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I know you clarified that they can just be to translucent, but it's hilarious to me that the first step to a lazy meal is to spend 45 minutes caramelizing onions.
Or add a pinch of baking soda and get it in ten minutes. Still not lazy but faster. Maybe use an air fryer?
Caramelization is a specific chemical change to the sugars in the onions. Brown =/= Caramelized and will affect the flavor significantly so you really shouldn't cut corners.
If I'm commiting the time to do it I just make sure to make as much as I can fit in my pot.
Laziness, for me at least, is about effort more than time - caramelizing onions (once you're familiar with the process) can be done on autopilot in fifteen minutes or less. But for the above recipe, five minutes should be plenty.
But true caramelization on onions is still like 45-60 minutes of constant attention. It's not difficult, but it does require a lot of time and effort. You're not getting a caramelization in 15 minutes without a pressure cooker and even then they taste like nothing so what's the point?
Oh, sure, but 90% for a fraction of the time is a great trade for a lazy meal.