what's cooking wednesday - slow cooker french onion soup

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I came across this one night as I clicked away from here to there. You know those kinds of nights. I have no idea how I ended up there, bu I'm glad I did. This soup appealed to me because it was dead easy.

Oh and no picture. I had planned on taking a picture, but all of the sudden my bowl was empty and I thought..... oh crap! But it's french onion soup, you can imagine it right?

Here is the original recipe

and this is what I did to it.

6 onions
3tbsp olive oil
1 carton beef broth
1 carton chicken broth
french bread
swiss cheese

So I diced up 6 large onions. I actually used 3 white and 3 red purple onions and threw them in my large oval crock pot with some olive oil. I didn't measure. I just drizzled some in so the onions were coated after I stirred it all up. Turn your crock pot on high and walk away for at least 8 hours. Pour in the beef and chicken broth and cook on high for 30 minutes more. Portion out into bowls, top with french bread and swiss cheese and pop under the broiler until the cheese is melty.

Recipe Notes - I love this recipe for how little work it requires. I cooked my onions for 8 hours, but I think next time I'd let them go longer, another hour at least. I used the biggest onions I could find, which is why I used two full cartons of broth. Mike and I had soup for dinner two nights in a row and I froze the rest.




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