Quarantine Cooking: Cheater Onion Soup

So recently I thought I’d ordered one onion, when in fact I’d ordered five pounds of onions. When I already had approximately five pounds of a different type of onions. We now had 10+ pounds of onions. Not great…

Until my sister uttered the words, “I guess you could make onion soup” and I remembered how much I love it. I’ve also been wanting to try making it with bone broth, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. You could almost call this cheater onion soup because the bone broth leaves it perfectly rich without having to simmer for a long time to develop flavor. As a result, this is totally something you could throw together on the fly.

Cheater Onion Soup

• 4 sliced onions

• 2 cartons of beef bone broth (I’ve never made this at home, but if you do, I’m sure it’d be delicious!)

• 2 bay leaves

• 2 pats of butter

• 1 garlic clove, grated

• dried thyme, salt, pepper, deglazing red wine

This is the easiest soup ever. Put your butter in a pot over medium heat to start melting, then top with your sliced onions and sweat them down with thyme. This should already smell super good. It’s onions and garlic after all!

Once your onions are 90% done and starting to get delicious golden brown color, grate in your garlic to start cooking. Once it’s been in there a minute or two, deglaze your pan with a delicious red wine you’d like to enjoy with your soup later. I chose a red from Gerard Bertrand. This will ensure that all of the browning that ended up on your pot will be part of your soup.

Once your red wine reduces down, add your packages of beef bone broth and bay leaves. Bring to a boil and then reduce to simmer until you’re ready to eat. Just before serving, taste for salt and pepper, remove your bay leaves and pour yourself a glass of wine.