How to Make The Ultimate French Onion Soup

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Bryan Roof shows you how to make the ultimate French Onion soup.
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@lisaboban 2 года назад

The idea of bite size croutons is genius. Trying to cut a big piece of toast with a spoon was always a mess.

@RemoteEars 2 года назад

Honestly, that's one of those very obvious, so obvious it's stupid, ideas.... that I never thought of. Love it

@KevinBullard 2 года назад

Lisa, truer words have rarely been spoken! Thank you

@thedracophile 2 года назад

Yup, I do this as well. I also put piles of croutons on a rimmed baking sheet with a silpat, cover the piles with swiss cheese and broil the piles, then use a spatula to transfer the cheesy piles to the bowls. I ruined one bowl, that was not broiler-safe, not realizing the bowl would disintegrate under the heat of a broiler once, and this was my workaround.

@martingrey2231 Год назад

I thought I invented that. I add garlic butter croutons as I eat the soup.

@stevenseul361 Год назад

Yeah but I love that mess 😃

@Porkcfish 2 года назад

I make French onion soup a lot and I suggest using dry sherry instead of red wine to deglaze. Dry sherry has less body than red wine and provides a nice flavour against the beef stock.

@azilbean 2 года назад

Sherry has sugar and adds depth of flavor. I much prefer it over red wine for sure!

@JoleaSuzanne 2 года назад

I agree! I prefer the flavor and use Sherry also.

@JoleaSuzanne 2 года назад

I also use Vidalia onions and don’t think it makes it taste too sweet.

@sunflowerbaby1853 2 года назад

Definitely!

@jasonpilla 2 года назад

True true

@kaiju_k5042 2 года назад

Made this recipe last month following these rules exactly and it was a hit and pretty simple. Absolutely delicious.

@bettymanoulian4645 11 месяцев назад

Love this recipe for French onion soup. Every recipe Bryan makes is a keeper. He does his 'research' and puts together great recipes. Keep 'em coming!!

@therevolvingmonk 6 месяцев назад

ATK has a video on caramelizing onions I frequently use in French onion soup and when making batches of caramelized onions that I freeze. They always turn out like savory, gooey onion candy. I made French onion soup using the techniques shown in this video and the caramelized onion video I mentioned. Turned out amazing and the shortcut from the other ATK video saves some time without sacrificing any quality.

@rockyclick371 Год назад

Give this man a RAISE! I tried it. It rocks !

@thirg424 2 года назад

I'm looking forward to trying this recipe.

@catherinemelnyk Год назад

That looks so good! December is next week, so it's definitely soup time!

@AngelaSams 2 года назад

Yes!!! This sounds amazing! 🤤

@imsodone4309 2 года назад

One of my favorite soups. This looks wonderful.

@coda_o7 2 года назад

finally, a recipe that's honest about how long it takes to caramelize onions! idk why all the other cooking shows try to tell you it only takes 20-30 minutes smh

@darcyjorgensen5808 2 года назад

Yes, it takes a L O N G time. Be patient!

@bflogal18 2 года назад

I’ve caramelized onions in my slow cooker. Just slice them up, add butter and set on low for about 12 hours. Keep the lid ajar for the last few hours to thicken. I make a big batch and freeze them for whenever I need them.

@wendyeames5758 2 года назад

@@bflogal18 I came here to say just that.

@adedow1333 Год назад

I usually follow the Alton Brown recipe and he says about 45 mins and he's usually right

@radiosonicfan1726 Год назад

Agree. 1.5 hours for me..

@jenniferlawrence2988 2 года назад

I never thought of cutting the croutons into cubes. Genius. I'm doing that next time!

@chrisbuckley1785 2 года назад

By far my favorite soup. 🤗🥰☺️ Like always you guys nail it. 👍

@jtdiffen 8 месяцев назад

Best execution of a classic French soup that I’ve seen. Tres Bien!!!

@carrieannmcleod5219 Год назад

Looks pretty easy and uncomplicated. I will certainly attempt this recipe. Thank you.

