French Onion Soup. Comfort in a bowl :)

French Onion soup. 

I have not met one person who has said to me, "You know what, fuck French Onion soup, I hate that shit." Which means it's pretty much a universal "hell yessss".

This and a good bean/beef/turkey chili are some of my two favorite comfort food. I mean, come on, what says "It's all going to be good, gurl." like caramelized onions and melted gruyere on pieces of baguette. And it's pretty fuckin' easy to make. And now that you have the recipe, there is no more excuse for you not to make a homemade French Onion soup.

So here you go. 

French Onion Soup Recipe

WHAT YOU NEED (for about two dinner servings):

1 Onion (a chose a sweet yellow)

1 cup chicken stock

1 cup beef stock 

1 TBSP flour

1 pinch of thyme (more to taste, if you'd like)

Salt and Pepper to taste

1/4 C of red wine

1 clove of garlic (minced)

3 TBSP butter (about a third of the stick)

1 large/medium pot

Gruyere cheese

A few slices of French Baguette

 STEP 1: Slice up your onion in slivers. Cut off the ends and just start cutting it end to end, going back and slicing your 'circle' pieces in half.

STEP 2: In your large pot, melt down the piece of butter on a low-medium heat.

STEP 3: Throw in your onion, thyme, salt, pepper, and garlic and cover the onion pieces in the butter. Leave it on the low-medium heat, going back every few minutes to stir the onions around. This takes about 15-20 minutes.

After 25 minutes, your onion should be lovely and caramelized and look a little somthin' like this. And iz beautiful.













STEP 5: Add the cup of wine to the caramelized onions. Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Let it chill for about 5-10 minutes, or until all of the wine has boiled off.

STEP 6: Once the wine has boiled off, add the tablespoon of flour and then cook for another 5-10 minutes to cook the raw flour.

STEP 7: Once you've cooked the flour through, add the beef and chicken broth. I like Swanson. Mostly because this container reminds me of those single-serve wine juice boxes you find at 7-ll.

Let it cook on a simmer for 5-10 more minutes...and while you're doing that...

STEP 8: Slice about 3-4 baguette slices per serving and cut enough pieces of Gruyere cheese to make a nice thick layer of cheese. I have about 7 different types of cheese in my fridge and wasn't about to buy another one, so I just went with some Comte and Parmesan...but just Comte would've probably been better. Throw it on a pan and put it in the broiler: CHECK ON IT EVERY 2-3 MINUTES. Basically, just make sure nothing burns.

Once the pieces are crispy and the cheese has melted, ladle the soup into a bowl and put the croutons on top.

And there you go! Never order another bad French Onion soup  from a mediocre restaurant again, because you just made it for way less.

Holah.