Ingredients

  • 6 large onions (i like to use the yellow)
  • 34 cup boiling water
  • 12 teaspoon salt or 12 teaspoon salt substitute
  • 12 lb sausage (turkey sausage works well too)
  • 12 cup cooked navy beans
  • 18 teaspoon pepper
  • 12 teaspoon salt (2nd measurement needed)
  • 12 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 12 cup breadcrumbs
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery tops
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar

Method

  • Cook onions in the boiling, salted water for 20 minutes; Drain and cool.
  • Cook sausage in frying pan until lightly browned; Drain off fat.
  • Remove the centers of the onions, leaving a bottom so that the filling does not fall through; Set aside.
  • Add beans, chopped onion centers, and seasonings to cooked sausage; mix well.
  • Divide mixture and stuff into the 6 onion"bowls" you have created; place in baking dish.
  • Mix bread crumbs, celery, and brown sugar together; sprinkle onto the top of each onion.
  • Bake onions at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
  • Wonderful when served with fresh, steamed green beans and clover leaf rolls.