Homemade French Onion Soup Recipe

It has been raining all weekend long here in Austin. Rainy weather to me means one thing…soup!

One of my favorite kinds is French Onion Soup but I usually will just buy a can or wait until we go out to a restaurant to enjoy a bowl. After this weekend, I no longer have to wait on anyone else so I can enjoy a hot bowl as I’ve created my own recipe for homemade French Onion Soup.

I’ve only made homemade French Onion Soup once before and that recipe needed to be seriously modified to be up to my standards. The first time around I used red onions – mistake number one.

I also tried to skimp on the beef consume and substitute with beef broth and water – mistake number three. But the final tweak that needed to come was the bread and cheese.

In my opinion, those two components are what really set this dish apart but my previous attempt at French Onion Soup. Even though the cheese is a little pricier than I would normally like to spend it truly made all the difference in the world and my husband declared this soup a definite success. Being the meat lover he is, I think he’s now focused on finding a way to incorporate meat into it (not going to happen).

French Onion Soup

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French Onion Soup

Recipe for easy, homemade French Onion Soup from scratch. Warm, delicious, and filling comfort food that tastes like the French classic.

Course Soup

Cuisine American, French

Keyword onions, soup

Servings 4

Calories 342 kcal

Author Live Love Texas

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 3 yellow onions thinly sliced
• 2 cans beef consume
• 3.5 cups beef broth
• 2 tbsp red wine
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• salt and pepper to taste

Topping

• 1/3 lb. Gruyere cheese sliced
• French baguette thinly sliced

Instructions

1. Melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and stir until translucent, about 15 minutes
2. Mix flour with onions, then gradually add beef broth, consume, wine, and spices.
3. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 15-20 minutes.
4. Place baguette slices on a cookie sheet and top with cheese. Broil until cheese melts and bread is toasted about 5 minutes.
5. Ladle soup into bowls and top with cheesy bread slices.

Nutrition Facts

French Onion Soup

Amount Per Serving

Calories 342 Calories from Fat 216

% Daily Value*

Fat 24g37%

Saturated Fat 14g70%

Cholesterol 72mg24%

Sodium 1822mg76%

Potassium 391mg11%

Carbohydrates 11g4%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 17g34%

Vitamin A 730IU15%

Vitamin C 6.4mg8%

Calcium 440mg44%

Iron 1.8mg10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Be sure to check out my Easy Chicken and Rice Soup recipe as well!

What’s your favorite soup?