Recipe: Tasty French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup. Stay warm with this GREAT French onion soup! With beef stock base, slow-cooked caramelized onions, French bread, gruyere and Parmesan cheese. French Onion Soup is a classic soup recipe for good reason!

This French onion soup is easy to make and lighter than most restaurant versions. Traditional French onion soup is made with a lot more butter and usually topped with lots of cheese. Tyler's French onion soup is a hearty classic that's surprisingly low-cost. You can have French Onion Soup using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of French Onion Soup

1. Prepare 4 Tbsp of butter.
2. You need 4 Tbsp of olive oil.
3. It's 7 cups of sliced onions (about 7 medium onions).
4. Prepare 3 Tbsp of flour.
5. Prepare 8 cups of beef broth (I use 8 cups water and 8 packets beef bovril).
6. It's 1 clove of garlic sliced.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of sugar.
8. Prepare 1 cup of dry white wine.
9. You need 1 stick of French bread sliced into 1/2 or 3/4 inch thick pieces.
10. Prepare of Swiss gruyere or mozzarella cheese (thinly sliced or grated).

French Onion Soup is probably one of the most epic soups in this whole wide world. And yet, the soup itself is made with very few core ingredients: butter, onions, flour and stock/broth. French Onion Soup is a deeply flavorful blend of onions caramelized in butter and slow simmered in a rich medley of beef broth and white wine, then finished with a splash of Cognac and topped with. Enjoy my signature French onion soup the way my granddaughter Becky does.

French Onion Soup step by step

1. Melt butter in large sauce pan then add 2 Tbsp olive oil..
2. Stir in onions, garlic and sugar..
3. Cook uncovered over low to medium heat, stirring occasionally for 20 to 30 minutes or until onions are golden brown..
4. Sprinkle flour over onions and cook for another 1 or 2 minutes, stirring constantly..
5. Add beef stock and wine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered for another 30 to 40 minutes..
6. While the soup simmers, prepare the bread..
7. Brush bread slices lightly with remaining olive oil on both sides and put on pan in 350 degree oven. Lightly toast each side (turn part way)..
8. Ladle soup into individual oven proof bowls and top with 2 or 3 slices of French bread followed by the cheese..
9. Put oven proof bowls on a baking pan and bake in 350 degree for 10 to 20 minutes until cheese is melted..
10. Enjoy!.

I make onion soup for her in a crock bowl, complete with garlic croutons and gobs of melted Swiss cheese on top. French onion soup is a bistro classic, the most homey and delicious example of good café cooking. But only a handful of frugal ingredients make up this restaurant favorite. This traditional French Onion Soup recipe has a rich, decadent broth loaded with caramelized onions and topped with everyone's favorite part: the toasted bread and melty cheese. When you think of French onion soup what do you picture?