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1/4
cup butter
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2 1/2
cups thinly sliced onions (2 large)
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2
14 ounce can beef broth
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1/4
cup dry sherry or dry white wine
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1
teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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1/4
teaspoon ground black pepper
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4
1/2-inch slices French bread, toasted
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2/3
cup shredded Swiss, Gruyere, or Jarlsberg cheese
1. In a 3-quart saucepan melt butter. Add onion and cook, covered, over medium-low heat for 13 to 15 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
2. Uncover saucepan; cook and stir onion over medium-high heat about 10 minutes more or until onion is golden. Stir in broth, sherry, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, preheat broiler. Line a baking sheet with foil; arrange bread slices on baking sheet. Broil 4 to 5 inches from heat for 2 to 3 minutes or until toasted, turning once. Sprinkle with cheese. Broil for 2 to 3 minutes more or until cheese melts and is light brown.
4. To serve, ladle soup into bowls. Top each serving with a bread slice. Makes 4 main-dish servings.
- Variation French Onion Soup with Beef:Prepare as above, except add 1 cup chopped cooked beef with the broth.
- Variation French Onion Soup with Mushrooms:Prepare as above, except add 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms to saucepan in Step 2 before adding broth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat about 15 minutes more or until onion is golden and mushrooms are tender. Continue as directed.
- Servings Per Recipe 4,
- Calories 306,
- Protein (gm) 10,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 24,
- Fat, total (gm) 18,
- Cholesterol (mg) 47,
- Saturated fat (gm) 11,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 2,
- Sodium (mg) 1023,
- Potassium (mg) 173,
- Calcium (DV %) 182,
- Iron (DV %) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Good, but not great. I'm going to try Julia Child's recipe next.
10/23/2011 08:24:36 AM Report AbuseIt's a good starter recipe, but to me, it tastes a bit too "buttery", and not enough like onion. I also used a white wine, I'm wondering if it'd be better to use the sherry instead.
4/14/2011 05:08:44 PM Report AbuseI'm a beginner at cooking anything... this was terrific!
12/30/2009 06:08:10 PM Report AbuseI somehow only gave it one star and it deserves five. It was easy and great!
10/31/2009 06:07:57 PM Report Abuse