French Onion Soup
Easy Frozen French Onion Soup
Making frozen French onion soup is a great way to make the soup in bulk rather than from scratch every time. In the following frozen French onion soup recipe, you are going to make fourteen portions of French onion soup and freeze them. When you want to eat it, you simply add some sherry, bread, and cheese and reheat it. The sherry is optional but it does add an elegant flavor to the dish.
You can freeze the soup in two serving batches or in four serving batches if you are a family of four, for example. Just make a note of how to make up the soup once it is thawed and attach this to the freezer bag so you know what the soup is and how to make it up once it is defrosted.
This soup can be made in a pot, Dutch oven, or slow cooker. When you are adding ingredients to a slow cooker, make sure they are hot so the cooking time does not increase. Slicing six pounds of onions is not much fun, especially if you cry easily when chopping onions, so you might like to use your food processor to do this. Actually buying a food processor is a great investment just for making this frozen French onion soup recipe. Not only does making the soup base in bulk save you lots of time but the prospect of having to finely slice six pounds of onions is possibly enough to put you off this recipe if you don't have a food processor!
Frozen French Onion Soup with Swiss Cheese
Ingredients -
6 lbs onions, thinly sliced
1 bay leaf
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
¼ cup butter
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
14 cups beef broth
To Make 2 Servings:
1 portion thawed soup (see recipe)
2 slices toasted crusty bread
¼ cup shredded Swiss cheese
2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons sherry (optional)
Preparation:
Sauté the onion in the butter over a moderate heat until it is caramel in color, translucent and soft. Do this in 3 batches. Put the onions in a crock pot.
Deglaze the cooking skillet with some of the beef broth and add this to the slow cooker with the rest of the beef broth.
Add the bay leaf, thyme and Worcestershire sauce. Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for about 7 hours or high for about 4 hours. Add the salt and pepper and remove the bay leaf.
Divide the soup between 7 containers or Ziploc bags, label them, and freeze them.
Each container or bag will contain 2 servings.
When you are ready to eat French onion soup, remove a container or bag from the freezer and put it in a microwaveable dish with the sherry.
Heat it for 5 minutes, and then sprinkle the parmesan into a soup bowl.
Put one slice of toasted bread over the cheese and pour the soup over the top.
Top the soup with the shredded Swiss cheese and broil it to melt the cheese.
(Serves 14)
Busy Moms Love Frozen French Onion Soup
The possibility of making frozen French onion soup is something you should think about if you are often rushing around. Frozen French onion soup is great because you can make a big batch at once, freeze it in portions and simply thaw it out when you want to eat it. You will need to add a couple of ingredients to the soup and make the cheese crouton but you can do that while the French onion soup reheats. Whether you are a busy mom, someone who works long hours or just a busy person in general, making food in bulk really cuts down on wasted time in the kitchen and French onion soup freezes well.
Do Frozen Foods Lose Their Flavor?
Some people worry about freezing food like French onion soup or another kind of onion soup recipe because they think it might lose some of its delicious flavor or texture. Some foods naturally freeze well and French onion soup is one of them. Dairy products, potatoes and some other foods do not freeze well (or, at least, they do not thaw particularly well), so if your onion soup recipe calls for cheese, milk or potatoes, add them when you defrost the frozen onion soup. If you defrost it in the microwave, simply stir in cooked potatoes or some milk or cream when the soup is hot.
Frozen French Onion Soup Tips
This sweet, juicy onion is ideal for making a French onion soup recipe. The mild climate of southeast Georgia and low Frozen French onion soup is very much a timesaving dish but what is the best way to freeze it? Leave the soup until it is cool and then divide it between Ziploc bags. Press the bags down gently as you close them, to remove excess air from the French onion soup, and then store the Ziploc bags flat, so you can get plenty of them in the freezer. Remember to label the Ziploc bags with the date and any cooking instructions for the soup, or anything you need to add to it when it is thawed. Frozen French onion soup has all the flavor of freshly made French onion soup when it is defrosted and this timesaving recipe only takes a few minutes more to make than conventional, fresh French onion soup.