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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Central American >> Honduran

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, fry 4 strips of bacon until crisp. | 2. Drain on paper towels. | 3. Reserve bacon fat for another use. | 4. In same pan, over low heat, melt butter. | 5. Add onions and saute them over medium-low heat until onion is somewhat translucent and tender, about 10 minutes. | 6. Stir frequently until onions caramelize and are golden brown. | 7. Stir in garlic. | 8. Remove from heat. | 9. Do NOT burn. | 10. In a large pot or Dutch Oven, combine onions, beef broth, Kitchen Bouquet and dark brown sugar. | 11. Simmer gently for 1 hour, stir occasionally. | 12. Meanwhile, spray or spread bread of choice with a thin coating of butter. | 13. Toast lightly and place it in a 225 Degrees F. | 14. warm oven and allow it to dry out. | 15. Add wine and oregano to soup. | 16. Cook for another 20 minutes. | 17. Add shallots and cook another 5 minutes. | 18. Season with black pepper. | 19. Remove bread from oven. | 20. Increase oven temperature to 350 Degrees F. | 21. Place oven dried bread (or use Croutons) in 4 ovenproof soup bowls. | 22. Ladle soup on top and sprinkle with crumbled crisp bacon. | 23. Cover top of bowls with cheese slices. | 24. Place in preheated oven and bake about 20 minutes or until cheese melts. | 25. Serve immediately. | 26. ENJOY! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
hoagie			sliced	-	-	-	-
bacon	4	slices	reserved	144.64	1.2096	10.2016	10.8352
butter	4	tablespoons	melted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
onion	4 -5		peeled sliced sweet	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
garlic	2	cloves	crushed peeled minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
beef broth	5	cans		152.25	0.87	24.795	4.785
kitchen bouquet	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
dark brown sugar	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
red wine	1 - 1 1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
oregano	2	teaspoons	dried	5.3	1.3784	0.18	0.0856
green onion	2 -3		peeled sliced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
gruyere				-	-	-	-

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