Jack Daniels French Onion Soup has that perfect blend of tastes that works well together.
Obviously, you don’t have to add the booze to your onion soup but, you certainly could.
Jack Daniels French Onion Soup.
French onion soup is almost like a meal in itself.
That is because this is a relatively hardy soup for a broth soup. It could be because of the bread or it could be because of the onions and cheese. It really is a delicious soup no matter how it fills you up.
French onion soup really is like a marriage of two processes.
The first process is the caramelizing of the onions. Basically we are sauteing our onions, in butter, until they begin to brown and become sweet to taste. The butter gives our soup a rich taste as well. The second process, of course, is cooking of the soup itself.
There is an easy cheat for this recipe.
The base for French onion soup is a beef base. You could use a prepared beef broth. However, an easy cheat for this would be to use bullion cubes and water instead. While the ladder would not taste as rich as the first option, you would save a few calories and could easily use a lower salt method of preparing your soup.
By the way, if you are looking for some other soup ideas, I do have other recipes that you may like.
My beer cheese soup recipe seems to be a popular right now. An easy soup recipe that you may like would be my 5 ingredient minestrone soup recipe. I also have a low carb broccoli and cheese soup (copycat from a famous restaurant…). Be sure to follow me on facebook and subscribe to my recipes via email to keep up to date as well.
I recently found some really fun Jack Daniel’s items online.
If you have ever done the distillery tour than you know there are a lot of ways to celebrate the stuff. There are also a lot of cool soup crocks and soup bowls online too.
Jack Daniels Onion Soup
The Recipe for Jack Daniels French Onion Soup
Enjoy this soup with or without your choice of bread as well.
What you will need to make this recipe.
- Sliced onions- four cups, sliced about 1/4″ thick.
- Butter- 3 tablespoons.
- Jack Daniel’s (or your favorite whiskey)- 1/3 cup.
- Beef stock- 4 cups.
- Seasonings as desired.
- Cheese (Parmesan, Gruyere, or similar Italian cheese- can mix)- 1 cup shredded. Can use sliced instead too.
- Optional- sliced baguette bread- 4-8 slices
How to make this Jack Daniels French Onion Soup recipe .
- In a large stockpot on medium heat, saute your onions in the butter until they begin to brown.This should take between 15 and 20 minutes.
- Now stir in the whiskey and turn the heat down to low, allowing this to simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add the beef stock and any desired seasonings. Bump up the heat to allow the soup to boil, uncovered. Once the soup begins to boil, turn the heat down to a low-medium setting and allow it to simmer for at least 30 minutes prior to serving.
- To serve this in an authentic way, simply ladle the soup into the soup crock, add the sliced bread, and the top with cheese. The amount of cheese that you use is as desired because some folks like a lot of melted gooey cheese while other folks like just a bit of shredded cheese.
- Sliced onions- four cups sliced about 1/4" thick.
- Butter- 3 tablespoons.
- Jack Daniel's or your favorite whiskey- 1/3 cup.
- Beef stock- 4 cups.
- Seasonings as desired.
- Cheese Parmesan, Gruyere, or similar Italian cheese- can mix- 1 cup shredded. Can use sliced instead too.
- Optional- sliced baguette bread- 4-8 slices
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In a large stockpot on medium heat, saute your onions in the butter until they begin to brown.This should take between 15 and 20 minutes.
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Now stir in the whiskey and turn the heat down to low, allowing this to simmer for about 5 minutes.
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Add the beef stock and any desired seasonings. Bump up the heat to allow the soup to boil, uncovered. Once the soup begins to boil, turn the heat down to a low-medium setting and allow it to simmer for at least 30 minutes prior to serving.
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To serve this in an authentic way, simply ladle the soup into the soup crock, add the sliced bread, and the top with cheese. The amount of cheese that you use is as desired because some folks like a lot of melted gooey cheese while other folks like just a bit of shredded cheese.
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