A delicious, deceptively simple and easy recipe for french onion soup, which can also be used to make french dips. 10 Ingredients, 30 minutes hands-on time.
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 2 hourshours
Total Time 2 hourshours30 minutesminutes
Serving Size 8servings
Ingredients
2lbstewing beef(cut into smaller chunks)
6yellow onions(thinly sliced)
2red onions(thinly sliced)
4 tbspolive oil
2tbspbutter
1tspdried rosemary
1tspcelery salt
1tspdried thyme
1/2tspground black pepper
8cupswater
1/2 cupapple juice
1tbspapple cider vinegar
to tastesalt
to tasteshredded cheeseoptional (swiss or mozarella, for topping)
Instructions
In a large pot, high heat - sear the chunks of stewing beef in a little bit of oil, and then set aside. Lower temperature to medium.
In the same pot add the rest of the oil, butter and all the sliced onions. Cook on a medium until carmelized, this can take 20+ minutes. You want to spend a lot of time on this step to get good flavor out of the onions.
Once the onions are carmelized, return beef to the pot. Add the garlic and spices and allow to cook together for a minute or two.
Now add the apple juice and apple cider vinegar (or white wine) and cook for another minute or two.
Now add the water, allow it to come to a boil, and then lower the heat so it can simmer for anywhere from 1-2 hours depending on the beef.
Once the beef is tender and can easily shred apart, the soup is done.
Remove the beef and save for another meal, shred it up and return to the soup for something more hearty and filling, or shred the beef and make french dip sandwiches to dip into the soup.
If you’re doing regular french onion soup, ladle the soup into soup bowl and add a nice helping of shredded cheese on top.
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Notes
We prefer to use beef instead of beef stock. This way we get 2 (or 3) meals in one. You can however, use beef stock, but I recommend low-sodium beef broth. In this case - you can simmer the soup for approximately 45 minutes, and serve.
Optional: Shred the beef and add it back in the soup to make it heartier! Keep the soft succulent beef more tomorrow’s dinner. Use Keto bread, or if you’re not Keto, a nice sourdough to make french dips.