Caramelized vs Lyonnaise - What's the difference?

As a verb caramelized

is past tense of caramelize.

of or from Lyons.

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(caramelize)

(Cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.

(Cooking) To brown sugar by means of heat.

Slowly cooking the onions will caramelize them, which brings out the sweetness and gives them a brown color.

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Of or from Lyons

Cooked with onions, especially caramelized onions.

For dinner, we had beef with potatoes lyonnaise .

Prepared in a style typical to Lyons.

The essential ingredients of salad lyonnaise are bacon, croutons and poached egg.

Unlike most English adjectives, lyonnaise typically follows the noun that it describes.