Caramelized Onion Dip – a delicious, creamy dip that is full of flavor and perfect for your next party or get together.
I’ve mentioned time and again my love of dips. I love making dips to serve at parties, or just to have on hand for snacking. I’ve shared many of my favorite dips including Gorgonzola Dip, White Bean and Garlic Scape Dip and Corn and Green Chile Dip.
Today, I have a new favorite dip recipe to share, perfect for a spring or summer party, this delicious Caramelized Onion Dip.
A couple of weeks ago, we were hosting a party at our house for our twin girls’ fourth birthday. I planned to serve an assortment of dips and thought it was the perfect opportunity to try something new.
Browsing online, I came across this recipe for Caramelized Onion Dip at Food & Wine. I love caramelized onions and any sort of onion dip, so I knew I had to make it.
How to Make Caramelized Onion Dip
This Caramelized Onion Dip is really easy to make. First, caramelize some onions and coarsely chop them. Mix together cream cheese and sour cream and then mix in the chopped onions along with chopped parsley, onion powder and Worcestershire sauce. The dip then needs to sit in the refrigerator for at least an hour in order to let the flavors develop.
It does take more time to make this Caramelized Onion Dip than recipes that use onion soup mix, but the resulting dip is so incredible and full of flavor, that it is definitely worth the effort.
This delicious Caramelized Onion Dip was a big hit at the party. I served it with pretzel thins, crackers and cut up veggies; potato chips would also be a wonderful accompaniment.
If you like onion dip, you are going to absolutely love this Caramelized Onion Dip. It is so flavorful and perfect for a party, get together or snack anytime.
What is your favorite party dip? Please let me know in the comments below!
Caramelized Onion Dip
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons water
- 3 medium yellow onions, halved and thinly sliced
- 8 oz (½ pound) cream cheese, softened
- 1 ½ cups light sour cream, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- additional chopped parsley, for garnish, if desired
- cut-up veggies, pretzels, potato chips and/or crackers for serving
Instructions
- In a large skillet, melt butter over moderate heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 25 minutes.
- Add water to the skillet and cook, stirring, until the water has evaporated, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let the onions cool slightly.
- Transfer the cooled onions to a cutting board and coarsely chop.
- Add cream cheese to the bowl of a standing mixer and mix on medium speed until soft and creamy. Add in sour cream and mix on low until well combined.
- Add in chopped onions, parsley, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce and mix on low until well combined.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Transfer dip to serving bowl and refrigerate, covered, for at least one hour or overnight (this will allow the flavors to develop).
- Remove dip from refrigerator, sprinkle with chopped parsley, if desired, and serve with cut-up veggies, pretzels, potato chips and/or crackers.
Recipe adapted from Food & Wine.
This looks great. It’s really not that hard to make homemade dip! Thanks for sharing your recipe. 🙂
I would definitely prefer a homemade onion dip instead of those pre-packaged ones! I bet the flavor is fantastic!
I love caramelized onions so I am sure I would love this dip as well!
Yum! I love carmelized onions & this looks fabulous, lookig forward to trying it!!!
Onion dip has always been a favorite. Your version is so simple and looks wonderful. Why would anyone want to buy the junky stuff at the store when they could have this?
This is one of my favorite dips to serve a crowd. It is unbelievable that anyone would ever use a soup mix once they try caramelizing their own onions.
Such a wonderful recipe, Joy!I am pretty sure it tastes just as it looks. I so much loved the idea of adding caramelized onions. And happy birthday to your girls!
I love the sound of this! I dont have worchestire sauce is there another option?
Thanks Merlinda! You could substitute either soy sauce or fish sauce for the Worcestershire sauce, hope you give it a try and enjoy!
I’ve never thought of making an onion dip from scratch.I’ll have to try your recipe.
It is so good, much better than ones that use soup mix, hope you give it a try and enjoy!
It’s the PERFECT dip for any party.!!
It looks fantastic and I know it tastes GREAT
I, personally loooooooooove it
Thanks Winnie, this dip is great for a party, I can’t wait to make it again soon!
Looks like a winner! Feel free to share it on my link up at http://nanahood.com/dream-big-princess Thanks!
Thanks Teresa!
Oh lovely I would dip my Doritos in that dip 🙂
Have a diptastic day 🙂
I can see why this dip would be a huge hit at any party!! This looks fabulous!!
Thanks, it is really good, I need to make it again soon!
Looks good, we will try it !
Great, hope you enjoy it!
I love caramelized onions so can imagine the flavor is great in this dip.
This has such a great flavor!
I love a nice onion dip! This looks tasty!
Me too, this one is really good!
This would be great for parties! Looks delicious!
Thanks, it is perfect for parties!