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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. COOK ONIONS Arrange beef bones on paper towel-lined plate. Microwave until well browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, set slow cooker to high. Add butter, cover, and cook until melted. Add onions, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, brown sugar, and thyme. Stir flour, apple butter, sherry, and soy sauce together in small bowl until smooth. Pour over onions and toss to coat. Tuck bones under onions around edge of slow cooker. Cover and cook on high heat until onions are softened and deep golden brown, 10 to 12 hours. (Cooked onions can be refrigerated in airtight container for 1 day.). | 2. 2. FINISH SOUP Remove bones from slow cooker. Heat chicken and beef broth in microwave until beginning to boil. Stir into slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper. | 3. 3. MAKE CROUTONS Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position (about 6 inches from broiler element) and heat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange bread slices in single layer on baking sheet and bake until bread is golden at edges, about 10 minutes. Heat broiler. Divide cheese evenly among croutons and broil until melted and bubbly, 3 to 5 minutes. | 4. 4. SERVE SOUP Ladle soup into bowls and top each with 2 croutons. Serve. | 5. **Most soup recipes start by chopping or mincing onions. For this recipe, we wanted slices that would retain their shape through 10 to 12 hours of gentle simmering. We found that cutting onions with the grain (rather than across it) yielded slices durable enough for the slow cooker. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	2	lb	bone	1060.8024	0.0	209.1685	24.3894
butter	4	tablespoons	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
yellow onion	6	pounds	quartered cut	3592.4558	213.9144	25.8548	293.9282
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
brown sugar	1	tablespoon		34.2	8.8281	0.0108	0.0
thyme	1	teaspoon	minced	0.8079999999999999	0.1956	0.0445	0.0134
purpose flour	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
apple butter	3/4	cup		365.895	89.824	0.8248	0.6345
sherry	3/4	cup		-	-	-	-
soy sauce	1/4	cup		33.7875	3.1429	5.1892	0.3634
chicken broth	2	cups	low sodium	156.24	3.78	22.2768	5.2416
beef broth	2	cups	low sodium	33.6	0.192	5.472	1.056
french bread	1	loaf	cut	-	-	-	-
gruyere cheese	2 1/2	cups	shredded	1362.9	1.188	98.37299999999999	106.72200000000001

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.