French Onion Soup | Basics with Babish

French onion soup can be a little fussy, time-consuming, and tear-inducing, but if you've got a few hours on a rainy Saturday, there are few better ways to spend it than in the pursuit of this classic, comforting gratineé.

Shopping List:
3lb bag Spanish onions
48 ounces high-quality beef broth
Fresh parsley
Fresh thyme
Fresh garlic
Black peppercorns
Cloves (optional)
Parmesan cheese rind (optional)
Olive oil
Dry sherry
Day-old baguette
Kosher Salt
Gruyere cheese
Chives

[babishculinaryuniverse]

Sorry we're all on new year's diets and I'm still making unhealthy stuff - I shot all this back in the caloric heyday of December

[femmefuntime]

My aunt said she didn’t like this soup. I made it for my grandpa’s birthday using homemade stock and everything. She likes this soup now

[BillyBrosterstrudel]

Kinda funny that the main ingredient to “French onion” soup is Spanish onions

[lilyluney]

This is my family's 140 year old french onion soup recipe:


Get your biggest dutch oven and put all this in it:


2 pounds yellow onions caramelized for 3-4 hours
enough butter to saute your onions
just enough flour to thicken your soup
beef broth enough to cover your onions with an inch to spare
EXTRA DRY VERMOUTH (about 1/3 of a standard bottle TO START, but you will end up using 1/2 if not all of it) this is the game changer yall
salt if you absolutely need it


Let the soup cook down until the smell becomes unbearably appetizing and you are literally eating it out of the pot (about 3-5 hours)


This recipe has been in my family for generations and though it is not fancy, it will be the best french onion soup you will ever have in your life. And to be extra authentic you can through an egg on top of your gruyere and baguette.


If i can dig out the actual recipe I will post measurements and such, but really this is family cooking so use your heart and follow your guts with this recipe.


From one random internet stranger to another,


Enjoy some bomb ass soup

[doodle]

I’ve never once actually cooked anything Babish has made.

I just watch these videos and think “damn wish i could eat that”

[N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

"comfort for a cold winter's day"
*forty degrees Celsius in Australia*

Goodonya

[cheeseff]

"French Onion Soup"
*uses Spanish Onions*
French Fries: *my true successor*

[IJNAoba--]

"Okay, so what's French About this?"

*Brings out the Baguette *

"Ah Okay then."

[valencehockey]

When you use Spanish Onions and a Dutch oven to make French soup

*Mr Worldwide*

[connerpenson]

Babish: *Picks whole crouton out of soup on the first bite*


Me: (tearing up) "A man after my own heart..."

[Tinkeree]

Andy: And while French Onion Soup is a little fussy and a little time consuming...

Me, in self isolation: perfect.

[CuBeTheTrueOne]

I'm French and your version of the French onion soup looks very interesting. I would never have thought of Soy sauce ! I'll try it !
Looks very appetizing :p

For those who ask, "Spannish onions" are called "Oignon Jaune" here or "Yellow onion" in English which grow just as well in France .

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Bust out your favorite swimming goggles because otherwise you're going to cry like you're watching your favorite Pixar movie for the 4th time"


Not only does he know how to cook, but he also knows your secrets.

[habib]

„ YOU CANT PUT RAW ONIONS IN A FRENCH ONION SOUP JOE“

[laurawana]

"Did you hear what I did there?"

Me: Rewinds to hear what he did there

[EvIlducky]

Been wanting to make this for over a year. Bought a dutch oven, bought the bowls, hunted down all the ingredients. All for a lovely Valentine's dinner for my wife on this cold snowy day. Cut my finger and got to spend time getting stitches done. I put blood and tears into making this. All I can say it was worth it.

[rangedlime]

His voice sounds like the voice of someone with hair

[rplf]

Line cook for 10 years here:
You can stop the onion tears by fridging your onions for 4 hours prior to cutting. No pain after that.

[averyciano]

Finally healing from COVID so I decided to make this today! Can't wait to relax and munch down.

[xEmmy]

4:08 "lose your sense of taste for the next couple of days" is about to take on a whole new, more infectious meaning in the next few months.