Fondue Broth

Midge Plourde's Note:

Denis and I have had the most wonderful evenings with friends over our fondue pot. Lots of wine and great conversations. Some evenings lasting 4 or 5 hours. Hope you will all try this recipe and enjoy it as much as we do!

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

Ingredients:

Servings: 1

• 2 bay leaves
• 2 garlic cloves , minced (I use 4-5)
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground pepper
• 2 (10 ½ ounce) cans nonfat beef broth (I use Campbell's)
• 0.5 (750 ml) bottle dry white wine or 1 cup water
• 2 cups water
• 1 (1 ounce) package French onion soup mix
• 0.5 (8 ounce) bottle of heinz seafood sauce

Directions:

1. Mix all the ingredients in your fondue pot, and simmer for 1 hour.
2. When you are ready to start, bring the broth to a boil.
3. We usually have thinnly sliced beef (Chinese fondue beef), large raw tiger shrimp, scallops, portabello mushrooms, and chicken.
4. Of course, you can have what ever meat and vegetables you wish.
5. Guten apetit!

Reviews

[Mrs Baldwin]

We made this for our Christmas Eve dinner. We make lots of dishes that everyone can pick from. This beef broth (for the steak) and my brother's cheese fondue recipe were perfect. Lots of flavor!!! I've saved this in my cookbook and will be using it over and over!

[Pretty Flower]

Made this broth tonight: no fuss and delicious recipe. All guests raved about it including kids. I added a few sticks of lemongrass to the recipe and it was a good guess! Taste is very similar to that of canned fondue broth but with probably half the sodium and better taste. For the first time, I am considering using the leftover broth for soup (usually it is way too salty).

[Queen Roachie]

Enjoyed this tonight with broccoli, pork loin, chicken, and edamame in the pod. I used water rather than wine... didn't have any. I also left out the seafood sauce. I went heavy on the garlic, as suggested. This made for a fun Friday evening dinner with the family. My 5 year old enjoyed the novelty of cooking his own food, but only ate a bit, cause he's 5 and that's what they do, apparently. Everyone else ate heartily. Thanks for sharing!