French Onion Grilled Cheese and Soup- measure with your heart for this one

 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.