Onion & Beer Soup

Submitted by CountryLady

"Lighter than the traditional version & quick to make! If, like me, you're not a beer drinker - I suggest using a light beer - like Molson's Canadian!!!!!!!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 4 cups sliced onions (about 4 medium)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup dark beer
• 3 cups chicken stock
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 4 slices crusty bread, toasted
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 cups grated gruyere cheese

directions

1. Heat oil; add onions& sugar, cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 20- 25 minutes or until the onions are slightly coloured.
2. Sprinkle flour over onions& stir in.
3. Slowly add the beer, pour in chicken stock and season to taste.
4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Place toast slices in ovenproof soup bowls.
6. Pour broth into each bowl, sprinkle with some parsley& top with grated cheese.
7. Place under broiler for a couple of minutes to melt cheese.

Reviews

[chia2160]

this was outstanding! great onion flavor. i sliced 4 onions, sweated them in oil and butter for half an hour and needed 5 cups of stock to cover.i actually simmered this for half an hour, then followed the recipe. everyone enjoyed this

 

[Geema]

Maybe I did something wrong. Neither my Dh nor I cared for the taste of this soup. We used a bottle of good Bass Ale, but it just didn't blend well with the onions and the chicken stock and gave a rather bitter flavor to the soup. Sorry CL...I really wanted to like this soup and think that perhaps it's just not in tune with our taste buds.

 

[BLUE ROSE]

This was different! Quite surprised with how good this came out. For the onions I chose to use Recipe #89007.

 

[MaggieMac]

I made this soup for an Oktoberfest dinner last year and it was a hit! I regularly get requests for it.

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

Marg, DH and DS loved this soup, the best part is it takes very little time to cook, which was a plus to prepare for a summer's day. I used my caramalized onions (recipe#89007) which I had already prepared and frozen in my freezer, and that made it even more quicker, and used a light beer. I did not have any gruyere cheese, so I used mozzarella instead. We really enjoyed this delicious soup! Thanks for sharing...Kitten:)