The Best French Onion Soup!

Its getting cool outside, SO, its SOUP TIME!

French Onion Soup is a favorite of mine and also can be a healthy dinner!

This recipe I pretty much made up, But adapted a few moves and Ingredients from good ole Tyler Florence!

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter- real butter
1 large Sweet Onion sliced thinly
2 garlic cloves
1 bay leaf
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 cans Campbell's French Onion Soup (or 2 cans beef broth, I used the soup bc thats what i had and its pretty bland alone, I always doctor it)
1 can Beef Consomme
1 to 1.5 cups chicken broth (beef is fine too, Which ever you have)
salt and pepper
1 1/2 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 cup white or red wine (I used Relax Reisling bc thats what I had in the house, Use what you like)
French Bread
Provolone Cheese (sliced)
"I cant believe its not butter" spray

Start by melting butter on Medium heat in a pretty big pot, then put in sliced onions, garlic, bay leaf, thyme, and salt and pepper. Cook onions while stirring every so often until they are all brown, No white or yellow left at all. They will be alot smaller.  This will take about 25 minutes. After they are all caramelized and browned, pour in Wine and bring to boil, reduce to simmer and cook down untill all of liquid has evaporated and onions are all thats left (there will be a little starchy mush left around them.) (about 10 minutes) Remove Bay Leaf.  Turn heat to low and Sprinkle flour over onions and Mix- cook about 7 minutes to cook out raw flour taste.  Pour in Beef Consomme and scrape off any thing stuck to bottom of pan, Those scrapings have TONS of flavor! Turn heat up to medium and pour in French Onion Soup Cans and Chicken Broth. Bring to simmer and then turn heat to low.  Ladle into Oven Safe Soup Bowls.

Slice french bread into 1/2'' to 3/4" slices. Toast a couple pieces ( I just stick in my toaster on medium). Put Toast on top of Soup in bowls,  put slices of provolone on top and then spray with butter spray. Put Soup bowls on cookie sheet and place on center rack in Oven. Broil on Hi untill cheese is bubbly! Be careful when taking it out and even eating it, because it will be HOT!!

It makes about 5-6 servings. Totally YUMMY.I might even double recipe next time bc It went quick! Kevin gives 2 thumbs up and I agree! Perfect soup for that fall day to keep you warm or if you are in a FRENCH mood!