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Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
This slow cooker French onion soup is simmered until richly flavored, topped with toasted bread and a blend of cheeses, then broiled until bubbly.
Makes:8 servings
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 4 large yellow onions, sliced and separated into rings
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup cooking sherry
- 7 cups reduced-sodium beef broth
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 slices of French bread
- ½ cup shredded Gruyere cheese
- ⅓ cup shredded Emmental cheese
- ¼ cup freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons shredded mozzarella cheese
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Directions
Prep:30 mCook:285 mReady:5 h 15 m
- Gather all ingredients.
- Heat butter in a large, heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add onions; cook and stir until translucent, about 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle onions with sugar; reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring constantly, until onions are soft and caramelized, at least 30 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir sherry into onion mixture; scrape the bottom to dissolve the small bits of browned food.
- Transfer onions into a slow cooker and pour in beef broth. Season with sea salt; stir in thyme and bay leaf.
- Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours or on High for 4 to 6 hours.
- Preheat the oven broiler about 10 minutes before serving. Set an oven rack about 8 inches from the heat source. Arrange bread slices on a baking sheet; broil until toasted, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
- Lightly toss Gruyere, Emmental, Parmesan, and mozzarella cheeses in a bowl.
- Fill oven-safe soup crocks 3/4 full with onion soup and float a bread slice in each bowl.
- Top each with about 2 tablespoons cheese mixture.
- Place filled bowls onto a baking sheet and broil until cheese topping is lightly browned and bubbling, about 2 minutes.