Better Than Tgi Friday's French Onion Soup

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 lbs yellow onions, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 8 cups beef stock
• 2 cups dry wine
• fresh ground black pepper
• 4 hamburger buns
• 8 slices provolone cheese

Recipe

• 1 over medium heat melt 3 tablespoons of the butter, and the olive oil in a large heavy stockpot.
• 2 add sliced onions, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are soft and translucent.
• 3 increase heat to high, remove lid, add sugar, and salt.
• 4 sauté, stirring often until onions are very soft, and a deep golden brown.
• 5 reduce heat to medium, sprinkle in flour, and cook stirring constantly for 2 to 3 minutes.
• 6 add about 2 cups of stock and stir to blend, and then add the remaining beef stock and wine.
• 7 season to taste with salt and pepper, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 8 preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 9 brush hamburger buns with remaining butter,and place bread in oven, and let this brown.
• 10 when the bread as browned remove it from the oven.
• 11 gather 8 small oven proof bowls, and spoon in soup, add one bun half, and then fill bowl with soup.
• 12 add one slice of provolone, and place soup bowls in a baking dish, and place into oven.
• 13 when the cheese has toasted remove.
• 14 you may also wish to use a baguette if you have it on hand.
• 15 you do not need to place the soup back into the oven.
• 16 you can simply top with cheese and serve.