Sweet Onions
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6 grilled onions
Ingredients: 6 whole sweet onions (such as Vidalia®); 6 beef bouillon cubes; 6 ice cubes (optional); 6 tablespoons butter, divided; 6 12x12-inch squares aluminum foil

Grilled Sweet Onions

"This is my absolute favorite easy summer recipe my aunt recently shared with me - it tastes like you're biting into French onion soup! It became my favorite after only one taste. If you're having a barbecue, it's easy to make a lot of these in no time at all."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients

Why it works: Onion and beef are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,092 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Grilled Sweet Onions

6 grilled onions

Prep30 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

6 whole sweet onions (such as Vidalia®)
6 beef bouillon cubes
6 ice cubes (optional)
6 tablespoons butter, divided
6 12x12-inch squares aluminum foil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

396Calories

27 gProtein

27 gFat

10 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together42,912 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Beef + buttertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,847 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, butter):

Potatofits about as well
Onionthe original
Chivefits less well
Tomatofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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