Kim H was kind enough to share with us her French Onion Soup recipe. As she said in her email most of the ingredients were bought with coupons, deals & rebates.
Just the kind of Stockpile Recipe we all like!
Thanks Kim!
French Onion Soup
1 stick butter
1 T olive oil
8 large onions-cut in half and thinly sliced
1-2 cups red wine (or white if you prefer)
6 cans (College Inn) beef broth
1 large sprig fresh thyme or (1 teaspoon)
black pepper to taste
• Melt 1 stick of butter in the bottom of a large stew pot and add 1T. olive oil.
• Add thinly sliced onions and reduce the onion volume by about 2/3rds, stirring often. Onions should be caramelized and very very soft & creamy in consistency. (about 45 minutes to one hour)
• De-glaze the pan using the wine and let simmer for 4-5 minutes while stirring.
• Add the cans of beef broth and the thyme, & pepper and let simmer for 1-2 hours.. The longer it simmers, the deeper the flavor it has.
• Ladle it up & top with mozzarella or other cheese and croutons.
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{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
If you have LOTS and LOTS of onions, they can be cooked/caramelized and frozen for future use.
To do this, pause @ step 2, remove the excess onions for freezing-THEN resume the recipe w/ deglazing, etc. for tonight’s meal.
I love French Onion Soup! Can’t make it at my house though, hubby would divorce me for sure! He hate onions, especially the smell of them. I sneak them in in small doses and he’s ok with that. Once I made French Onion Soup after we were first married and I thought he was going to die, LOL!
Because I live in a dry county, I had to come up with an alternative for the wine. I found that apple juice seams to do the trick. Hope this helps somebody else out that my be looking for a substitute.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!! Thank you Kimmie, thank you Ann!!!
I just finished dicing up the potatoes for cheesy crockpot baked potatoe soup for tomorrow. Supposed to be getting the “storm of the century” according to news anchors… so I figured driving will be… yeah, let’s have a nice hot meal waiting for me when I get home!!! I wished I would of seen this post earlier… I have tons of onions and now cheese thanks to TOPS
I’ll have to send you my “non mult-grain” bread maker recipe in the future… we’ve been making this and it’s an amazing no fail bread recipe, recipe!!!!
Oh my my! Oh hell yes! Mama put on your party dress! Love me some onion soup! (and a little Tom Petty)