Onion Bread
Submitted by kandace on October 9, 2006 - 9:46am
(111 votes)
Servings:
9 (2 pieces each serving)This is an easy, flavorful bread than can be used to make sandwiches, to dip or to eat alone. This is an easy recipe for variations! Pictured with hummus and tomatoes and a side of spinach caesar salad.
Based on a recipe by Matt Amsden in RAWVolution. I’ve made a few changes: the paste to onion ratio has been boosted for a thicker consistency and the Nama Shoyu percentage is down for taste.
Ingredients:
3 yellow onions, large
1 cup flax seeds (golden, brown or a combo), ground
1 cup raw sunflower seeds, ground in a food processor
½ cup Braggs Liquid Aminos or Nama Shoyu
¼ cup cold pressed olive oil
1 cup flax seeds (golden, brown or a combo), ground
1 cup raw sunflower seeds, ground in a food processor
½ cup Braggs Liquid Aminos or Nama Shoyu
¼ cup cold pressed olive oil
Preparation:
- Peel and half the onions. Slice in a food processor (with slicing disc).
- Place onions in large bowl and mix with rest of ingredients until thoroughly combined.
- Spread mix over a Teflex sheet and repeat until all of mixture is used (I usually end up using 2 sheets).
- Dehydrate at 100°F for 24 hours. Flip and return to dehydrator for 12 hours.
- Cut into 9 equal pieces (2 cuts horizontally, 2 cuts vertically). Usually makes 18 pieces.
139 reponses to "Onion Bread"
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I love this recipe though it drives my wife crazy since my entire home smells like onions for two days.
Surprisingly though I ate at Euphoria Loves Rawvolution in Santa Monica (Matt Amsden's place) the other day and had the famous Big Matt with Cheese and the Onion bread they use is nothing like this recipe at all. I think they liquefied the onions quite a bit and changed around the ingredients some. Personally I like the recipe posted here better since the restaurants were kinda bland.
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It might help to call it Bragg Liquid Aminos...an all purpose seasoning from soy protein. Bragg also makes an apple cider vinegar. You might google "Paul Bragg" to find out more about this remarkable man.
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briansculpt: nama shoyu is a type of soy sauce. I'm not sure how to describe Braggs except that it is similar in taste.
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This tasted like that "bloomin' onion" at Outback Steakhouse! Fantastic! I was snatching off pieces from inside the dehydrator before it was even done.....
briansculpt: Braggs is apple cider vinegar, and Nama Shoyu is unpasteurized soy sauce (it has wheat in it). Tamari is soy sauce with no wheat.
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This is definately a "show off to your non-raw friends" recipe. Mine came out like fried, crispy hashbrowns. Very good.
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What is a good substitute in recipes for nama shoyu/tamari/Braggs? These condiments give me a splitting headache and other wierd side effects, and I need to find a healthier alternative to use in my recipes. Will a pinch of salt or miso work instead? Or maybe dulse flakes?
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can someone please tell an ignorant Aussie what Braggs or Nama Shoyu actually are???
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This bread is amazing! I omitted the braggs and added a little cumin. I had to eat two pieces. I left it somewhat thick so I could use it for veggie-burgers this week. I have a circular dehydrator which wasn't a problem. I usually just shape all my bread into round slices and it spreads much more even when it has a tad more water in the mix. Thanks for this great recipe!
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Now this is why I am so happy I have a dehydrator! Thanks Kandace, you have won me some new friends!
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Yummy... I almost took a bit out of my monitor. I'll have to wait for a few weeks until I have access to a dehydrator. Meantime this is on my list of must try. Thanks Kandace.
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I have this bread drying now. If anyone has problems with it crumbling, add water little by liitle. I promise it will work, I had consistency issues, as this was my fisrt time using this recipe. I've made seed bread before that doesn't call for ground flax and sunflower seeds. The bread spreads easier with gound seeds and I'm certain will be easier to chew. I can't wait to make this again. I want to vary the recipe next time, maybe add some herbs.
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Made my first batch last night with two onions chopped in the food processor. Had a sandwich with avocado for dinner. It was heavenly. Tonight I'm making a sweet bread using agave nectar (1/4 cup), cinnamon and some ginger. Hope it's good.
