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Scocca provides a good method at the end of the article:

Scocca: I throw them in the Crock-Pot overnight.

Ryssdal: Oh, that's so smart.

Scocca: They become a little juicy, and you might need to dry them out in the pan a bit before you actually use them, but it's a lot faster.

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I did this the first time (based on a post at Metafilter derived from the original article mentioned in this piece - https://www.metafilter.com/115702/Oniongate) and that was a good approach because it took me out of the process which meant I didn't touch the onions or fiddle with the temperature or anything and 8 hours later I finally got the difference.

Now I cook them in a pan while doing something else. Takes an hour or so but it beats running the crockpot all day.

that's cool. will have to try that some time.

it reminds me of the low-labor recipe for making a roux. you can do it in an oven: http://www.saveur.com/article/kitchen/how-to-make-roux-in-an...

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