This quick and Easy French Onion Soup recipe can be ready in no time so it can be enjoyed any day of the week.
This quick and Easy French Onion Soup recipe is a simplified version of the favorite classic. Did you read that? Simplified. Again, simple comfort food is a good thing, don’t you agree? Seriously, forget that canned French Onion Soup and make your own in no time right at home with basic ingredients, straightforward preparation and in just under 45 minutes. It’s super simple soup making, y’all. The most difficult part is slicing the onions and we all know slicing onions is easy peasy.
Ingredients
3/4 cup of butter
1/4 cup of olive oil
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
– Thinly slice four big yellow onions.3/4 teaspoon of dried thyme
6 cups of beef broth
Adjust with salt and pepper, if desired.
1 ring of sliced baguette
Two cups of Gruyère cheese, or Swiss cheese, grated
Instructions
- While the olive oil and butter are melting in a big saucepan, set the heat to medium.
- Toss in the sugar and chopped onions.
- Once the onions begin to soften and get a golden brown color, cook for another 25-30 minutes, stirring often.
- Finally, stir in the dried thyme and beef broth.
- After the ingredients have come to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for fifteen to twenty minutes.
- Add black pepper and salt to taste.Get the broiler ready while the soup is simmering.
- Toast the baguette slices for a minute or two on each side in the oven until they become a golden brown and are crisp.In oven-safe bowls, ladle the heated soup and top with a toasted bread slice.
- On top of the toast, generously sprinkle grated
- Gruyère cheese.After three to five minutes under the broiler, the cheese should be melted and bubbling in the bowls.
- Beep if you want to keep from burning.
- Take it out of the oven with care and serve hot, topping it with more bread if you want.
- Half an hour for cookingFour servings
