Hi, friends! I’ve got another soup recipe for you today. With black bean, roasted tomato, and today’s French onion, I’m on a soup-making roll! 
I actually made this recipe about a year ago, but it’s deliciousness deserved a double post.
After looking at that post, my friend commented on how far my pictures have come. Made my day!
I absolutely love my crock pot. It is, hands down, the most used appliance during the colder months. I came across this recipe on a blog dedicated to just that…crock pot recipes. Genius, I tell ya!
Crock Pot French Onion Soup (based on this recipe) serves 4
Ingredients:
- 2 cans of low sodium beef broth
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 yellow onions
- 1/2 T granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 4 slices french bread
- swiss cheese (although gruyere would work great)
Directions:
Heat your crockpot to high and plop your butter in to start melting
Add sliced onions to pot. Break up the onion slices with your fingers, and rub them around in the melted butter
Add the beef broth, sugar, and wine.
Cook on high for 6-8 hours or low for 10-12 until onions are translucent and pliable. That’s it!
To serve:
Pop a couple pieces French bread in toaster or broiler. Put in mug.
Ladle soup into mug. (yummm)
Top with cheese and put in broiler to melt.
Then grab your spoon cause you are ready to eat!
This soup is just fabulous! I can’t sing it’s praises enough!
The melty cheese just takes it over the top!
Make sure to get a taste of bread, cheese, and soup with each bite!
The only thing…I would recommend slicing your onions real thin. I had a bit of a crying spell while slicing and therefore didn’t slice thin enough. It resulted in a few really big onion-y bites. Still delicious, but more of a mouthful than I would like.
Other Swanky Scoop:
-Living by myself, I often watch the TV while I’m eating. I guess it’s my form of company. This sparked my No TV While Eating Challenge! The hope is that I take more time to enjoy my food, but also to help prevent late night snacking. Feel free to join me!
-We all know I have a bit of a Starbucks obsession! Well, this weekend (November 17-20 from 2-5 pm) you can Buy One, Get One Free on their holiday drinks! You know I’ll be there!
I have a few fun things planned for the weekend including throwing my first clothing swap party! Should be a fun time. Have a great rest of your week!
What is your favorite kitchen appliance? Do you watch TV while you eat?
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I watch tv when I eat all the time. It is a bad habit E and I have so it’s not just because you live alone! I like the challenge though I wonder how long we would stick to it. Sad right??
Well I am hoping I stick with it, but I know it’s going to be tough. It’s just so easy to turn on the TV!
I have a new slow cooker and love onion soup. I’m making split pea today, bought my first ham hock
oooh good to know about Starbucks – and yes, I’ve also noticed that your pictures have been looking extra-amazing lately!
I have never ever had French onion soup. And we are bad about watching tv while eating. Sometimes I try to mandate that we eat at the table. It’s so much more relaxing and we actually visit and catch up rather than just stare at the tv.
I get very lax on my vegetarianism when french onion soup is involved. Vegetable broth just isn’t a proper substitution!
I don’t eat much meat these days, but like you said, you really need beef broth for this soup!
I did come across a vegetarian French Onion Soup..if I give it a try, I will be sure to let you know how it is.
Thanks for stopping by!
Oooh I’ll have to take advantage of that starbucks deal!!
And yes, watching TV while eating is something I try to avoid…
Have a great weekend =)
I did the same thing the other day! The onion was killing me so I just stopped chopping and ended up with big chunks haha. We need those onion goggles!
Ha, seriously!!
I heard that soaking the onions before helps take out the sting. I should give that a try!
Have a great weekend, Amy!
I should try this! The only time I’ve ever had french onion soup was on campus…and that shouldn’t even count, being that there’s no bread or cheese when you’re just scooping it out of a big vat at the dining hall. Over-salted onions in broth. Bleh.
I have yet to make french onion soup, can you believe it? A foodie that hasn’t made this classic soup. Tomorrow will be the perfect day to give this a try. Love those slow cookers!
Yours is the second French onion soup recipe I’ve come across today! I LOVE French Onion soup, and fortunately my dad makes huge batches (follows Julia Child’s recipe) and gives me his extras
A crock pot is on my Christmas list this year, but my favorite kitchen appliance has to be my coffee maker. The Vitamix comes in second! Have a wonderful weekend!
BOGO starbucks , seriously ? Awesome!
Um are you reading my mind? I LOVE french onion soup and was just thinking how I should make some. Nice recipe! Yum yum yum.
Yes I do occasionally watch TV and eat – I stopped doing it for awhile bc I think we should focus on one thing at a time and not mindlessly wander BUT I don’t mind doing both once in awhile!
fav kitchen appliance– hmm — my keurig but before that it was my crock pot of course!
We have a keurig at work and it is awesome!! Wish I had one at home also!
I made this before I left for a very cold football game and was so happy when I came home to a delicious aroma wafting from my kitchen. Wonderful soup!
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