My version of French Onion Grilled Cheese and Soup
3lbs of onions, halved and sliced *I used sweet onions*
½-1 stick of butter
Salt and pepper to taste
3/4 c + 3ish cups of beef broth *I use reduced sodium Better
Than Bullion, so adjust the saltiness as needed*
Italian seasoning to taste
1-2 bay leaves
Flour (amount depends on how thick you want the soup)
Sandwiches-
Onion mixture
Cheese (provolone, gouda, Havarti, etc)
Sourdough or other crusty bread
Margarine/butter
1.
Melt butter in big pot/dutch oven. Add in onion
slices and salt/pepper. Cook over medium
heat until caramelized…about 30mins
2.
Add in 3/4 c of beef broth and a little bit of Italian
seasoning. Cook on medium high to reduce liquid.
3.
Remove 1/3ish of the onion mixture. Set aside.
4.
To the pot/dutch oven, add in 3ish cups of beef
broth, a little more Italian seasoning, and a couple bay leaves. Bring to a low
boil/simmer.
5.
Make a slurry of beef broth and flour. Honestly
I just pulled some broth out of the pot and added maybe 2 heaping tablespoons
of flour. Whisked it together so it wasn’t lumpy. Dumped it all in the pot and
mixed together. If you want it thicker,
add more slurry. If it’s too thick, add more beef broth.
6.
While that’s cooking, make some grilled cheese
sandwiches. Use at least two pieces of cheese so that you can put some of the
onion mixture in between. It’ll sorta make a little pocket of flavored
deliciousness lol
When I made it this way, I made 4 grilled cheeses and two
bowls of soup. However, I still had some onion mixture left over to make a
couple more sandwiches, or I could have added it back into the soup and added
more broth to make a bigger pot of soup.
We like ours pretty chunky with onions, so certainly you can make this
with much more broth to have more to share.
