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French Onion Soup

Classic French soup with caramelized onions, beef broth, and melted Gruyère cheese

Total Time
1h 20min
Servings
4
Difficulty
medium
Rating
4.5 (156 reviews)

Time Breakdown

Prep:20min
Cook:1h
Cuisine: french
Meal Type:
lunchdinnerappetizer
Tags:
frenchsouponionscheesecomfort food

Ingredients (4 servings)

  • 6 largeyellow onions, thinly sliced
  • 1.79 ozbutter
  • 1.06 quartsvegetable broth
  • 4.24 fl ozdry white wine
  • 2 leavesbay leaves
  • 1 tspfresh thyme
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 1/2 tspblack pepper
  • 4 slicesbaguette, toasted
  • 5.36 ozGruyère cheese, grated

Instructions

  1. 1

    Melt butter in large pot over medium heat.

    2min
  2. 2

    Add onions and cook slowly, stirring occasionally, until deep golden brown.

    45min
  3. 3

    Add wine and scrape up browned bits from bottom of pot.

    3min
  4. 4

    Add broth, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper. Simmer for 15 minutes.

    15min
  5. 5

    Preheat broiler. Ladle soup into oven-safe bowls.

    2min
  6. 6

    Top each bowl with toasted baguette slice and generous amount of cheese.

    3min
  7. 7

    Broil until cheese is bubbly and golden, about 2-3 minutes.

    3min

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