French Onion Soup With Grilled Cheese Croutons Recipes

FRENCH ONION SOUP WITH GRILLED CHEESE CROUTONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Melt butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and herbs, season with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and caramelized, about 35 minutes. Meanwhile, butter baguette slices on one side, then arrange half of them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, buttered side down. Top each with a generous pinch of Gruyère. Set remaining baguette slices into place on top of cheese, buttered side up, to make 12 small sandwiches. Season tops with salt. Once onions are caramelized, add port, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring up any browned bits, until the port is almost evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes. Add beef broth, return to a simmer, and cook 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, during last 10 minutes of cooking, bake sandwiches in oven until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes. Flip and bake 5 minutes more. Put 1 grilled cheese in each of 6 bowls. Pour soup over and top each with 1 more grilled cheese. Kitchen Counter Per serving: 530 cal, 28g carbs, 18g protein, 36g fat, 105mg chol, 410mg sodium, 3g fiber

GRILLED CHEESE CROUTONS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
• In a small bowl, combine butter and thyme. Spread over one side of each bread slice with the butter mixture.
• Place 3 slices in the pan, buttered side down. Top with the cheese, then with remaining bread slices, buttered side up.
• Cook, turning once, until toasted on both sides, 3-5 minutes per side.
• Remove the sandwiches from the pan. Let them cool slightly, then cut them into 1" squares. Use in soups(tomato is especially nice), on top of salads, etc. Enjoy!
• Makes about 60 croutons.

FRENCH ONION SOUP WITH CROUTONS

Steps:

• Slice onions finely, sautee in butter until tender.
• Add water, boullion cubes, and Kitchen Bouquet.
• Simmer 20 minutes, add croutons and serve.
• To make croutons: Toast bread slices under broiler.
• Spread with butter, salt, pepper, garlic, paprika and Parmesan cheese.
• Dice.

FRENCH ONION SOUP WITH CHEESE CROUTONS

Steps:

• In a large stockpot on medium-high heat, saute the onions with the butter and bay leaf for 20 minutes, until the onions turn a rich golden brown color. Deglaze the pan with the sherry and brandy and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes. Add the white wine and simmer uncovered for 15 more minutes.
• Add the beef and chicken stocks plus salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered for 20 minutes. Remove the bay leaf, taste for salt and pepper.
• *For the croutons*.
• While the soup simmers, arrange the baguette slices in single layer on baking sheet and bake in a 400-degree oven until the bread is dry, crisp, and golden at edges, about 10 minutes. Set aside.
• *To serve*.
• Adjust oven rack 6 inches from broiler element and heat broiler. Set individual broiler-safe crocks on baking sheet and fill each with about 1 3/4 cups soup. Top each bowl with 1 or 2 baguette slices (do not overlap slices) and sprinkle evenly with Gruyère. Broil until cheese is melted and bubbly around edges, 3 to 5 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before serving.

FRENCH ONION SOUP GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Over a medium-high flame, heat the oil and add the onions. Cook them slowly (make sure the heat is high enough that they don't steam) and allow them to gently caramelize, about 30 minutes. Add salt, pepper, and the butter at the end to season.
• Assemble the sandwich. On a slice of rye, layer cheese, onions, and a second layer of cheese. Cover with the second slice of rye. Place on a panini grill and press. Sandwich is ready when the cheese has melted.

FRENCH ONION GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until the slices start to wilt and turn translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the onion soup mix, thyme and 2 tablespoons water. Turn the heat to low, then continue to cook, stirring and adding more water a tablespoon at a time if the mixture gets too dry, until the onions are very soft and golden brown, 5 to 10 more minutes.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a saute pan over medium heat. Spread 1 teaspoon mustard onto one side of each slice of bread. Divide the Cheddar, Gruyere, caramelized onions and crispy onions between 2 of the slices of bread on top of the mustard. Top each with another slice of bread, mustard-side in, and lay the sandwiches in the pan. Cook, pressing down on top of the sandwiches, until the bottoms are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter to the pan and flip the sandwiches, cooking until the cheese is melted and the bottoms are golden brown, about 3 more minutes. Cut in half and serve.

GRILLED FRENCH ONION SOUP OR NOT

Steps:

• Trim and peel onion leaving a small amount on the root end.
• Core the center then slice almost all the way thru (looks like a bloomin onion from outback steakhouse).
• Place 1 tsp butter and 1 boullion in hollow core.
• Place in sheet of heavy duty foil and form bowl with the onion.
• Sprinkle with Worcestershire sauce, wine and spices. Use more or less to your tastes.
• Close up foil and place on medium heat grill for about 1 hour.
• Remove from grill.
• Open carefully and add cheese and croutons.
• Note #1: You can add water/broth to make this more soup-like.
• Note #2: I use a beef base or low sodium boullion as this can get salty with the boullion, croutons and the cheese.

GRILLED CHEESE CROUTONS

Steps:

• On stove, heat a grill pan (or frying pan) over medium-high heat.
• Brush one side of each bread slice with butter.
• Place two slices in the pan, buttered side down.
• Top with one slice of cheese each, then top with remaining slices of bread, buttered side up.
• Grill 2-3 minutes, until toasted; turn and grill other side.
• Cut into 1-inch squares.
• Serve your choice of soup hot, topped with a few croutons per serving.
• This recipe should make enough for 6 servings of soup.