No-Brain French Onion Soup

Not fancy, just good honest soup from the slow cooker. 


No-Brain French Onion Soup.

8 onions, sliced into rings

8 tablespoons butter

6 cups beef stock (1 48-oz can)

1 bay leaf

½ teaspoon dried thyme

Salt & pepper, to taste

Croutons (homemade if you can) or stale bread cut into 1/2" cubes and dried thoroughly

Shredded Gruyere cheese

Place the onions in a 4-quart slow cooker.  Cut the butter into pieces and sprinkle on top of the onions.  Cover and cook on low, overnight, stirring once or twice before you go to bed and mounding the onions toward the center so the edges don’t burn.

In the morning, stir the onions and add the beef stock, bay leaf, and thyme.  Cover and cook on low all day.

About 5 minutes before serving, adjust seasonings and preheat broiler.  Ladle into soup crocks, top with croutons, and sprinkle cheese generously over the croutons.  Broil until cheese is browned and bubbly.  Serve immediately.


Serves 6.