@tjsnell Год назад

I can't stress how important it is for proper French Onion soup to make your broth from scratch. Doing it right takes about 12 hours, but using fresh vegetables and oxtail as the key ingredients, it makes liquid gold. And if it's part of a dinner serving beef, the perfect base for au jus. Trust me, once you've made your own broth you'll never touch store bought again.

@aprilgutierrez7550 11 месяцев назад

Better than bouillon brand Beef Base is amazing. All the flavors are delicious and save time ❤

@QueenOfTheNorth65 9 месяцев назад

I made homemade turkey broth last year for the first time. I felt like I’d discovered a new planet.

@dtemp132 Месяц назад

Yep, don't forget to roast the oxtail before you simmer it!

@Kathleen5429 2 года назад

Bryan, what a fabulous recipe of one of my two favorite soups. Even though it’s summertime, I can eat this soup with no problem now (even though a cold night and a fireplace come to my mind)! My other favorite soup is Lobster Bisque. I hope I didn’t miss your recipe on that one but if you haven’t taught us that yet, would you please consider teaching us your recipe? Thanks so much.

@javiermalo01 Год назад

Thank you, looks wonderful!

@duerandaggi 2 года назад

There is NOTHING that feels better on a cold day, yum!

@haroldleboeuf8648 Год назад

He's such a good cook and dare I say easy on the eyes.

@luciamikels4258 2 года назад

Omg! Looks so delicious 😋 and for sure going to make it with this recipe 😋

@karentaylor2160 8 месяцев назад

Awesome, I love this, especially with the red wine! Good job!

@lonefather Год назад

Best onion soup recipe so far. I would bring me and my wife to the fine flavor of the first soup we were served 40 years ago.

@ruthwalters9179 Год назад

love this onion soup recipe. Have subscribed to you. Enjoy concise way of giving recipe. Will try this. Thank you Ruth

@DeborahCaldwell77 2 года назад

Thanks for the lesson in cooking the onions the pre-cooking was important thank you

@SRaf-gb4mr 2 года назад

This looks so delicious!

@bellacucina3209 Год назад

Magnificent creation.

@katieray436 2 года назад

Thank you for being honest with the onion caramelizing time. Lots of recipes say you can caramelize onion in 10-15 mins. Lies! All lies! Haha

@craigbrown5359 7 месяцев назад

Most outstanding!

@kristieprice8015 2 года назад

Looks amazing!

@josephwisniewski3673 2 года назад

We cut the crotons that size for Zupa Cebulowa, Polish onion soup. Cognac instead of wine, add flour and cream to thicken the broth, and the day-old leftovers are better than the fresh soup. That's a Polish thing: wait till someone in your group asks the waiter about today's soup, then you ask them about yesterday's soup.

@MadisonFalco 2 года назад

Yesterdays soup is the best❤️

@lyndamclean6786 2 года назад

Yes sounds great

@arejetko Год назад

Great read on the croutons and layering the Gruyere! I make lots and keep them in the freezer (usually for Caesar salads). Great recipe.

@susiemarr437 2 года назад

This looks delish!

@philipwood8776 2 месяца назад

I will be making this.....ty

@janinecox256 2 года назад

I adore French onion soup!

@1111MeditationPortal 2 года назад

I love Onion soup but never had this one, thanks for the recipe.

@judithgeldhauser7778 2 года назад

Excited to MAKE!!!!

@Chloe01210 2 года назад

Bonjour, I am french, I live in France, authentic and traditional french onion soup is made with winter yellow onions, white wine, slices of stale bread and french emmental from Savoie.

@jakespinella8161 2 месяца назад

Hello I watch RU-vid, and this is RU-vid, and this French onion soup uses whatever onion, red wine, toasted bread, and parmesan and gruyere from the supermarket.

@dtemp132 Месяц назад

I bet if a bunch of people tried the soup two ways, made with red wine or white wine, side by side, the red would win.

@richardm.chernoff7553 2 года назад

As per usual, this is a great recipe... Thank you 😎

@JoeRiordan 2 года назад

You have me watching an onion soup video on a 95 degree day in July. Please come back in fall.

