Mexican French Onion Soup
Mexican French Onion Soup might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. For $2.13 per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals.
Cook time
45 min
Servings
6
Ingredients
12
Nutrition
per serving348 kcal
Calories
16 g
Protein
16 g
Fat
32 g
Carbs
Ingredients
For 6 servings
Instructions
- 1
Special equipment: 6 (8- to 10-oz) flameproof soup crocks or ramekins; a cheese plane
- 2
Cook onions, thyme, bay leaves, and salt in butter in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over medium-low heat, uncovered, stirring frequently, until onions are very soft and deep golden brown, about 45 minutes.
- 3
Add flour and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in wine and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Stir in broth, water, and pepper and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.While soup simmers, put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350F.Arrange bread in 1 layer on a large baking sheet and toast, turning over once, until completely dry, about 15 minutes.
- 4
Remove crotes from oven and preheat broiler. Put crocks in a shallow baking pan.Discard bay leaves and thyme from soup and divide soup among crocks, then float a crote in each. Slice enough Gruyre (about 6 ounces total) with cheese plane to cover tops of crocks, allowing ends of cheese to hang over rims of crocks, then sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano.Broil 4 to 5 inches from heat until cheese is melted and bubbly, 1 to 2 minutes.
