Slow-cooker French onion soup

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Written by: Chatelaine

  • 4
  • 30 mins
  • 450 mins

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
  • 1.75 kg
  • cooking onions, thinly sliced (about 14 cups)
  • 3 tbsp
  • butter, cubed
  • 1/4 tsp
  • salt
  • 4 1/2 tsp
  • all-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp
  • vermouth, or dry white wine
  • 900-mL carton
  • beef broth
  • 1/3 cup
  • water
  • 1 1
  • demi-baguette
  • 1 tbsp
  • butter, at room temperature
  • 2 cups
  • grated gruyere or emmental cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

COMBINE onions with butter and salt in slow cooker insert. Season with fresh pepper. Cover and cook on high until onions are soft and dark brown, about 6 hours.

STIR in flour until well combined. Stir in vermouth. Scrape up brown bits from bottom. Add broth and water. Cover and continue cooking on high for 1 1/2 hours.

POSITION rack in top third of oven. Preheat broiler. Cut bread into 8 slices, each 1/2 in. thick. Butter both sides and place on a baking sheet. Broil until lightly golden, about 1 min per side.

ARRANGE 4 oven-safe soup bowls on a baking sheet. Ladle soup into bowls. Top each with 2 toasts. Sprinkle with cheese. Broil until cheese is bubbly, 2 to 4 min.

Nutrition

Calories 587

Protein 26 g

Carbohydrates 56 g

Fat 30 g

Fibre 7 g

Sodium 1840 mg

Excellent source of
Vitamin B6

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