In our house we love French Onion Soup. It’s really so good. All onion-y, and broth-y and cheese-y and crusty bread-y…Mmm, mmm good! Yes, my kids love it too…they eat onions raw! Weird children o’mine.
I love ordering it in restaurants, it’s always the fancy soup on the menu. I always feel so grown up eating it (oh wait, I am a grown-up?) okay, then I feel like I’m a grown-up who should be eating it while sitting in a schmancy pants restaurant that is all quite and calm except for the noise of silverware clinking against pricey china. Yeah, that sounds nice. You know, instead of the loud craziness we bring with us when we dine at our 4 star restaurant of choice these days, Noodles and Co. Ahhh, some day 🙂
So what’s better than ordering it in a restaurant one might ask? Well, making it in your crockpot of course! Everything is more fun to eat if it cooks up in your crockpot…well, that’s my motto anyways 😉
Crockpot French Onion Soup
Recipe Type: Soup
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Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
- 3 onions, sliced
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 32-oz cartons of beef broth
- French bread, sliced on the bias
- swiss or gruyere cheese
Instructions
- With your crockpot on high, add the butter and let melt.
- Once butter is melted, add in sliced onions and cover.
- Cook onions on high for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until onions are carmelized.
- Mix together flour, worcestershire sauce, sugar and pepper in another bowl.
- Slowly add flour mixture and broth to onion stirring well.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4.
- To make the crusty bread, slice french bread on the bias and place slices of swiss or gruyere cheese on top.
- Toast in oven at 250 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Pour soup into bowls and top with cheesy bread slices.
First up, grab 3 medium-sized onions…
Slice them nice and thin…
Then take 3 tablespoons of butter…
Melt the butter in your crockpot on high…
Then add your onions, cover and cook for 45 min to 1 hour until your onions are carmelized.
Carmelized onions will look like this…nice and brown and tender.
They will be translucent and you may even see them burnt on the ends. This is all good carmelization! You want this…it gives the soup it’s flavor…sooooo good.
Next grab your flour…
Worcestershire sauce, pepper and sugar and mix together.
Then, open up your cartons of beef broth…
Add the flour mixture and pour in the beef broth while mixing together nice and slowly.
Let cook covered for 6-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high.
While you’re waiting, slice your bread. Add your cheese and toast in your oven at 250 degrees for about 20 minutes…or until cheese is all melt-y.
When the soup is ready, pout into serving bowls and top with that awesome cheese bread.
Ahhh, so good!
Enjoy!!
XOXO,
Oh my!! Sounds sooooooo good and easy too. Think I need some SOON!! Thank you for sharing.
Have a God Filled Day
Shirley
Mmmmm!! I’ll bet your house smells good while that’s cooking, too! 😉
That looks soooo good! Will have to give it a try! Thanks for sharing!
D’you know, I’m French and never had this, but I would love to have a go!!!
All I have to say is DE-LICIOUS! …And so simple! At wom-mom we are all about crock pot meals! Thank you for sharing!
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Perfect timing- I’ve got beef broth and onions that need to be used up. This looks so good. We miss Noodles and Co! 🙂
French Onion Soup!!!!!!!!!!! I know what’s on next weeks grocery list. Ahwww Yah! Thanks for sharin the love.
Looks yummy! Might have to try it with some veggie stock and vegan worchestershire sauce.
Ooh! I’m definitely going to have to try this. Thanks for sharing such a scrumptious looking recipe! 😀
I don’t love onions but this looks yummy! I think I may have to step out and try it for sure!
I love me some french onion soup! Thanks for sharing. I will have to try this one. 🙂
my mouth is watering in anticipation…
Hey! I’m a new follower and I can’t wait to try this recipe… I haven’t had as much time as I would like to dive into your blog (I’m sure you can relate being a mother) but I do love what I’ve been able to read so far! Especially this recipe. I look forward to reading into it more.
Sam
http://www.samantha-richardson.blogspot.com
oh, I want this now!!!!!! I wonder if my kids would eat it …
saw this on craft gossip, omg i have tried to make crockpot french onion soup before and it didnt turn out well, i will be trying yours very soon!!!
Making this for dinner tonight! Can’t wait!
I am making this right now… Im so excited.. the only thing is, my onions have been in there on high for 1 hour and 30 min right now and they are not even close to being done… Next time I will caramelize them on the stove top…. but im very excited about getting it done..
I’m having the same problem! I can’t get them to change color for the life of me!
Never had this before, always wanted to try it. Used your recipe and OOOH LA LA!!! LOVE IT!! Thanks so much for sharing!!! I am going to go make a batch to battle this raining whether we have going on!! Thanks!!!!
Delina
dewthis.blogspot.com
Found this via Pinterest– FANTASTIC. I caramelized the onions on the stove to save time, and I cut back on calories by using store-bought croutons instead of french bread. I’ve passed on your website/recipe! Thanks!
yummy! I’ll have to give this a try-thanks for sharing the recipe!
Try using an extra onion and then letting all of those onions caramelize even longer – if you wait until they are a really deep amber, almost mahogany, the volume will reduce more (which is why you need an extra one) but the flavor is absolutely INCREDIBLE.
mmmm making it today!! Thanks for the recipe!
Made this today & it was very good. I ended up having to carmelize the onions on the stove top because even after 90 mins on high in the crock pot it just wasn’t cooking fast enough. Preparing this was so easy…I cried lol 🙂 Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Pretty cool- I found this link on Pinterest and realized I went to high school with your hubby 🙂 tell Cliff Hi! and I’m going to try this
Amy Arnold Edwards
Sounds so good but is there a way to just make this in a pot on the stove to speed up prep time?
You sure can Sarah!
That looks amazing perfect soup for the fall!!!! love crockpot recipes!
What size crockpot are you using? I only have a small-ish one (about 4qt). Will that work?
This looks great!!