[strkitten]

Caramelizing—truly caramelizing[0]—onions is a slow process that takes close to an hour. For this kind of task, I think it’s helpful to be able to set timers and be in and out of the kitchen, rather than be stationed at the stovetop continuously.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36038796

[jwestbury]

Kenji came up with a method[0] which actually only takes ~15 minutes -- but it does produce very mushy onions, so it won't work for all applications.

0. https://www.seriouseats.com/quick-caramelized-onions-recipe

[strkitten]

This is great; thanks!