French Onion Soup

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  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS * 1 tablespoon butter * 1 tablespoon olive oil * 4 large onion, thinly sliced * 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour * 2 (14 ounce) cans beef broth * 1/2 cup white wine * 1 1/2 cups water * 2 bay leaves * 6 slices French bread * 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
Directions
1. In a large saucepan over low heat, melt butter with olive oil. Cook onions in mixture, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes, until very soft, translucent and brown on the edges.
2. Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir to combine. Pour in beef broth, wine and water with bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 20 to 30 minutes.
3. Preheat oven broiler.
4. Toast the bread slices. Ladle the soup into 6 ovenproof bowls and place the bowls on a baking sheet. Place a toasted slice of bread over each bowl and top with Swiss cheese.
5. Place bowls under broiler until cheese is melted.





Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LAUREY1.

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 186.7
  • Total Fat: 9.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 21.6 mg
  • Sodium: 553.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 15.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
  • Protein: 8.8 g

Member Reviews
  • R1CROOK
    I added a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce when adding the broth. Other than that followed recipe as written soup taste great. - 11/8/17
  • POSITIVEHOPE
    Awesome! I added balsamic vinegar instead of the wine. Learned that from Tyler Florence on the Foodnetwork. Yummy - 8/15/15