Steve's French Onion Soup

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French Onion Soup is ideal for an autumn or winter night.

Traditional French Onion Soup uses beef broth, but, since my wife doesn't eat red meat, I usually make it with chicken and vegetable stock.

"Takes patience as the 90 mins for onions is boring but loved it...did add the white wine as one of others suggested but stuck with the red onions as previously always use white/yellow so was nice for a change...especially the cheesy baguette floater was superb! I am in London and reminds me of US restaurants doing it that way alot. Went down extremely well with others eaters!!" - PondACB

Yield: 8 Servings Ready in 2 hours

Cuisine: FrenchMain Ingredient: Onions

(4.5, 43) 89% would make again (reviews)

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Original recipe makes 8 Servings

7 largeRed Onions; peeled

6 tablespoonButter

2 teaspoonsBlack Pepper; freshly ground

3 teaspoonSalt

2 Bay leaf

3 quartsStock - Beef, Chicken, Vegetable; your preference

2 teaspoonsSalt; optional

1 cupEmmanthaler Cheese; grated, to 1.5 cups

1 cupGruyere; grated, to 1.5 cups

1 Baguette

Steve's French Onion Soup Preparation

Slice onions 1/8 inch thick.

In a large stockpot, melt butter over low heat. Place onions in it and cook slowly for 1 1/2 hours. Add stock and simmer for 1 hour. Salt to taste.

Slice baguette bread in 1/2" slices. Put in toaster, to a medium brown.

Turn on broiler. Spoon soup into oven-safe serving dish, top with toast and equal mixture of the grated Emmenthaler and Gruyere. Place under broiler, broil 3-6" away from heat for approximately 3-5 minutes. (Watch it carefully -- you want a nice browning but not burning.)

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Calories Per Serving: 459
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	shotsofespresso 1 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 13 hours, 17 minutes ago
	Great Recipe!!! Dawn7 2 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 7 hours, 42 minutes ago
	very rich flavor...almost too rich or salty. dtbh4t 2 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 10 hours, 3 minutes ago
	Delicious! I used a mix of provolone & swiss cheese and it was great Dawn7 3 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
	jlsmith 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 6 hours, 18 minutes ago
	Delicious! Just finished making it thirty minutes ago and it is gone already. hangp14 4 months, 2 days, 4 hours, 12 minutes ago
	Really good recipe for a delicious and fool proof French onion soup! Kicia731 4 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
	Michellez30 7 months, 16 hours, 21 minutes ago
	Great recipe. I modified it a bit by using water as my base and beef bouillon cubes per cup of water. Tkomodo 7 months, 5 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes ago
	Cant wait to make this, and it looks just like i remember it as a kid in germany ashleylynnfournier 8 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 6 hours, 7 minutes ago
	Oh my days this is tasty, perfect for a rustic summers day! The only recipe I would use for this soup JakPot 11 months, 5 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes ago
	Made this several times, I love it! Kproescher 1 years, 2 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
	To bland for me. Even tweaked it... estherbeverly 1 years, 4 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes ago
	This is my goto recipe for French Onion Soup guitarmom 1 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes ago
	Very good Soup! Easy and delicious... flicka01 1 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 hours, 39 minutes ago
	R we not supposed to cut or slice the onions?? Nadabaqi 1 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes ago
	Well worth the time it took to cook Terri110 1 years, 9 months, 3 days, 7 hours, 32 minutes ago
	We followed the recipe to the letter and it definitely fed more than six people. Other than that, it was delicious :) tessiela 1 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 52 minutes ago
	Want to try. Looks great! The onions and butter really cook for an hour and a half before adding the broth? Seems so long like it wud turn to mush. Binty69 1 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 9 hours, 45 minutes ago
	Really simple and great for any beginner cook who wants to look impressive! Make sure you follow the recipe on the low heat and it's almost impossible to mess up and so so good! AleishaKalina 1 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 2 hours, 10 minutes ago