Just turn the whole pile of onions over on itself every 3 or 4 minutes during the early going to help distribute the tasty, caramelizing juice the onions are oozing throughout the pile.

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In Chile, navegado is made by first caramelizing sugar in the bottom of a pot, adding a box of cheap red wine (even boxed wine in Chile is tasty), and then simmering it with some cinnamon sticks, cloves and orange slices.

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