French Onion Soup

Submitted by weekend cooker

"onion soup at its best, with sensational taste. Very simple to prepare."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 6-8 soups
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 5 -6 sweet onions, thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 (14 ounce) cans beef broth
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 6 -8 slices French bread, cut in 1-inch slices
• 8 slices swiss cheese
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper

directions

1. In a large skillet, cook onions, and garlic on low heat(DO NOT BROWN) in hot butter for about 20 minutes and stir several times.
2. Transfer onion mixture to 4-5 quart slow cooker and add beef broth, worcestershire, pepper, and 1 cup water.
3. Cover and cook on low for 5-8 hours or on high for 2 1/2-4 hours.
4. Before serving soup, toast bread slices with cheese slice on top.
5. Broil for 3-4 minutes or until cheese is light brown and bubbly.
6. Ladle soup into bowls, and top with toast.

Reviews

[Shelby Jo]

Sorry, this just had a funny taste...I can't place it but it just didn't turn out. I cut the onions back to 3 like Sue L recommended...it took a little longer than 20 minutes to cook them. This just wasn't the soup for us.

 

[PalatablePastime]

I prepared this recipe taking appleydappley's review into consideration. I used only three onions and a can of broth in place of the water which made this serve only four people. I also seasoned the onions with salt and pepper, and added a little more garlic and worcestershire sauce. The onions I cooked until soft but not browned, which at low heat took more than 20 minutes. We all thought the soup this way was very good and we are glad you shared! ~Sue

 

[appleydapply]

This was not really to our taste. There were too many onions for the amount of broth. It might have been because they didn't seem to cook down very much - I sauteed them as directed, but perhaps it should be for longer since they were still crunchy when we ate the soup. I would have added more broth at the end to make it soupier, but I didn't have any more on hand. I did add 1/4 cup of cooking sherry at the end which brightened up the flavor that was otherwise somewhat bland. So I also think instead of adding 1 cup of water, that adding another can of broth would have improved he flavor.