Mike's French Onion Soup

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Mike's French Onion Soup MMOBRIEN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. This incredibly rich, decedent, tummy filling French Onion Soup absolutely bursts with onion, garlic and Gruyère flavors! It's great for lunches or chilly evening dinners. For the caramelized onions, toss the butter and oil into in a large heavy stockpot set over medium-high heat.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mike's french onion soup using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's French Onion Soup:
  1. Make ready 2 EX LG Vidalia Onions [no substitutions]
  2. Make ready 2 Coves Garlic [smashed & fine chopped]
  3. Take 1⁄3 Cup Green Onions [small chop]
  4. Take 1⁄2 Stick Unsalted Butter
  5. Make ready 1 LG Bay Leaf
  6. Get 3⁄4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
  7. Get Cracked Black Pepper [to taste]
  8. Take 32 oz Box Beef Broth [low sodium]
  9. Take 1⁄2 Cup Dry White Wine [chardonnay]
  10. Make ready 1 LG Baguette Bread
  11. Prepare Garlic Butter [as needed - for bread]
  12. Make ready 1 Gruyère Cheese [4 slices or 1 brick - you can substitute Swiss if in a pinch]
  13. Make ready 1 1⁄2 tbsp AP Flour
  14. Prepare Fresh Parsley [for garnish]
  15. Prepare 1⁄2-3⁄4 Packet Lipton Onion Soup Mix
  16. Get 2 LG Oven Safe Ramikins

Add the onion and fry over high heat for few minutes. Remove the lid, sprinkle in the sugar and. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Pour in the white wine and saute until wine has evaporated.

Instructions to make Mike's French Onion Soup:
  1. Add butter to a large pot. Slice onions thin and place in pot. Also, add your green onions, garlic, thyme, black pepper and bay leaf. Simmer onions for 25+ minutes until onions are limp and translucent. Stir regularly.
  2. Add white wine and simmer 5 minutes longer to burn off alcohol. Pull bay leaf.
  3. Dust onion mixture with your flour and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes to cook out any flavor of flour. Stir constantly. Add minimal amounts of butter to pot if your flour begins to seize up and is too difficult to stir. Or, if you feel it's in danger of burning.
  4. Add your broth and 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 package of Lipton Onion Soup Mix. I use 2⁄3's packet for the additional sodium & onion flavors. It really does balance the sweetness of the Vidalia Onions quite well. Simmer 10 minutes longer. Stir occasionally.
  5. Here's your desired outcome.
  6. Slice your Baguette Bread into 4 pieces. Cut more if you'd like to serve additional slices for dipping. Coat slices with garlic butter. Place in a 350° preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes - or, until baguettes are browned and crispy.
  7. Ladle your hot soup into your Ramikins. Place Ramikins on a lifted edge cookie sheet. These can easily overflow. In fact, it's desired that they do! Just not today in my new oven.
  8. Place 2 toasted garlic Crustinis in each of your your Ramikins.
  9. Slice your Gruyère Cheese and place on top of your toasted Crustinis.
  10. Turn on your ovens broiler.
  11. Place Ramikins in oven for 5 minutes. Or, until your cheese is fully melted and browned.
  12. Garnish with fresh parsley. Allow dish to sit for 3 minutes. Then serve. Enjoy!

Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Pour in the white wine and saute until wine has evaporated. This French Onion Soup is perfect if you're following a calorie controlled diet and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to. Saute the onions in the butter and olive oil until they begin to caramelise.

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