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Healthified French Onion Soup

66% less fat • 38% fewer calories • 84% less sat fat than the original recipe. Spoon up a pièce de résistance in the alluring savory taste of French Onion Soup.

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Prep Time 60 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min
Servings 4

Ingredients

1: tablespoon olive or canola oil

4: medium onions (about 1 1/2 lb), sliced (8 cups)

1: carton (32 oz) reduced-sodium beef broth (4 cups)

1/4: teaspoon dried thyme leaves

1/4: teaspoon pepper

1: dried bay leaf

2: teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

8: slices (1/2 inch thick) baguette French bread

1/4: cup shredded fresh Parmesan cheese (1 oz)

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Directions

1 In 4-quart nonstick Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions; cook uncovered 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook 35 to 40 minutes longer, stirring frequently, until onions are light golden brown (onions will shrink during cooking).
2 Stir in broth, thyme, pepper, bay leaf and soy sauce. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf.
3 Meanwhile, set oven control to broil. Place baguette slices on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle cheese evenly on slices. Broil with tops 4 to 6 inches from heat 30 to 60 seconds or until cheese is melted. Watch carefully so cheese does not burn.
4 To serve, ladle soup into bowls. Serve with baguette slices.

EXPERT TIPS

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We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the originals.

We've added reduced-sodium soy sauce to this healthified version of onion soup as a flavor enhancer.

Be sure to use shredded fresh Parmesan cheese rather than the powdery grated variety. You'll get a better melt if you start with a brick and shred it yourself, but you can also use preshredded.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving (1 Cup Soup and 2 Baguette Slices)

Calories: 210
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 2g, 2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%;
Sodium: 510mg; 510%;
Total Carbohydrate: 26g; 26%
(Dietary Fiber 3g 3% Sugars 7g 7% ),
Protein: 11g; 11%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 8%;
Calcium: 15%;
Iron: 10%;

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 9/28/2012 8:25:48 AM REPORT ABUSE Heidi3863 said:

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Well I tried this and it is Great !!!! I did make a small change by putting a small amount of chopped garlic on bread and put it in crock and broiled cheese... only problem I had was the time on onions was way off it took almost an hour to become golden brown. I have tried many onion soups and for healthified it came out fantastic !

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Posted 6/1/2009 11:49:07 AM REPORT ABUSE Vampire 13 said:

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I tried this recipe the other night for my husband who loves french onion soup. He was very disappointed, he stated the flavor was bland, that he mostly tasted the soy sauce, and it failed to satisfy his taste for french onion soup. I won't do this one again.

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