Rich and sweet, these onions are adapted from Angela Shelf Medearis's recipe for Honey-Baked Onions in The African-American Kitchen. They're great with baked ham, pork roast, or broiled chicken.
Onions can be baked 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat, covered with foil, in a preheated 350°F oven 20 to 30 minutes.
Recipe information
Total Time
3 1/2 hr
Yield
Makes 8 side-dish servings
Ingredients
Preparation
Step 1
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
Step 2
Peel and trim onions, keeping root ends intact, then halve each lengthwise. Arrange, cut sides up, in 1 layer in a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish or other 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
Step 3
Bring tomato juice, water, butter, molasses, and salt to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, then pour over onions. Bake onions, uncovered, basting with juices every 30 minutes, until tender, about 2 hours.
Step 4
Lay 2 pieces of bacon side by side over each onion half and continue to bake onions, basting once with juices halfway through baking, until onions are very tender, bacon is browned, and juices are thickened, about 1 hour more.