@Paulguynj 2 года назад

Exactly. Nothing like a bowl of hot French onion soup when it's 95 degrees. 😄😄 What were they thinking airing this now?

@gingerp1601 2 года назад

*You* come back in the fall (the video will still be here). FWIW, the full episode this segment was a part of was also posted here in April. BTW, it originally aired on TV on PBS last fall. Just think of it as a good old-fashioned summer repeat. 📺

@tom.labelleseymour1 Год назад

I just made his recipe this evening, and it is delicious. Thanks y'all at American T est Kitchen. I did add a little garlic and the very beginning of the process I added very finely chopped pancetta. I also had a lack of Sherry so I improvised with dry red wine and a few portions of whiskey. Gave it a really good flavor. And maybe just a hint of a beef bouillon cube. Lol. I also didn't have typical bread for croutons so I improvise and used sourdough toast dried out in my air fryer fritoasted with topped butter and garlic powder salt and pepper. Excellent. And yes I love his idea of adding the croutons as opposed to one whole piece of bread., that's messy.

@kimezman8697 3 месяца назад

Going to make French Onion soup for grandson's 13th birthday. His request ❤

@TiMalice2009 2 года назад

He broke it down to be so easy!

@josephwisniewski3673 2 года назад

c'est délicieux

@Sakja 2 года назад

I made French Onion Soup once many years ago. At the time, it was a trend in Manhattan. I had eaten it at many restaurants and wanted to see if I could come close. I even bought the traditional crocks. It was delicious.

@carsonfran 2 года назад

A tablespoon of Cognac into the bowl before serving takes it up a notch.

@chrishine8699 Год назад

Good to hit all these tips, but what I think is missing here is something that I always do when I make this soup - use different types of onions. Use red onions as well as shallots and any other type you can get your hands on. This is how I make my chili more complex - use different fresh and dried chilis. Roast some, add some fresh ones, etc. Recipes like this are all about richness and depth of flavor. Different onions have different characteristics. Use any type you can find and caramelize them all together in the same way you would all one type. It makes a difference.

@vduncan7isheaven Год назад

I use the red onion too l will have to try a mix of the red and shallots next time. It is now the 7th of May and l am enjoying French Onion soup. I sauteed some diced bacon pieces and added to the recipe it is divine.

@UltraViolet.100 2 года назад

Can you please name a "good quality beef broth" we can buy at the store?

@IFIXCASTLES 2 года назад

Delicious!

@stevealaska73 2 года назад

I like this guy. I'd like to see more of his recipes. Thank you for sharing. Can't wait to make this.

@gingerp1601 2 года назад

Bryan is behind some of the most popular recipes from ATK/CC. For the ATK 20th Anniversary special, they featured the Top 20 Recipes of all time as chosen by their subscribers/viewers. I think five of them were Bryan's. That said, this recipe is not one of his (although in his day job of CC's editorial director, Bryan likely had some input), this recipe was developed by Cooks Country Associate Editor Jessica Rudolph.

@jack6964 2 года назад

Yep. He’s good.

@stevealaska73 2 года назад

@@gingerp1601 Thank you so much for that informative reply Ginger! Glad to hear Bryan is known for his recipe mastery elsewhere as well!

@stevealaska73 2 года назад

@@jack6964 Yes, and thank you for subscribing to my channel?

@gingerp1601 2 года назад

@@stevealaska73 Well, if you consider down the hall as "elsewhere". There's a funny out take from that 20th Anniversary show where past ATK cast member Bryan who was not part of the ATK Special, is tormenting the current cast and crew and disrupting the shot by riding through it on a skateboard or scooter. 😆

@5610winston 11 месяцев назад

I've had it made with all beef stock and I've had it made with equal parts beef and chicken. The beef and chicken is just as hearty, but with a bit more complex flavor. I haven't been disappointed with either version.

@cherylguthrie3959 2 года назад

WOW!!

@kimohoganesq Год назад

"Love" it !!!!!!!!! 😍

@savannarichard6059 4 месяца назад

Yummy

@Mirrokash Год назад

Can’t wait to make the French Onion Soup!

