Brown Onion Soup Recipe Step by Step Guide With Pictures

Make a delicious brown onion soup with caramelized onions, stock and herbs. This easy step-by-step recipe guide with images shows you how to make a rich, flavourful onion soup at home.

Brown Onion Soup Recipe Step by Step Guide With Pictures
a bowl of brown onion soup
Prep Time 15 min
Cook Time 45 min
Serving 8
Difficulty Easy

Cooking Preparation (Mise-en-place)

Gather and prepare all the ingredients and tools you will need. Accurately measure the brown onion soup ingredients as required in the recipe. Peel, slice and prepare the vegetables as required. Ensure all the kitchen equipment, stock pots, soup ladles and kitchen tools needed are in place and ready to start.  

How to Make Caramelized Brown Onion Soup

Follow this procedure for an easy, flavourful soup.

Ingredients

  • 50g- Butter
  • 20g- flour
  • 120g- cheese(grated)
  • 2- garlic
  • 2ltrs- Brown stock
  • 1.2 kg- onions
  • 3/4- flute
  • pinch of salt, pepper

Nutritional Information

  • Energy: 827kJ
  • Cals: 197kcal
  • Fat: 9.7g
  • Sat fat: 5.8g
  • Carb: 20.4g
  • Sugar: 8.1g
  • Protein: 8.3g
  • Fibre: 3.1g

Directions

1. Peel the onions.

Peel the onions, halve and slice finely.

Peel the onions.
2. Sauté the onions and garlic

Melt the butter in a pan, sauté the onions and garlic until cooked and well browned.

Sauté the onions and garlic
3. Add Flour

Mix the flour and cook over a gentle heat, browning slightly.

Add Flour
4. Add the stock.

Gradually mix in the stock, bring to the boil, skim and season.

Add the stock.
5. Simmer.

Simmer for 10 minutes and adjust the seasoning as needed.

Simmer.
6. Pour into a soup tureen

Pour into the earthenware tureen or casserole, or individual dishes.

Pour into a soup tureen
7. Sprinkle loaf slices on the soup.

Cut the French loaf into slices and toast on both sides, then sprinkle liberally on the soup.

Sprinkle loaf slices on the soup.
8. Sprinkle with grated cheese.

Sprinkle with grated cheese and brown under the salamander.

Sprinkle with grated cheese.
9. Serve hot.

Place on a dish and serve hot.

Serve hot.