Slow Cooker French Onion Soup

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 6 lbs onions, sliced
• 1/4 cup butter
• 14 cups beef stock
• 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons sherry wine (optional)
• 2 slices toasted crusty bread
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded gruyere cheese

Recipe

• 1 over medium heat sauté the onion in butter until soft and translucent and caramel colour. make this in 3 batches.
• 2 place onions in slow cooker.
• 3 deglaze cooking skillet with some of the beef stock;this is the secret to that taste.
• 4 add to slow cooker along with the remaining beef broth (your own homemade or powdered mixed with boiling water).
• 5 add worcestershire sauce, thyme and bay leaf.
• 6 cover; cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 6-8 hours.
• 7 add salt and pepper to taste. remove bay leaf.
• 8 divide soup into appropriate containers.
• 9 seal and freeze.
• 10 when ready to enjoy your french onion soup.
• 11 remove from freezer and place in a microwave dish with 2 tbsp sherry; heat for 5 minutes.
• 12 add parmesan cheese to your onion soup bowl. place one slice of toasted bread over the cheese. fill bowl with soup.
• 13 top with shredded gruyère cheese.
• 14 place under broiler to melt your cheese.
• 15 tip: when adding your ingredients to the slow cooker make sure they are all hot.
• 16 use the processor to slice your onions. i once read 'if i use my food processor just to make onion soup it will be worth the cost".
• 17 bon appettit!