Rich And Delicious Crock Pot French Onion Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Melt butter with olive oil in an 8 quart stock pot on medium heat. Add onions and continually stir until tender and translucent. Do not brown the onions.
• Add beef broth, sherry and thyme. Season with salt and pepper, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Heat the oven broiler.
• Ladle soup into oven safe serving bowls and place one slice of bread on top of each (bread may be broken into pieces if you prefer). Layer each slice of bread with a slice of provolone, 1/2 slice diced Swiss and 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Place bowls on cookie sheet and broil in the preheated oven until cheese bubbles and browns slightly.

Steps:

• 1. Heat crock pot to high temperature setting. Add butter, chopped onions and cover. Cook on high for 2 hours or until onions are translucent, stirring occasionally.
• 2. Add garlic, beef broth, salt/pepper and Worcestershire. Allow to cook 2 more hours on high. Add hot water and concentrated beef bouillon. Turn heat setting to low for 1 to 2 hours. About 15 minutes before serving, add dry sherry (optional). Turn off heat.
• 3. Lightly toast bread. Pour soup into serving dishes. Place toasted bread on top of soup, followed by sliced cheese. Set under oven broiler for a few minutes until cheese bubbles to your desire. Serve hot.
• 4. NOTE: If you're planning to make the crock pot soup while away from the house and unable to stop at the 2 hour increment to add ingredients, first cook the onions in the butter (or butter/oil) using a stovetop pot or pan until translucent (about 6 to 8 minutes). Place cooked onions and all other ingredients except dry sherry into the crock pot. Cook on low-heat for 6 to 8 hours. Follow instructions for adding the dry sherry (optional), the toast and cheese as directed above at the end of cooking time.

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.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/4-inch slices. Cook, stirring occasionally, until caramelized and very soft, about 45 minutes.
• Deglaze pan with Cognac and wine, scraping up bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spoon.
• Sprinkle flour over onions; stir. Add beef stock and thyme leaves andbring to a simmer. Cook, partially covered, until heated through, about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Preheat broiler. Arrange Gruyere on bread and broil until cheese is melted, about 1 to 2 minutes. Serve with soup.

Steps:

• Place Reynolds™ Slow Cooker Liners inside a 5- to 6 1/2 -qt slow cooker bowl. Make sure that liner fits snugly against the bottom and sides of bowl and pull the top of the liner over rim of bowl.
• In lined slow cooker, mix onions and margarine.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting 30 to 35 minutes or until onions begin to slightly brown around edges.
• Mix flour, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and pepper. Stir flour mixture and broth into onions. Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 9 hours (or high heat setting 3 to 4 hours) or until onions are very tender.
• Prepare Cheesy Broiled French Bread. Place 1 slice bread on top of each bowl of soup. Serve immediately.

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.