Slow Cooker Onion Soup
Description
French onion soup is simmered in the slow cooker, topped with croutons and provolone cheese, and broiled to bubbling perfection.
Ingredients
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1/4 cup butter, melted
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1 large sweet onion (such as Vidalia®), cut into thin slivers
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1 small red onion, cut into thin slivers
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2 cloves garlic, minced
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4 cups beef stock
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3 tablespoons brandy
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2 teaspoons soy sauce
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2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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2 cups Italian-style seasoned croutons
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3 slices provolone cheese
Directions
1
Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir sweet onion and red onion in melted butter until softened, about 10 minutes. Cook and stir garlic into onion mixture until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker.
2
Pour beef stock, brandy, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce into slow cooker. Season with salt and black pepper.
3
Cook soup on High for 4 to 5 hours.
4
Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
5
Ladle the soup into 3 oven-proof bowls; top with croutons and a slice of Provolone per bowl.
6
Broil in the preheated oven until cheese melts and begins to brown, about 3 minutes.