When I was in college, I worked at a restaurant called the Hatteras. They had amazing food, and I think the owners played a large role in teaching me what good food was all about. They used local and seasonal ingredients before it was cool to do so. They used the best ingredients that they could get their hands on, and it made every meal there truly delicious. The restaurant was a nutty place to work at, they were crazy days for sure, but so much fun. Some of my closest friends were made there, and even though the restaurant closed it doors many years ago, we still hang out whenever we can. This grilled onion comes from my Hatteras days, it was served alongside our beef tenderloin, and I make it every summer. I think that I have served literally thousands of these babies in my day, and I have never tired of looking at them. I cannot say the same thing about crab cakes (even though I love them too). This grilled onion with blue cheese is the perfect thing to serve with a grilled steak and asparagus. In fact, it was the first meal that I serveed here in our new home in Kansas.
This is more of a method, and less of a recipe. It truly depends on how many people you want to serve. If you cannot find Vidalia onions, use another variety of sweet onion. You will want to slice the onion fairly thick because you want the onion to stay together on the grill. If they do not, no worries, they still taste delicious if they have fallen apart. I love Maytag blue cheese and use it whenever I can. It is a crumbly American blue cheese and you can find it in most grocery stores.
vidalia onions
olive oil
salt and pepper
Maytag blue cheese
panko crumbs
Preheat your grill to medium-high heat. Slice the onions into thick slices. Brush both sides with olive oil.
Grill the onions until they have grill marks and start to soften.
Put the onions on a piece of tin foil on a baking sheet. Sprinkle the tops of the onions with panko crumbs and blue cheese. Season well with salt and pepper.
Put the onions under the broiler until the cheese melts and the crumbs start to brown.
Don’t these look amazing?
Serve the grilled onions with your favorite steak and a baked potato. The best grilled dinner ever.
Blue Cheese Vidalia Onion
Blue Cheese Vidalia Onion - Sweet slices of Vidalia onion are grilled and topped with melty and sharp blue cheese and panko crumbs. The perfect steak side dish.
Ingredients
- vidalia onions
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- Maytag blue cheese
- panko crumbs
Instructions
- Preheat your grill to medium-high heat. Slice the onions into thick slices. Brush both sides with olive oil.
- Grill the onions until they have grill marks and start to soften.
- Put the onions on a piece of tin foil on a baking sheet. Sprinkle the tops of the onions with panko crumbs and blue cheese. Season well with salt and pepper.
- Put the onions under the broiler until the cheese melts and the crumbs start to brown.
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 0Total Fat: 0g
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I love Maytag blue cheese! This looks amazing, and I can’t wait to try them. Thanks!
Me too! Maytag is my favorite.
those look yummy! but may i have the steak recipe please?? it looks soooo goood.
It is just a grass-fed organic steak with salt and pepper, and Mesa Grill Steak Sauce.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/black-angus-new-york-strips-with-mesa-steak-sauce-recipe/index.html
i wish I would have come to your website 30 minutes ago. I have a bag of vidalias and blue cheese in the fridge. I grilled a steak this evening and just ate a salad with it. Next time I will use your idea. Looks great and how can you go wrong with vidalia, blue cheese and top sirloin steak..Yummy. Thanks for the idea…
Next time…
I just stumbled across your blog and so happy I did! I can’t wait to check out more of your recipes, and try a few of them!
Grilled onions are one of my favorite vegetables to grill! Topped with blue cheese yum! I am going to have to try this!
Welcome Hillary! Blue cheese on anything is delicious if you ask me.
These look wonderful!! I love Maytag blue also but have found another favorite just recently – Rouge Smokey Blue, oh my goodness it is amazing! They carry it at Whole Foods. Thanks for this delicious summer recipe!
You are the second person to tell me about this cheese. Must get my hands on some STAT.
I made these the other night and they were FABULOUS! I used gorgonzola cheese and threw in some sliced zucchini- plus I drizzled them with white wine when I finished them on the grill. I can’t believe how amazing these were! I was so blown away I wrote them up on my blog and linked back to your original recipe. I hope you don’t mind! Let me know if you do and I’ll pull the post. I think only 5 people read my blog, so I doubt it’ll go viral any time soon! 🙂
Anyhoo- thanks for the great idea- and I LOVE your blog.
that sounds amazing! make something good, even better. Love it!
Can’t wait to try these! Yummmmmmy!
these are so good with a juicy steak. Yum.