French Onion Soup

Once you try this classic French Onion Soup recipes, you'll never try another. It culminates in a rich-tasting soup with melt-in-your-mouth onions.

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 2  teaspoons  olive oil
• 4  cups  thinly vertically sliced Walla Walla or other sweet onion
• 4  cups  thinly vertically sliced red onion
• 1/2  teaspoon  sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  cup  dry white wine
• 8  cups  less-sodium beef broth
• 1/4  teaspoon  chopped fresh thyme
• 8  (1-ounce) slices French bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 8  (1-ounce) slices reduced-fat, reduced-sodium Swiss cheese (such as Alpine Lace)

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onions to pan; sauté for 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in sugar, pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Reduce heat to medium; cook 20 minutes, stirring frequently. Increase heat to medium-high, and sauté for 5 minutes or until onion is golden brown. Stir in wine, and cook for 1 minute. Add broth and thyme; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 2 hours.

Preheat broiler.

Place bread in a single layer on a baking sheet; broil 2 minutes or until toasted, turning after 1 minute.

Place 8 ovenproof bowls on a jelly-roll pan. Ladle 1 cup soup into each bowl. Divide bread evenly among bowls; top each serving with 1 cheese slice. Broil 3 minutes or until cheese begins to brown.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

290 (30% from fat)

Fat:

9.6g (sat 4.8g,mono 1.9g,poly 0.7g)

Protein:

16.8g

Carbohydrate:

33.4g

Fiber:

3.1g

Cholesterol:

20mg

Iron:

1.6mg

Sodium:

359mg

Calcium:

317mg