French Onion Soup

Ingredients (10 servings)

  • 6-8 yellow onions, sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 cup butter (1 full stick)
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1.5 cups wine (any type)
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 10 cups beef broth

Directions

Cooking

  1. Slice the onions, chop the garlic.
  2. Preheat multiple pans on medium heat. Add the butter and melt it, dividing the butter even between the pans. More pans means more surface area for cooking the onions, I use 3: skillet, soup pot, dutch oven.
  3. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaves, and thyme to the pans, season with salt and pepper. Cook the onions until they are very soft, 25-30 minutes, stirring them every 3-5 minutes.
  4. Combine the onions into a single pan (soup pot), remove the thyme and bay leaves.
  5. Add the wine, bring to a boil, simmer 5-10 minutes until the wine has evaporated.
  6. Reduce heat to medium-low, dust the onions with flour, stir and cook for another 5-10 minutes, until the onions are pretty thick.
  7. Add the beef broth, cook on low for 10 minutes or longer.

Serving

  1. Toast bread slices (baguette, sourdough, etc with cheese (provolone, etc) on top until the cheese is melted.
  2. Serve the soup with toasted bread & cheese on the top.

Notes

  • Usually use Riesling or another white wine, but any type of wine works.
  • Based on a few recipes such as this one.
  • Serve with a protein!

Nutrition

  • Soup only: 199 calories, 13g fat (59%), 18g carb (36%), 2.5g protein (5%)
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