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Just threw mine together, and for the second batch I layered tomato with basil and garlic on the bottom then squished the onion batter on the top. Hopefully it comes out the way I planned, but even now it smells fantastic in my house! Thanks for the recipe!
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Made this bread and it was divine! I used sea salt instead of nama shoyu. Also, it worked better for me to dice the onion by hand. This was my first raw bread/cracker. It actually tasted like the real thing, better even!
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Greenie,
I've just made it again and used 2 1/2 cups onion. The difference this time is that I diced them rather than sliced them. I chopped them by hand to a fine dice and I think this is going to work out better.
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I think the next time I do it, I'll mandoline the onions; they came out too thick from the Cuisinart. And I'll add them to the batter gradually so they really mix in.
I'm new to this site and just loving reading the recipes. Probably not the best thing to do during a fast!
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Just made slipped my first attempt into the dehydrator then realised the time. It's 12:35PM. So with the 24hrs+12hrs dehydrating time, that means a midnight completion! LOL! Lucky this is a long weekend.
Greenie, I will check how much onion I used next time I make it. Like you, I pretty much guessed it by eye.
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I made this today for the first time. I wondered at all the onions, not for the taste (love 'em!) but because I can't figure out how the mixture will hold together with all those onions. I used one very large onion and when I mixed it with the rest of the ingredients, the batter barely coated the onions. I ended up putting the whole mess back in the cuisinart and pulsing it until it became a batter. It's in the dehydrator now and we'll see how it comes out.
For those of you who have made this successfully, how many cups of onions do you add? I wish the recipe mentioned volume instead of '2 large onions'; size varies so much.
In any case, my house smells tantalizing. I'm fasting now and hope I can hold out....
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I loved this bread!! making more tonight! Thanks!
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sorry for multiple posts... something went wrong ;( tried to delete them, but cant
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I have been craving the onion bread for some time. Made this today...I didn't manage to equaly distribute the mixture between onions (probably too many onions)... Nevertheless it tastes amazing! better than normal onion bread! Thanks a lot :)
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I have been craving the onion bread for some time. Made this today...I didn't manage to equaly distribute the mixture between onions (probably too many onions)... Nevertheless it tastes amazing! better than normal onion bread! Thanks a lot :)
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This is my favorite bread recipe! I make it at least twice a week and use it with veggie patties, sandwiches, or just with some sliced avo.
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lauraj, i tried the hemp (actually bought the nutiva kind) and it works great - great flavor! thanks!
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I cannot eat flaxseed crackers or breads, either. I recommend using hulled hemp seed. The kind I get (Nutiva) is already a ground consistency. Love the nutty flavor, too. More expensive but also high in linolenic acid.
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i absolutely adore this recipe but after making it twice i have concluded that i cannot eat flax seed :( does anyone have any substitution recommendations?
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this came out perfect!!! Never have i ever tried to make bread in the dehydrator and it ever came out right. Wow it is so yummy. Now how would I make a sweet cinnamon type bread. anyone know about that one. please, I am on a roll here. and can't stop unbaken bread now.
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For Less Crumbly Bread: My bread always came out crumbly... so, this time, after I processed the sunflower seeds, I put 75% of the Braggs in with the sunflower seeds to process it some more (forgot to add the olive oil). The texture was much nicer. After dehydration, the bread was not as crumbly... it held together very well. YEAY!!!! But, it was saltier! I think the processing of the seeds with the Braggs may have done this... or my taste for "salty" has changed.
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ok I have put some of this onion bread in dehydrator and not 30 min. into the dehydrating it started to smell soooooooo good, I don't know if i am going to be able to make it until tomorrow, i don't how it will taste but i do know it sure smells good so I bet it is going to taste too good, How does anyone ever lose weight eating like this LOL
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i just made this bread and it is the best dehydrated bread i've tried yet! i changed it a bit because of what i had...i used 1 1/2 onion and 1/2 cup of "carmelized onions" which is just onions that have soaked overnight or longer in Bragg's Liquid Aminos and some agave nectar. and instead of using nama shoyu i just poured in the marinade from my carmelized onions...delish!!! i'm making it again!