caramelized onions

• ▶ I tried every quick hack for caramelized onions | MinuteFood.
  • The only "shortcut" they endorsed was the "steam first" method by Lan at America's Test Kitchen and by Helen Rennie.
• the "no hacks" completely original way to cook them:
  • by Helen Rennie
  • by Jason Farmer
• a broad overview of different techniques and shortcuts, and how well (or not) they work | Food52
• a good forum comment that points out that recipe writers sometimes intend for different amounts of browning, but they often don't explicitly say what level of browning the recipe needs