Why do boiled onions not caramelize?

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Why do boiled onions not caramelize?

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Carmelization happens when sugars are broken down by heat and the oxygen in the air, a process called oxidation, the best way to do this is by cooking off the water in the onions. So simply for oxidation to happen you need air which you don’t have when your onions are in water.

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