French Onion Soup - Slow Cooker Recipe
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Ingredients: ~ 4 lbs onions, sliced
1/4 cup butter
8 c. or 2x 1L cartons of beef stock*
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 bay leaf
¼ teaspoon thyme
½ tsp fresh ground garlic, opt.
salt and pepper
French bread (1 slice/bowl)
Parmesan cheese (abt 2 TB/bowl) (opt)
Mozzarella cheese, grated (about 1/3 c./bowl)
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Directions:1. Over medium heat. sauté the onion in butter until soft and translucent and caramel coloured. Make this in 2 batches.
2. Place onions in slow cooker.
3. Important step: Deglaze cooking skillet with some of the beef stock:
put about 1 cup of stock in each pan and simmer gently for 5 min.
4. Add this stock to slow cooker along with the remaining beef broth .
5. Add Worcestershire sauce, garlic, thyme and bay leaf.
6. Cover; cook on High for 4 hours or on low for 6-8 hours.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf.
8. If freezing, cool for 1-2 hours then divide soup into appropriate containers.
9. To serve: for each serving, place 1-2 tbsp of parmesan cheese in bottom of individual oven-safe soup bowl; place one slice of toasted bread over the cheese; fill bowl with soup; top with mozza cheese; place under broiler to melt the cheese. Serve. Be careful as bowls will be hot. |
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Servings:6 |
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Time:about 30 min. |
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Notes: *Vegetable broth works well, too: taste is similar to using beef. This soup is wonderful for a winter meal, but everyone loves it in warmer weather, too!
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