Bacon-Gouda Stuffed Onions Recipe

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Serve these tender sweet and savory onions as a side with steak. For an added splash, drizzle everything with any leftover buttery pan juices from baking the onions. It’s sooo good! —Barb Templin, Norwood, Minnesota

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Bacon-Gouda Stuffed Onions Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 45 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

10 45 55

Ingredients

4 large sweet onions
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
5 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup shredded smoked Gouda cheese
1/4 cup butter, softened
Minced chives

Directions

Cut a 1/4-in. slice from the top and bottom of each onion. Peel onions. Carefully cut and remove the center of each onion, leaving a 1/2-in. shell; discard removed onion or save for another use.
Place onions in a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover and bake at 400° for 40-45 minutes or until onions are tender. Combine the bacon, cheese and butter; spoon into onions. Bake, uncovered, 5-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with chives. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 stuffed onion equals 308 calories, 19 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 57 mg cholesterol, 553 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 10 g protein.

Originally published as Bacon-Gouda Stuffed Onions in Simple & Delicious June/July 2012, p33

Gouda Cheese

A famous semi-firm creamy yellow Dutch cheese that can be mild or pungent in flavor. Gouda is usually found wrapped in a red wax rind and often served as a dessert cheese with fruit, on sandwiches, with wine or on cheese platters.