Creamy Swiss Onion Soup

Nicole Brummett's Note:

I got this recipe from Quick Cooking Magazine a couple of years ago. This is delicious and pretty easy to make. Great for onion soup lovers and fancy dinners.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 7 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 1/2 cups day-old bread, cubed
• 3 large onions, quartered & thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 4 1/2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups milk, divided
• 1 1/2 cups shredded swiss cheese, divided
• pepper
• fresh minced chives (optional) or fresh minced parsley (optional)

Directions:

1. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter; toss with bread cubes.
2. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
3. Bake at 350° for 7 minutes; turn and bake 7 minutes longer or until toasted.
4. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, sauté onions in remaining butter until lightly browned, about 12 minutes.
5. Stir in water and bouillon; bring to a boil.
6. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
7. Combine flour and 1/2 cup of milk until smooth; gradually stir into onion mixture.
8. Stir in remaining milk.
9. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes, stirring until thickened.
10. Reduce heat to low; stir in 3/4 cup Swiss cheese and pepper.
11. Ladle into 4 oven proof bowls; sprinkle with reserved croutons and remaining cheese.
12. Broil 4 inches from heat until cheese is melted and bubbly.
13. Garnish with chives.

Reviews

[LikeItLoveIt]

Very simple and good.

[averybird]

This is the perfect winter soup, very warming and soo delicious! I made 1.5x the recipe and used better-than-bouillon for my broth, adding in some Merlot wine from an open bottle on the counter. I'm glad I did- it was a perfect contrast to the other flavors (my pic might have a darker color than normally because of that). This will be added to my fall/winter soup rotation. Thanks so much Nicole [Made for I Recommend Tag]

[Karen Elizabeth]

This was excellent. Easy to prepare and quite quick, full of flavour, both DH and DD were very appreciative of this and I will definitely make it again. I did use garlic and herb stock cubes rather than the granules, but otherwise, as directed. I had made the croutons from this recipe previously, for another soup, also very good and easily prepared.
Thank you for sharing this very good recipe, Nicole.