Country Style Onion Soup Recipes

SLOW-COOKER FRENCH ONION SOUP(COOK'S COUNTRY)

Steps:

• COOK ONIONS Arrange beef bones on paper towel-lined plate. Microwave until well browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, set slow cooker to high. Add butter, cover, and cook until melted. Add onions, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, brown sugar, and thyme. Stir flour, apple butter, sherry, and soy sauce together in small bowl until smooth. Pour over onions and toss to coat. Tuck bones under onions around edge of slow cooker. Cover and cook on high heat until onions are softened and deep golden brown, 10 to 12 hours. (Cooked onions can be refrigerated in airtight container for 1 day.).
• 2. FINISH SOUP Remove bones from slow cooker. Heat chicken and beef broth in microwave until beginning to boil. Stir into slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper.
• 3. MAKE CROUTONS Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position (about 6 inches from broiler element) and heat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange bread slices in single layer on baking sheet and bake until bread is golden at edges, about 10 minutes. Heat broiler. Divide cheese evenly among croutons and broil until melted and bubbly, 3 to 5 minutes.
• 4. SERVE SOUP Ladle soup into bowls and top each with 2 croutons. Serve.
• **Most soup recipes start by chopping or mincing onions. For this recipe, we wanted slices that would retain their shape through 10 to 12 hours of gentle simmering. We found that cutting onions with the grain (rather than across it) yielded slices durable enough for the slow cooker.

"COUNTRY STYLE" ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Slice onions in half latitudinally, peel, cut off tops. Cut in half again, the other way. Turn on the flat side and cut each quarter into thirds or fourths, to get fairly uniform, fairly thin half-rings of onion.
• In a sturdy saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter. Watch carefully to make sure it doesn't separate.
• Just before butter melts completely, add onions. Cook, stirring fairly frequently, until they are soft, clear, and just on the edge of caramelizing.
• Add flour all at once to the middle of the pan. Carefully and evenly work onions and butter into the flour, stirring constantly, until all onions are completely coated with flour-butter paste.
• Cook this mixture, stirring constantly, until it is a medium golden-brown.
• Add stock slowly while stirring constantly to avoid lumps.
• Add water until soup is just a little thinner than desired consistency (about 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cups, to taste). Salt lightly.
• Cover, and bring just to a boil. Reduce heat to medium.
• Simmer, partially covered but vented, about 20 minutes or until soup is desired consistency.
• Taste for seasoning and salt to taste.

CLASSIC FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium heat. Add onion and season with salt. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring often at first and then only occasionally, until onions are golden brown and caramelized, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Add white wine and dry sherry and bring to a boil. Add flour and cook, stirring, until thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in broth and let simmer 10 minutes. Season with salt.
• Heat oven to broil. Place 4 broiler-safe bowls on a sheet tray and fill with soup. Top each with a slice of bread (trimming to fit, if necessary) and cheese, dividing evenly. Broil until cheese is golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

OUTBACK ONION SOUP

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pot over medium heat, bring 2 quarts water to a boil. Stir in bouillon cubes and let boil 10 minutes, until dissolved. Place onions in boiling water, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• Stir in salt and pepper and simmer 30 minutes more.
• Stir the flour into 1/2 cup cold water to make a paste. Gently whisk this mixture into the simmering soup, being careful not to break the onions. Simmer 30 minutes more.
• Stir in cream and cheese until cheese is melted and mixture is thoroughly heated. Thin with water if necessary. Serve hot, garnished with croutons, if desired.

COUNTRY STYLE FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• heat oven to 400 *F.
• in a 3qt saucepan melt 2 tablespoons butter, add onion and 1/2 teaspoon garlic. cook over medium heat, stirring often, until onions are tender.
• add remaining soup ingredients, continue cooking until heated through.
• meanwhile in 13x9 baking pan, melt 1/4 cup butter in oven. stir in basil and 1/2 teaspoon garlic.
• add bread cubes, toss to coat. bake 10 to 15 minutes, stirring often until toasted.
• pour soup in oven proof bowls, place 1 cheese slice in each bowl. bake 7 to 10 minutes or until cheese is lightly browned.
• serve with rye croutons.

RICH AND SIMPLE FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter with olive oil in an 8 quart stock pot on medium heat. Add onions and continually stir until tender and translucent. Do not brown the onions.
• Add beef broth, sherry and thyme. Season with salt and pepper, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Heat the oven broiler.
• Ladle soup into oven safe serving bowls and place one slice of bread on top of each (bread may be broken into pieces if you prefer). Layer each slice of bread with a slice of provolone, 1/2 slice diced Swiss and 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Place bowls on cookie sheet and broil in the preheated oven until cheese bubbles and browns slightly.

BONNIE'S COUNTRY ONION SOUP WITH RYE CROUTONS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2. PREPARE CROUTONS Melt the butter in an oblong pan, add the basil, garlic and toss to coat. Bake 7 to 10 minutes, turning half way through. Remove and set aside.
• 3. MAKE THE SOUP: Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large 3 quart sauce pan, and saute the onions with the garlic. Cook over medium heat until onions are very tender. Add the water, broth, chicken granules, country-style dijon mustard, basil leaves, thyme leaves, and black pepper. Simmmer about five minutes.
• 4. Add the soup to the 3 oven-proof bowls. Add a thick slice of Mozzarella cheese to each bowl. Return to the hot oven and bake about 10 minutes until cheese is lightly brown, remove from oven, and add the croutons.
• 5. Here is how it looks! Enjoy!

CLASSIC FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons oil and butter over medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir until softened, 10-13 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook, stirring occasionally, until deep golden brown, 30-40 minutes. Add minced garlic; cook 2 minutes longer., Stir in wine. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half. Add broth, pepper and salt; return to a boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour. , Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400°. Place baguette slices on a baking sheet; brush both sides with remaining 3 tablespoons oil. Bake until toasted, 3-5 minutes on each side. Rub toasts with halved garlic. , To serve, place twelve 8-oz. broiler-safe bowls or ramekins on baking sheets; place 2 toasts in each. Ladle with soup; top with cheese. Broil 4 in. from heat until cheese is melted.