Best Crock Pot French Onion Soup Recipe Recipe Cards

CROCK POT FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a skillet and cook onions until soft.
• Then sprinkle with flour, sugar, salt and pepper and mix well.
• Pour into slow cooker (we used this one).
• Next, stir in your broth and sherry.
• Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours.
• Then ladle your soup into 6 oven-safe soup bowls.
• Next, butter your bread slices and sprinkle lightly with garlic powder.
• Place the bread slices in each bowl and cover each liberally with cheese.
• Next broil until cheese is golden and carefully serve (bowls will be very hot).

SLOW COOKER FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large, heavy pot over medium-high heat; cook and stir onions until they become translucent, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle onions with sugar; reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring constantly, until onions are soft and browned, at least 30 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir sherry into onion mixture and scrape bottom of pot to dissolve small bits of browned food from the pot. Transfer onions into a slow cooker and pour in beef broth. Season to taste with sea salt; stir in thyme and bay leaf. Cover cooker, set on High, and cook 4 to 6 hours. If desired, set on Low and cook 8 to 10 hours.
• About 10 minutes before serving, set oven rack about 8 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Arrange bread slices on a baking sheet.
• Broil bread slices until toasted, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
• Combine Gruyere, Emmental, Parmesan, and mozzarella cheeses in a bowl, tossing lightly. Fill oven-safe soup crocks 3/4 full of onion soup and float a bread slice in each bowl. Top with about 2 tablespoons of cheese mixture per serving.
• Place filled bowls onto a baking sheet and broil until cheese topping is lightly browned and bubbling, about 2 minutes.

SLOW-COOKED FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Place butter in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Top with sweet and red onions; sprinkle with pepper. Cook, covered, on low until onions are tender, 5-6 hours., Stir in broth, water, wine, herbs and Worcestershire sauce. Cook, covered, on low until flavors are blended, 2-3 hours. Remove herb sprigs and bay leaf., To serve, preheat broiler. Place bread on a baking sheet; broil 4 in. from heat until lightly toasted, 1-2 minutes per side. Top bread with cheese; broil until cheese is melted, 1-2 minutes. Divide soup among eight bowls; top with cheese toasts and serve immediately.

SLOW COOKER ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir sweet onion and red onion in melted butter until softened, about 10 minutes. Cook and stir garlic into onion mixture until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker.
• Pour beef stock, brandy, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce into slow cooker. Season with salt and black pepper.
• Cook soup on High for 4 to 5 hours.
• Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
• Ladle the soup into 3 oven-proof bowls; top with croutons and a slice of Provolone per bowl.
• Broil in the preheated oven until cheese melts and begins to brown, about 3 minutes.

CROCK POT FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Using a large frying pan, slowly sauté the onions in butter until limp and glazed.
• Transfer to crock-pot.
• Add beef stock, white wine, sherry, Worcestershire and garlic.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
• Place French bread on a baking sheet.
• Sprinkle generously with cheese.
• Place under preheated broiler until lightly toasted.
• To serve, ladle soup into bowl.
• Float a slice of toasted French bread on top of each bowl.