Barbecued onions add a delightful touch to hamburgers, hot dogs, and cheese steaks. My favorite onion to use is this recipe is Vidalia. They are so sweet and tasty. This post does contain affiliate links with the products I love to use. I receive a small commission but your price does not change.
Barbecued Onions
- 1-quart spaghetti sauce, sugar free
- ¾ cup ketchup
- ¾ cup brown sugar Sweet Mix
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 20 cups chopped Vidalia onions
Combine spaghetti sauce, ketchup, spices, oil, vinegar and Sweet Mix. Bring to a boil and add onions. Simmer 10 minutes, ladle into jars, add lids and rings. Place in boiling water bath canner and process 10 minutes. 10 pints.
*You can use 20 cups of these 3 veggies…mushrooms, onions and green peppers in place of all onions.
*Delicious on Cheese steaks, hot-dogs or hamburgers.
Barbecue onions on a turkey burger over lettuce.
This is my favorite chopper when I am canning. The children can help use it since the knives are covered by the lid.
Simmering the onions in the barbecue sauce.
Ladling the barbecued onions into pint jars.
This recipe is not FDA approved but has been used for many years with great success. Pressure Canning is not necessary with this recipe because of the amount of vinegar in it.
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Barbecued Onions THM-FP
Ingredients
- 1 quart spaghetti sauce sugar-free
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar Sweet Mix
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1/4 cup Olive oil
- 20 cups chopped Vidalia Onions
Instructions
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Combine spaghetti sauce, ketchup, spices, oil, vinegar and Sweet Mix. Bring to a boil and add onions. Simmer 10 minutes, ladle into jars, add lids and rings. Place in boiling water bath canner and process 10 minutes. 10 pints.
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*You can use 20 cups of these 3 veggies...mushrooms, onions and green peppers in place of all onions.
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*Delicious on Cheese steaks, hot-dogs or hamburgers.
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I’m not a huge onion fan, but this looks incredible!