Crockpot French Onion Soup
We all know that French Onion Soup is just an excuse to eat the melty crunchy cheesey toasts. And I fully support that thought. I mean is there anything more comforting than soup with toast and melted cheese on top?
Hubby happens to love French Onion Soup. He orders it when we’re out and always enjoys it. I had never had it before meeting him. The first time I tried it, I wasn’t really a fan. But that was because he gave me a bite towards the bottom of the bowl. After he had finished off his cheesey toasted deliciousness.
I decided to make this soup in the crockpot. I researched recipes online and everything I found looked somewhat bland… I took ideas from a variety of recipes, threw in a bunch of garlic, thyme, and of course red wine and came up with this recipe. Hubby claims it’s as good as any he’s had in a restaurant.
One thing to note about this recipe, you cook the onions overnight. So you’ll want to start this the day before you plan to enjoy it.
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Crockpot French Onion Soup
I caramelize the onions overnight and then cook the soup during the day
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients:
For the Soup
4 Tbsp butter
3 lbs onions, sliced into rings
3 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
6 cloves garlic, minced
fresh thyme
26 oz beef stock
32 oz low-sodium beef broth
1/4 cup red wine
For the Toasts
French bread, sliced
Gruyere cheese, sliced
Directions:
For the Soup
Place butter and onions in crockpot. Your crockpot should be full to the top with onions.
Place a double layer of paper towels over crockpot, extending past the edges. Put lid on crockpot. The paper towels will absorb the moisture as opposed to it dripping back into the onions.
Set crockpot on high for one hour. Reduce to low for 8-10 hours. (I let the onions cook overnight.)
Mix flour, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and pepper. Stir flour mixture, garlic, thyme, stock and broth into onions.
Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours (or high 2-3 hours). 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time, stir in the red wine.
For the Toasts
Heat grill pan over high heat. Grill bread 2 minutes on each side, until crispy.
To Assemble Soup
Set oven to broil setting.
Ladle soup into individual oven-safe serving bowls. Only fill bowls 3/4 full. Add one piece of toast and a slice of cheese.
Broil until cheese is melted (timing will depend on your oven - just keep an eye on it.
Recipe by Beantown Baker
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
this sounds really good-will be trying this!
This looks so tasty and easy to make! I need to get a crockpot.
I made that recipe last week – and everyone loved it! I only wish I’d gotten pictures…..
This looks wonderful. Bookmarking right now! Thanks!
Oh, boy this looks wonderful! I love slow cooker recipes like this. What side did you serve with it? Just veggies?
~ingrid
Both your cranberry recipes look great. I am hoping Santa brings me a new crockpot for Christmas as my previous one was nuclear. This recipe looks so easy. I am not a pie fan so am thinking the cranberry apple dessert would be nice for hubby and I for Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing!
Yep just some steamed veggies.
I made this over the weekend and it was delicious! Thanks for the posting!
I finally made this recipe after having it bookmarked forever. Thanks to Kelsey for reminding me about it – it was soooo good and it definitely hit the spot!!! Thanks Jen!
I make this every year for Christmas dinner 😀 We always go out for a fancy Christmas Eve dinner, and then we have a huge fancy Christmas Breakfast… by the time Christmas dinner comes around we are wiped out and not really in the mood to cook. This recipe is perfect because I can throw it all in the crock pot on Christmas Eve morning and pop in in the fridge. Then on Christmas day I put it on low and put wild rice in the rice cooker. My family always looks forward to it and we just love how delicious it is. I really wanted to let you know that this has been a tradition for us for about 3-4 years!! Thanks so much and Merry Christmas!!
beantownbaker — December 26th, 2013 @ 11:06 am
I love hearing stories like this! Family traditions are so heart warming during the holidays 🙂
Nice recipe – Thank you. I love slow cooker recipes. Have a Happy Weekend!