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Submitted by Sageca
"I made this fantastic recipe for a big batch of onion soup that You can freeze in portions to use later. Serve this with a lovely red wine and salad and voilà for a romantic meal. These are 14 large servings so if you are serving this before a meal reduce the amount of soup in your bowl. Better than bouillon also makes a great beef broth,"
photo by Robin and Sue .JPG "Slow Cooker French Onion Soup Recipe - Food.com (4)")
- Ready In:
- 5hrs
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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14
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ingredients
- 6 lbs onions, sliced
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 14 cups beef stock
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
- salt and pepper
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For 2 servings
- 2 tablespoons sherry wine (optional)
- 2 slices toasted crusty bread
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄4 cup shredded gruyere cheese
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directions
- Over medium heat sauté the onion in butter until soft and translucent and caramel colour. Make this in 3 batches.
- Place onions in slow cooker.
- Deglaze cooking skillet with some of the beef stock;this is the secret to that taste.
- Add to slow cooker along with the remaining beef broth (your own homemade or powdered mixed with boiling water).
- Add Worcestershire sauce, thyme and bay leaf.
- Cover; cook on High for 4 hours or on low for 6-8 hours.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf.
- Divide soup into appropriate containers.
- Seal and freeze.
- When ready to enjoy your French Onion Soup.
- Remove from freezer and place in a microwave dish with 2 tbsp sherry; heat for 5 minutes.
- Add Parmesan cheese to your onion soup bowl. Place one slice of toasted bread over the cheese. Fill bowl with soup.
- Top with shredded Gruyère cheese.
- Place under broiler to melt your cheese.
- Tip: When adding your ingredients to the slow cooker make sure they are all hot.
- Use the processor to slice your onions. I once read 'If I use my food processor just to make onion soup it will be worth the cost".
- Bon Appettit!
Questions & Replies
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What is this part of the recipe? " (your own homemade or powdered mixed with boiling water)." and what did anyone do as alternative to this? I am getting ready to make it now.
Scott E.
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Can I get the nutrition details on this recipe? The French onion soup.... Thank you!
lab1107
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Reviews
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This is perfect as written. Made the full recipe (just fit in a 6 qt. slow cooker) and I'll be lucky if I get to freeze half. ;) Been looking for the perfect FO soup recipe and now I've found it - a plus being less complicated than others I've tried - thanks!
DeniseMB
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Easy to make ... not too much fuss and tasted great, but mostly I Loved that it was not overly salty as many French Onion Soups are. I added quite a bit of pepper at the end to deepen the flavor though.
annabella873
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Loved this recipe. I pared it down a little bit--just four pounds of onions and about ten cups of broth.<br/><br/>Just before serving it, I dished it out into ramekins. Then I sliced the French bread, laid a slice on top of the soup, but partially sticking out of the bowl too. I sprinkled mozzarella cheese over top (didn't have any other variety at the moment) and broiled it for about 3 minutes. Turned out perfect!
Joellen1972
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YUM!!! I ran the onions through my mandoline for thinner slices. The house smelled so good while this was cooking! I've never made french onion soup and I'm glad that I chose this recipe! Thanks for posting, this was very tasty!
xpnsve
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I have always wanted to know how to make French Onion Soup and now I do! This tastes just like it's supposed to. It's a perfect recipe! The only problem I had was trying to keep from crying while I chopped all those onions! Made for ZWT5 - Epicurean Queens
Sarah in New York
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Tweaks
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You can make the caramelized onions in your slow cooker. It takes a long time but they turn out perfect. Food Network has a few recipes for caramelized onions. I have done that a few times now you can make a big batch and freeze some, there is a wonderful dip using the onions on there too by Katie Lee.
Lori L.
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Sageca
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I love to cook, read recipe books and food magazines,spend time in kitchen stores, grocery stores, gourmet shops, learning new cooking techniques, trying new kitchen gadgets,tasting exotic foods,enjoying a wonderful meal. I've always had a herb garden; now I have containers on my patio with my must have herbs. It seems, everything tastes better with fresh herbs!
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