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French Onion Soup

by Tasting Table Staff
dinnerrichslow cooker
Yield: 4 to 6 servingsPrep: 10 minutesCook: 5.08 hoursTotal: 5 hours, 15 minutes
Source: https://www.tastingtable.com/cook/recipes/french-onion-soup-recipe-slow-cooker-recipes-hot-soup-recipe?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=organic

Ingredients

You have 2 of 10
produce
  • ○2thyme sprigs
  • ○¾ poundshallots(thinly sliced (8 to 10 small shallots))
  • ✓1 clovegarlic(smashed)
  • ✓1bay leaf
  • ○2 poundssweet white onions(halved and thinly sliced (2 large onions))
dairy
  • ○8 ouncesGruyère cheese(thinly sliced or grated)
  • ○3 tablespoonsunsalted butter
grain
  • ○1 largebaguette(cut into ½-inch-thick slices)
pantry staple
  • ○8 cupslow-sodium beef broth
  • ✓black pepper(to taste)
  • ○¾ teaspoonkosher salt(plus more to taste)

Instructions

  1. In a slow cooker, combine the onions, shallots, thyme, garlic, bay leaf and butter, and season with salt. Turn the slow cooker on high and cook until the onions are very soft and the garlic has disintegrated, 3 hours.
  2. Add the beef broth, season with a pinch of black pepper and continue to cook on high for 2 hours more. Makes about 10 cups French onion soup.
  3. Meanwhile, about 30 minutes before serving, adjust the oven rack to the top portion and preheat the oven to 425°F.
  4. On an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet, arrange 8 to 12 bread slices in a single layer and toast in the preheated oven until light golden brown, 5 minutes. Set aside and increase the oven temperature to the low broil setting.
  5. On the baking sheet, place 4 to 6 oven-safe bowls and fill each to the rim with soup. Top with 1 or 2 slices of toasted bread and layer with cheese, completely covering the bread.
  6. Broil in the oven until the cheese is melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve with any extra bread for dipping.

My notes

This French onion soup is extra rich, made with shallots and sweet white onions in the slow cooker.