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Cheesy French Bread Onion Soup
photo by Anonymous
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 6 medium cooking onions, sliced
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 6 slices day-old French bread
- 2 cups swiss cheese, Grated
- 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese, Grated
- paprika
directions
- In large Dutch oven over medium heat, melt butter.
- Add onions and sugar.
- Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes or until onions are tender but not colored.
- Uncover pan, increase heat slightly and continue to cook, stirring regularly until onions are rich caramel colour (10 to 15 minutes) DO NOT LET ONIONS BURN.
- Stir in flour until well blended.
- Gradually add wine; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and thickens.
- Stir in beef broth and pepper; bring to boil.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
- Ladle soup into 6, 1-1/2 cup oven proof bowls.
- Top each with bread slice; sprinkle with swiss cheese and parmesan cheeses and paprika.
- Place bowls on jelly roll pan.
- Broil until cheese melts and bubbles.
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Reviews
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A quick and very good onion soup recipe. I made it as directed but needed to add salt and more pepper for our taste. If I did not already have a stellar French Onion Soup recipe I would likely have given this a 5 star rating but my 'standby' recipe has a much more complex taste. In fairness it also takes more than 3 times as long. DH really liked this and I would not hesitate to serve it to company. Thanks for sharing! -
Good recipe! Next time I may add another onion to the pot, and I increased the amount of pepper. I was surprised at how easy this was and that it came together so quickly. -
This is an EXCELLENT soup! Made it just the way you have it here, then I used Swiss and Asiago cheeses at the end - wow! My husband liked it better than Panera's! This also froze well when I went on an extended trip to Japan and cooked ahead for my husband. He just defrosted it in the microwave, heated it for 2 minutes, added the bread, topped with cheeses and broiled for 2 minutes. This is definitely a keeper! Thank you! -
First time ever making french onion soup. Thank you for such an easy and quick recipe. I used sweet Vidala Onions and did not add the sugar. This soup was a huge hit. My b/f who normally suffers after eating onions, had no problem, perhaps the Vidala Onions, not sure, but Thank You for a Easy and Tasty Recipe!!! -
Very simple to make and very tasty. I let the onions brown a bit in the first cook period and then let them fully caramelize in the second so they were super tender and sweet. My wife loved it and I will be making this again.
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Tweaks
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This recipe is delicious! I had another go-to recipe for many years, but I think I'm going to retire it and go with this. I made only a few, minor changes. I used margarine instead of butter, 4 sweet onions instead of 3 (cut the recipe in half), and doubled the broth (4 cups total). I also used beef-style vegetable broth (I'm a vegetarian). Even though I used sweet onions, I kept the sugar int he recipe. Thanks for sharing! -
Very Good, but I did have to make changes. That is why the 4 stars. I don't cook with wine so I used white grape juice instead. I also used my favorite roll, cut in half for the bread. The cheese I added a provolone slice as well as the slice of swiss and shredded parmesan cheese. I have used white onions as well as vidalia onions. The vidalia onions are sweeter and give it a better taste. The white onions still work and tastes well.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kirstin in the Couv
Portland, OR
I am living with the most wonderful boyfriend in the world in his 150 year old farmhouse. I also have a most fabulous 16-year old son! I love to cook - it's a major stress reliever for me and I thoroughly enjoy the reaction of others when they like my dishes! My other passion is sailing - BF and I plan to take off from Oregon toward the South Pacific in a couple years to live on his boat.