@mmmfloorpie 6 месяцев назад

What colour is that Le Creuset dutch oven? I love it!

@KeefyKat 2 года назад

I wanna know who got the other five bowls! lol!

@joannekucks4343 2 года назад

I remember an episode of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares where he was served French Onion Soup where the chef added raw onions to the cooked ones to fill up the bowl more. He was horrified! 🥰

@ccbowers 2 года назад

I was "horrified" when Gordon made a grilled cheese with thick sliced country bread, romano w/pepper berry, asiago, and kimchi. He managed to burn part of the bread, while having the cheese completely unmelted while cooking it in a steel pan over a fire. He said the cheese was "nicely melted" while anyone with eyes can see that it wasn't. If he was served that by another cook, he'd throw a temper tantrum, as is his m.o.

@LifeHacks-ut4pc 2 года назад

Who cares about the bully Ramsey

@annettec9112 2 года назад

Probably cursed 😳

@josephwisniewski3673 2 года назад

Celebrity chefs battle across the generations! That "add some raw onion after the soup is cooked" thing was popularized by "The French Chef" herself, Julia Child.

@karlamarx5954 2 года назад

This was the first thing I thought of too! 😂😭💀

@lisalisalisa7721 7 месяцев назад

I like the idea of the baguette cut into croutons. I am making FO as I type

@kathybridges3343 2 года назад

Yummm 😋

@citibear57 2 года назад

Hey Bryan, what time can I come over? 😄 French Onion Soup is my favorite, and I just don't get to nice restaurants any more. Costco sells some brand (that looks like a frozen muffin bottom) which aren't too bad, but certainly not the same quality as yours. Excellent video, Bryan!

@hollymcmackin4427 Год назад

I find the Costco French Onion soup a little too salty. However I do like it. I think I will try this and I will be able to control the salt content.

@fattyfat-fat6639 Год назад

A+ about the oxtail broth. If broth isn't A+, soup will be sub par. Lose the red wine. Use good sherry. Red onion instead of white is very French. So's a good splash of Cognac toward the end of the crock cook. Toast bread slices first, then rub w/garlic cloves, then cube. Add the olive oil & spices, then a final browning toast of the cubes. This way, they won't end up so mushy. 😊 Almost forgot, garnish hot bowls with fine shredded parm, then finally with minced chives for zest and color!!

@whocares0692 2 года назад

Oh My ! 😋

@rosechardonnay5351 2 года назад

I usually use white wine or dry sherry to deglaze the pan. I like the flavor of the sherry in particular but I might try it with the red wine, it adds a nice color. I agree regular yellow cooking onions are the way to go with French Onion soup. I tried sweet onions and red onions before and they really do make the soup too sweet and they break down too much also.

@user-bo8nm5cs7y 4 месяца назад

Yum❤

@andy4717 Год назад

Hi, can you please tell us where your crocks are from? We want to buy that specific set. Thanks

@robertmccoy9901 6 месяцев назад

Shopping crocks, I see a few that have covers. Would those give me more options for other uses? (a set I'm leaning towards does not have them, but it leaves me wondering..... - any insight would be appreciated).

@khodayehrangekaman315 11 месяцев назад

I just ❤ love it . Why , because that is the end result of all the work you did to make it the best.. Indeed 💐💖 💟

@markorr7564 4 месяца назад

I want that

@heatherspence3848 2 года назад

Count me in!!!

@chapasaurus Год назад

Was there a switcharoo when he takes out the soup at @8:17 to when he puts it down? It looks like a lot of the bread corners were sticking out and got pretty burned. But the presentation looks great. Should you pat down the bread before baking it to avoid any of those burnt parts?

@josemartinhalle7923 2 года назад

Fantastic recipe, I do miss the interaction of more folks on this show though.

@gingerp1601 2 года назад

They've been back together on the test kitchen set for a while as evidenced by ATK now showing on PBS. That season started airing in January and was filmed months before that.

