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It really frustrates me to keep seeing this mistake being made over and over and over again. Cooking onions does NOT make them illegal unless you let them reach caramelization. The simple reason that cooked onions APPEAR to have more calories than raw onions is because a measured cup of onions AFTER cooking them is substantially more than a measured cup of raw onions. That being said, with ANY recipe, the measurements of ingredients should always be done to the RAW precooked ingredient. Cooking onions until they are wilted or until they are soft and translucent is a good way to get onions and some of the recommended olive / grapeseed oil that you are supposed to be ingesting everyday. Originally Posted by Bella73123
...the onion in this recipe isn't legal, IP only allows raw onions.
Now, there are two things you should be keeping in mind when introducing onions to your IP diet.
Whenever possible you should choose white onions instead of the sweet yellow or red ones as the sugar content in white onions is considerably less and much less chance of reaching caramelization.
When cooking onions in a crockpot meal, you should not add the onions at the beginning. They should only allowed to cook long enough to wilt or become soft and translucent. Cooking them beyond that point risks reaching caramelization no matter what temp they are cooked at.
Cooking onions is a good thing. Just remember your proper measurments are done raw and do not let them caramelize. Anyone that is telling you differently is simply passing on misinformation.