# French Onion Soup

A savory and sweet French Onion Soup made in a Instant Pot.

- Total time: 25 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 7 onions - Spanish, Red, Yellow and Vidalia
- 4 teaspoons light brown sugar
- 8 cups beef broth with better than bouillon
- 2 cups red cooking wine
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- croutons
- 2 slices provolone
- 1 slice swiss
- paprika

## Instructions

1. Slice 7 onions: Spanish, red, yellow and vidalia
2. Put 6 tablespoons of butter in the instant pot
3. Put 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in the instant pot
4. Set the pressure cooker to saute
5. Once the butter and the oil starts to get hot and sizzly add onions
6. Add 4 teaspoons of light brown sugar
7. Stir for about 10 minutes until caramelized and it becomes translucent and reduced to about a quarter of the size
8. Add 8 cups of the beef broth
9. Add 2 cups of the red wine
10. Add 2 bay leaves
11. Add 2 teaspoons of dried thyme
12. Add a half a teaspoon of garlic powder
13. Add 2 teaspoons of salt
14. Add 1 teaspoon of pepper
15. Stir everything
16. Put the lid on
17. Close the valve
18. Set the manual to high pressure for 10 minutes
19. Release the pressure
20. Take the bay leaves out
21. Ladle the soup into crocks filling up
22. Put some croutons in each one
23. Add a couple of slices provolone
24. Add a piece of Swiss on top
25. Add some paprika on top
26. Broil in the oven, on high, until cheese is melted and brown

## Equipment

- Instant pot
- Pressure cooker
- Sauté function
- Oven
- Broil function
- Soup crocks

## Tips

- Don't eat French onion soup on the first date

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuJ9WA5gEy4
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3c8f70c1-5bea-4d37-a8c1-a3db499e38c2
- Extracted: 2025-05-28

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