This Healthier Caramelized French Onion Dip is the New Year’s Eve crowd-pleasing appetizer you’ve been dreaming of!
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Are you in search of the perfect crowd-pleasing appetizer for New Year’s Eve? Well, look no further! This Healthier Caramelized French Onion Dip is incredibly flavorful, satisfying, and ideal for feeding a crowd. It uses full-fat Greek yogurt in place of sour cream, but I promise you won’t even miss it!
Ingredients for Caramelized French Onion Dip
Yellow Onions: These are the ideal onions for caramelizing. The process may take a little while, but I promise it’s worth every second.
Olive Oil: Just a tablespoon to make sure our onions caramelize just right!
Worcestershire Sauce: Use vegan Worcestershire sauce to keep this dip vegetarian! Annie’s and Wizard’s are my favorite.
Balsamic Vinegar: To brighten and deepen the flavor of this dip.
Dry White Wine: For depth of flavor. The alcohol will burn off, but if you don’t keep wine in the house, you can easily omit.
Garlic: Necessary.
Chives or Green Onions: For some herby freshness!
Greek Yogurt: Full-fat is a must! That fat free nonsense will turn this dip into a sad imitation of French onion dip.
Cream Cheese: Soften before using if you can!
Salt and Pepper: To round everything out.
Pairing Ideas
- Potato chips: I mean, they’re the obvious choice, but there’s a reason for that! The flavor combo is simply next level.
- Pita chips, crackers, crostini, etc.: For if you want to live on the wild side and do something slightly non-traditional.
- Veggies: This dip would totally pop with a veggie platter!
If you make this Healthier Caramelized French Onion Dip, be sure to leave a rating and review! This encourages others to give the recipe a try. You can also find me on Pinterest and Instagram. I love hearing from you!
More Delicious Appetizers:
- Healthier Jalapeño Poppers (Vegetarian!)
- Amazing Cinnamon Pumpkin Cornbread
- Corn Flake Chicken Tenders with Pumpkin Honey Mustard
Healthier Caramelized French Onion Dip
Equipment
- Food Processor (Optional)
Ingredients
- 2 large yellow onions thinly sliced into half moon shapes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce divided
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- ¼ cup chives or green onions finely chopped, plus more for topping
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup dry white wine (such as Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc)
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 4 oz cream cheese (about ½ a cup) softened
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat until shimmering and add onions. Sauté occasionally, checking every 5 minutes or so until they are caramelized and golden brown. This takes about 20-30 minutes.
- When onions are caramelized, add 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, garlic, chives, salt, and pepper and sauté about 2 more minutes, or until liquid is absorbed. Add wine and sauté until all liquid is absorbed and incorporated, 3-5 more minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the rest of your dip. Add Greek yogurt, cream cheese, and remaining tbsp of Worcestershire sauce to the bowl of a food processor and pulse until creamy and smooth. This will make your dip extra silky, but if you don't have a food processor, you can definitely mix together by hand. Just make sure your cream cheese is softened.
- After they've cooled, place caramelized onions on cutting board and roughly chop with a knife. Fold the onions into the yogurt and cream cheese mixture. Top with more chives if desired. Serve with potato chips or whatever you fancy!
Notes
Photography by Hope Agresti
It was the first time I’d eaten French onion dip And grocery store onion dip got nothing on this recipe! This dip is soooo good I was piling onto my chips
So glad you enjoyed it!