These mozzarella stuffed cheese stuffed onions are an amazing side dish or main course! Baked or grilled on the barbecue they are a sweet and savory dish with lots of cheese oozing out. Stuffed onions are keto friendly and just amazing.
These stuffed onions look amazing right?? I used Vidalia onions who generously sponsored this post to make these mozzarella stuffed bacon wrapped onions in the oven. You could easily throw them on the barbecue too! (affiliate links present)
Mozzarella Stuffed Onions
They provide the perfect “bowl” to fill with your favorite things. Ours being bacon and cheese. Baked is wonderful however during the Summertime you can use this recipe on the grill too! Instead of using a cookie sheet you can wrap each one in aluminum foil and put them on your barbecue!
If you love foil packet meals this is a great one to prep and bring with you, always a hit with adults and kids too.
Cheese Stuffed Onions
Take them camping too and throw them on the campfire for an amazing meal or side dish too. They could even be stuffed with a meatloaf instead of cheese. 😉 Vidalia onions are a seasonal treat only available in the Spring and Summer months.
So right now is the best time to pick up a few and give these mozzarella stuffed bacon wrapped onions a try.
The first time I made them I had one myself for lunch. I couldn’t wait to share what I had made with my husband. But, surprisingly enough when my kids came home they loved them too!
Ingredients
- Vidalia Onions or large yellow
- Bacon, regular slices, we like uncured
- Olive Oil to moisten outside
- Cream Cheese softened for best results
- Mozzarella Cheese to stuff the insides
- Oregano / Salt for seasonings
- A drizzle of maple syrup or brown sugar if you want candied bacon on the outside
What are you waiting for??!!
Whether you’re looking for an amazing side dish or a main course that is different and everyone will ask the recipe for, these are it! Vidalia Onions are incredibly versatile and add flavor to a wide variety of dishes. If you want to blanch onions in boiling water for 1 minute to soften first you could.
How to Make Cheese Stuffed Onions
- Cut about 1/4 of the top of your onion off.
- Slightly cut the other end just to remove the onion skin, making sure it sits flat and you don’t cut a hole in the bottom.
- Remove just the first outside layer of your Vidalia onions.
- Use a knife or melon baller leaving just the outer “bowl” and scooping the middle out of your onions.
- Lay 2 pcs. of bacon down in an X form.
- Put the top chopped onion in the middle of the X and pull the ends up and into the hole at the top of your onion. Push it down inside so it is tight.
- Once all of your onions are prepared this way put them on a foil lined cookie sheet or baking dish, with a cooling rack on top of that so any liquid can drip away from the onions (there won’t be that much).
- Put in a preheated oven at 350 degrees. Place on a rack that has been moved to the bottom of the oven (or close to it).
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Mix together your 2 cheeses.
- After 30 minutes take your onions out and make a ball out of your cheese mixture, enough to fit into the onion shells.
- Sprinkle outer layers with a bit of oregano, lemon juice and/or salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil making sure oil gets on the outside of onion.
Then put onions bacon on your tray in a single layer and cook for another 15 minutes to 20 minutes or so so the cheese can melt and the top can brown like you see below. If you want a bit of crunch you could sprinkle bread crumbs on the very top too.
Stuffed Onions Wrapped in Bacon
How to serve these. They will be hot so let them cool enough to handle. You’ll need a knife and fork to slice and get some of everything on your fork. It is best to enjoy these while they are still nice and warm. If you do cook these over a campfire wrapped in foil you’d need a way to cut them when served OR cool and pick them up to enjoy.
If you love cheese we do too and recommend making these air fryer cheese curds next to tempt you for seconds… Then try air fryer homemade mozzarella sticks.
Mozzarella Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Onions
Equipment
- 1 knife
- 1 Spoon
- 1 sheet pan
Ingredients
- 4 Vidalia Onions, (for 3 servings, double if you want more)
- 8 pcs bacon, (2 per onion)
- 1/2 c cream cheese, softened
- 1 c mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1/4 c olive oil
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Cut about 1/4 of the top of your onion off.
- Slightly cut the other end just to remove the onion skin, making sure it sits flat and you don’t cut a hole in the bottom.
- Remove just the first outside layer of your Vidalia onions.
- Use a knife to cut the middle out of your onions, then use a spoon to core out a bit more, enough for some cheese and a bit of bacon to fit inside.
- Lay 2 pcs. of bacon down in an X form.
- Put the onion in the middle of the X and pull the ends up and into the hole at the top of your onion. Push it down inside so it is tight.
- Once all of your onions are prepared this way put them on a cookie sheet with aluminum foil on it, with a cooling rack on top of that so any liquid can drip away from the onions (there won’t be that much).
- Put in oven set to 350 degrees, on a rack that has been moved to the bottom of the oven (or close to it).
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Mix together your 2 cheeses.
- After 30 minutes take your onions out and make a ball out of your cheese mixture, enough to fit into the holes.
- Sprinkle with a bit of oregano, salt, and pepper and drizzle with olive oil making sure oil gets on the outside of onion.
- Put cheese stuffed onions back into the oven for 20-25 more minutes or until the top of the cheese is lightly brown and bacon is crisp.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This sounds great! Want to try it today, but have ricotta on hand rather than cream cheese. Do you think that will work?
It will definitely have a different taste but suppose you could.
These looks soooo good. Will be making this for sure.
Oh, man, these were crazy good! I baked them, but now want to try them on the grill!
This looks really good but I don’t think if it’s over 20 carbs that it’s keto friendly. And if I made it I’d want a whole onion lol … looks delicious!
Info. is calculated for 1/2 an onion at 13 g. carbs
So many good things in one!!
When do you add the olive oil?@@
Sorry……I added that, it is at the same time as you add the cheese.
I made these today. I liked them and will probably make them again. I needed to take out a bit more onion from the inside and buy longer strips of bacon. I used toothpicks to hold the strips of bacon on each onion.
Mmmmmmm! Can’t wait to make these! Now I’m really hungry!