French Onion Soup
Two Minute Homemade Onion Soup Mix
Making your own homemade onion soup mix is better than using store bought onion soup mix because you choose what goes into it and it keeps for a long time. You can use onion soup mix to make sauces, stews, and casseroles as well as to make onion soup whenever you need it. This wonderful recipe only takes two minutes to combine and it only takes two minutes to mix it with hot water and make it into soup too!
When making onion soup with this onion soup mix, you can make it French onion soup style with a toasted piece of bread on top and some melted cheese or you can simply make the onion soup up in a mug and enjoy it like a drink. Replace the sugar in the recipe for an artificial sweetener if you prefer to use that.
The celery salt is a great ingredient to use when making a homemade onion soup mix because it gives it a delicious flavor. You can use chicken bouillon in this onion soup mix recipe if you prefer it but beef bouillon makes a French onion style of soup and the flavor is rich and meaty.
Homemade Onion Soup Mix with Celery Salt
Ingredients -
⅓ cup instant beef bouillon
¾ cup instant minced onion
¼ teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon celery salt
⅛ teaspoon white pepper
4 teaspoons onion powder
Preparation:
Combine the ingredients well and store this homemade onion soup mix in a cool, dry place for up to six months, stirring it before each use. 5 tablespoons of this onion soup mix equals 1 ¼ oz pack of store bought dry onion soup mix.
(Makes 1 ½ Cups of Dry Soup Mix)
What is Celery Salt?
Celery salt is a great ingredient to use in a homemade onion soup mix. The salty flavor works well with the soup mix and the celery complements the onion taste. But what is celery salt exactly? It is a flavored salt, made from finely ground celery seeds. Sometimes lovage, which has a similar flavor to celery, is used in its place. Celery salt features in a classic Bloody Mary cocktail and it is also found in the Chicago style hot dog, as well as sprinkled on pork or beef roasts and in the best homemade onion soup mix recipes.