Comments on: How To Make French Onion Soup

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:13:31 +0000

Drew – YOU are my hero! All my favorite foods in one place – with pictures so that even I can make them. French onion soup is just the thing for tonight. It’s a freezing 6 degrees here in TEXAS!

By: starr

starr — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:08:55 +0000

gah! plans for today are to make a massive pot of french onion soup to freeze and give my little sister for a christmas present (so she can have a reprieve from my father’s cooking!) … but this morning i opened my eyes and my first thought was “i forgot to get fresh thyme!” bummer… guess i’ll have to use dried! but mmmm, this is a great recipe, nice and simple!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:47:17 +0000

I'm on my 4th batch of French Onion soup. I can't cook very well so I'm trying to master a few things. So far it's either too thin or too thick. I'll try this next time.

By: Karly

Karly — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:52:38 +0000

I made french onion soup once with broth I made from leftover rack of lamb bones. It's really interesting how it alters the flavor! I really liked it but after about the third bowl all you can taste is lamb. I live in Japan now so it's hard to get a lot of ingredients to make soup stocks. Next time I find beef bones I will make this!

By: JarBlog

JarBlog — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:06:04 +0000

Yeah! Great!

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

DP, I'm not a fan of secret recipes. You might have noticed that little logo in right column near the top there.

If you don't have kids, you probably haven't seen Kung Fu Panda. There's a great bit in there about the father's "Secret Ingredient Soup".

By: DataPlus - Custom Data Services

DataPlus - Custom Data Services — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:17:35 +0000

Yum I will make this. You are making me hungry. I do love Gruyere though. We have a little cafe in town that is run by a French gentleman and he makes the best onion soup I have ever had. We went to France and tried onion soup everywhere – his was still best. I have been striving to attain it for years. Of course he won't share his recipe but I know he uses Gruyere cause I saw him buy in one day in the market.

Thanks and I will try this out for sure!

By: jakey

jakey — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:24:42 +0000

OMG this is so good!

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:12:50 +0000

Jessica, sure you can use store-bought broth. It's better than using the cubes, and definitely better than dehydrated soup.

I'm not shooting for perfection. To me, the question is always, "Is it better than the alternative?"

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:55:11 +0000

I read through this recipe and decided that I HAVE to make this. I absolutely detest using bouillon cubes, but at the same time I don't have time to make home made broth. Could I go out and buy a carton of broth to substitute?

As for the wine bit, I can understand using a red wine with a red meat broth, but I myself am allergic to high sulfites. I'm going to go ahead and try this with a white wine and I imagine it'll taste just as delicious.