wilkes

5 onions, thinly sliced
6 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 pound shredded Swiss cheese
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 cup white wine
salt and pepper to taste
1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, sliced
In a medium stock pot, heat beef broth over medium-high heat.


In a saute pan, add butter and oil and cook over medium-high heat. Once heated, add onions and stir, until onions are tender and transparent. Stir in sugar.
Add onions to heated broth, stir and let simmer for 20 minutes.
Add wine and season with salt and pepper, simmer for 10 minutes.
Pour soup mixture into individual serving bowls and place a slice of bread on top, making sure bread gets well soaked. Place shredded cheese on top of bread and broil, 3 inches below heat, until cheese bubbles.

French Onion Soup
5 small onions, thinly sliced
2 cans (14 ounces) low sodium beef broth
2 cans (10 ounces) beef consomme
(Cambells in the soup isle)
1 packet onion soup mix (cheating but taste great)
8 slices French bread, about 1 inch thick
1 cup shredded Gruyere cheese Great taste and worth it.
Could sub, White Chedder

Combine onions, broth, consomme,
and soup mix in a slow cooker.
Cook on HIGH setting for 4 hours,
or LOW setting for 8 hours.
Ladle soup into serving bowls.
Top with a slice of French bread.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons cheese over each bread slice.
Put soup bowls under broiler until cheese is melted.
Alternatively, place the bread on a baking sheet and top with cheese;
broil until cheese has melted, about 30 to 40 seconds,
and set on top just before serving.

anyone got a good recipe? Had one that was great but lost it somewhere