# French Onion Potato Soup

This creamy French onion potato soup combines the rich flavors of French onion soup with the heartiness of a creamy potato soup, topped with melted cheese.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 onions
- 1 stick of butter
- olive oil
- Salt
- white and black pepper
- splash Worcestershire sauce
- splash white wine or white wine vinegar
- 4 cups diced potatoes
- 2 tablespoons dried chives
- 0.75 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 5 cups beef broth
- splash heavy cream
- Monterey Jack cheese
- Parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Thinly slice the onions using a food processor.
2. Add a whole stick of butter, a generous amount of olive oil, salt, white pepper, and black pepper to the sliced onions in a large pot.
3. Place the pot on low heat and caramelize the onions, stirring every 5 minutes at first, then every 1-2 minutes as they brown.
4. Deglaze the pot with Worcestershire sauce and white wine vinegar.
5. Add the diced potatoes, dried chives, dried thyme, and bay leaves to the pot.
6. Pour in the beef broth and mix all ingredients together.
7. Cover the pot and let it simmer until the potatoes are soft.
8. Take out about half a cup of the soft potatoes and mash them until they reach a mashed potato consistency.
9. Stir the mashed potatoes back into the pot to thicken the broth.
10. Add a splash of heavy cream and mix it into the soup.
11. Ladle the soup into a bowl.
12. Grate Monterey Jack cheese on top of the soup.
13. Grate Parmesan cheese on top of the Monterey Jack cheese.
14. Use a kitchen blowtorch to melt and lightly brown the cheese on top.

## Equipment

- food processor
- large pot with lid
- potato masher
- ladle
- bowl
- cheese grater
- kitchen blowtorch

## Tips

- You can use Gruy

ere cheese traditionally, but other melty cheeses like Monterey Jack work well too.
- To melt the cheese, you can torch it with a blowtorch or put it under the broiler in an oven-safe dish.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@babyhandsbakes/video/7555741469026307359
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/04aef541-35e1-4c3c-9c4e-2f5eccf05b91
- Extracted: 2025-10-04

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