Mike's French Onion Soup. Looking For Yummy French Soup Recipes? Visit Our Website For Tasty Recipes, Now! After ordering this soup many times at restaurants, this recipe reproduces precisely what French Onion Soup is supposed to taste like.

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. Our French Onion Soup is packed with carmelized onions in a hearty broth for that sweet savory flavor you expect in an onion soup. You can cook Mike's French Onion Soup using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mike's French Onion Soup

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

From the farm to your table - enjoy! Even a handful of boiled potatoes and fresh noodles would work well with French onion soup. Steak is also a good dish to pair with French onion soup. You'll have a complete meal when you serve French onion soup with a meat course like steak.

Mike's French Onion Soup instructions

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!.

Then have a slice of toasted French bread and you'll have a very filling lunch or dinner. There can't be too many dishes more french than the classic french onion soup. I love the earthy sweetness of this soup and it's a perfect go to dish for colder nights. Stand alone this soup is great but match this with my savoury cheese on toast and you have a meal even the french would be proud of. With French onion soup, the lengthy cooking time has two phases: Caramelizing the onions slowly and deliberately, and then simmering the broth for a long time with the caramelized onions.