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Slow Cooker Beefy French Onion Soup

Travel to France via your slow cooker with a delicious French onion soup that takes only 15 minutes to prep. Voilà!

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 9 hours 25 min
Makes: 8 servings (1 cup each)

(24 ratings)

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7	small onions, cut in half and thinly sliced (7 cups)
1	tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
2	tablespoons sugar
2	dried bay leaves
1 1/2	pounds beef stew meat
3	cans (10 1/2 ounces each) condensed beef consommé
1/4	cup dry sherry or apple juice
1	cup apple juice
1/4	teaspoon dried thyme leaves
8	slices (1/2 inch thick) French bread, toasted
2	cups shredded Swiss cheese (8 ounces)

Serve with...

Tossed Greens with Grapefruit Vinaigrette
Total Time: 25 min

1.	Toss onions, butter and sugar in 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Top with bay leaves and beef.
2.	Cover and cook on Low heat setting 9 to 10 hours or until onions are deep brown.
3.	Stir in beef consommé, sherry, apple juice and thyme. Increase heat setting to High. Cover and cook 10 minutes or until hot. Remove bay leaves.
4.	To serve, spoon into ovenproof soup bowls and top each serving with slice of toast and 1/4 cup cheese. If desired, broil with tops 6 inches from heat 3 to 5 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and begins to brown. Note: This recipe was tested in slow cookers with heating elements in the side and bottom of the cooker, not in cookers that stand only on a heated base. For slow cookers with just a heated base, follow the manufacturer’s directions for layering ingredients and choosing a temperature.

Success

For best results, don’t double this recipe. If the onions are packed too deeply in the slow cooker, they steam and stay pale and boiled tasting instead of caramelizing. They would eventually caramelize, but not before the beef would become dried out and overcooked.

Serve With

A fresh tossed salad with a vinaigrette would taste great with this rich soup. Spoil your family with a small fancy French pastry from the bakery for dessert.

Special Touch

If you broil the soup with cheese on top, place the soup bowls on pretty plates to serve to protect fingers and your table from the hot bowls.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving: Calories 530 (Calories from Fat 190 ); Total Fat 21 g (Saturated Fat 10 g); Cholesterol 80 mg; Sodium 1080 mg; Total Carbohydrate 48 g (Dietary Fiber 3 g); Protein 37 g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8 %; Vitamin C 4 %; Calcium 34 %; Iron 24 % Exchanges: 2 1/2 Starch; 2 Vegetable; 4 Lean Meat; 1 Fat
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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