@larsolivius 6 месяцев назад

Looks really good! A question thought, the temperatures you mention ib the video are they in Centigrades or the F-temperature used by only three countries (Myanmar, Liberia and the US) on planet Earth?

@patmarkham519 10 месяцев назад

@bflogal18--What a good idea! I'll have try carmalizing my onions in my slow cooker, like you said! I always hated having to spend all that time at the stove doing that! Thanks for the tip!

@david_reynolds3660 2 года назад

Great recipe! Yeah just needed about twice as many onions

@french21able Год назад

In France We use Port or sherry wine. Other than that, this recipe is great!

@name.terrie 2 года назад

Great tips and thanks for sharing this recipe. Say, when developing this recipe, did you try it with sherry vs dry red wine? I've only ever used sherry. Soooo good.

@lyndamclean6786 2 года назад

I like Guiness I use sherry for mussels

@name.terrie 2 года назад

@@lyndamclean6786 that sounds really good.

@urbanurchin5930 2 года назад

Some one mentioned cognac......but dry vermouth might work well too.

@hexzerone7034 Год назад

Now I know what I’m making this weekend, only I’m going to make grilled cheese

@thedracophile 2 года назад

The one change I would make is in the dutch oven. Instead of an enameled cast iron one, I use a copper bottomed, stainless steel one. This produced a *LOT* more fond. It takes 30 minutes to get the onions to the caramelization point, then I spend an hour caramelizing them and creating fond. I keep adjusting the heat of the stove, so that about every five minutes, I scrape the created fond off the bottom of the pot, so it doesnt burn. The flavor this fond imparts to the broth is incredible.

@pamelamarshall471 2 года назад

That's a good tip. I'll try it.

@vernalongwell1648 Год назад

What IS a good quality beef broth? Any suggestions?

@harveyh3696 2 года назад

Decades ago, at my first date at a 'fancy' restaurant I ordered French onion soup. As I ate it a sliver of onion 'jumped' onto my chin and hung on for dear life. Hadn't had that soup since.

@lindachick8889 2 года назад

Sounds and looks wonderful. Can the soup be put in the freezer for leftovers?

@name.terrie 2 года назад

We have the soup without the toppings. Then when we reheat it in the oven, we add the cheese and bread toppings.

@pbkayakyer 2 года назад

Wow this video was uploaded 10 hours ago! The last time I made French Onion Soup, it took 10 hours to make!!

@oldshovelhead Год назад

This looks great!! Is there a non-alcohol replacement for the wine?

@laurao3274 Год назад

Maybe try a sherry vinegar? I haven't made this soup before, but I find that a good sherry vinegar can be used in many applications that call for wine. You just want to use a smaller amount.

@johnkovalicky3389 2 месяца назад

Looks great ! More cheese, I like it nice and brown down the sides. Best part for me!!! Dry sherry for deglazing and a little more thyme. Overall nice ..

@andreagirard5324 10 месяцев назад

I have found that using a good Coniac instead of dry sherry is really good.

@FlyTyer1948 2 года назад

May I please be invited to test your next experiments with onion soup.

@josephwisniewski3673 2 года назад

Any recommendations for a good vegan FOS?

@gregthorne4292 2 года назад

Nothing I like more on a hot Fourth of July than hot bowl of French onion soup.

@lyndamclean6786 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@p.stephens9305 Год назад

Can I use PBR instead of red wine?

@deedeeb9980 9 месяцев назад

So what brand of Sherry should I use? I don't drink Sherry so I don't know what to buy. Thanks.

@garyminer8662 Год назад

Nah, I like the traditional method of all of the cheese on top of one slice of bread. Crashing through the cheese and bread to get to the soup is part of the fun of french onion soup.

@29JoeBoo 2 года назад

When I hear "medium high" I'm not sure if that actually means "medium" or "half way between medium and high." Do you mind explaining that to me? For me, "medium low" is halfway between medium and low. Thank you for your help!

@annettec9112 2 года назад

1/2 way between medium & high

@29JoeBoo 2 года назад

@@annettec9112 Thank you! I appreciate it!