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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Slice all the onions and the shallots thinly. | 2. Melt butter in a large soup pot, add the onions, shallots, bacon, and minced garlic. | 3. Mix well to blend the onions. | 4. Saute over moderate flame until mixture browns nicely and is nice, golden, and soft. | 5. This make take awhile depending on how high the heat is or how hot your burner gets. | 6. Make sure to stir frequently to avoid burning. | 7. Add the thyme, black pepper, seasoning salt, crushed red pepper, and saute for an additional 5 minutes. | 8. Add the flour and mix in well, saute for another 3-5 minutes, stirring constantly. | 9. Remove the bacon. | 10. Add the Rotel tomatoes, chicken broth, beef consumme, water, white wine, and the Worsteschire sauce. | 11. Bring to a boil, then let simmer for at least 3 hours or as long as you like, lets flavors blend. | 12. I've let mine simmer all day. | 13. Before serving, set oven to broil. | 14. Thickly slice the bread and place in oven safe soup crocks. | 15. Ladle the soup over the bread and top with a thick slice of Gruyere cheese. | 16. Place soup crocks on a cookie sheet and put under broiler until cheese melts, is bubbly, and just beginning to brown. | 17. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve piping hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yellow onion	4			-	-	-	-
red onion	2			-	-	-	-
white onion	2			120.0	28.02	3.3	0.3
shallot	3			-	-	-	-
garlic	6	cloves	minced	26.82	5.9508	1.1448	0.09
bacon	3	slices	uncooked	108.48	0.9072	7.6512	8.1264
butter	8	tablespoons	unsalted	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
thyme leaf	1	teaspoon	dried	-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
seasoning salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon	crushed	-	-	-	-
flour	1/4	cup		144.57	31.6514	2.3502	0.5609
tomato green chilies	1	can		-	-	-	-
chicken broth	2	quarts	low sodium	-	-	-	-
campbell beef consomme	2	cans		-	-	-	-
water	1	can		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white wine	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
worcestershire sauce	1	tablespoon		13.26	3.3082	0.0	0.0
french bread	1	loaf		-	-	-	-
gruyere cheese	6 -8	slices		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
parsley			chopped	-	-	-	-

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