Subj : Applebee's Baked French Onion Soup
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From : Ben Collver
Date : Sat Aug 31 2024 11:07 am

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     Title: Applebee's Baked French Onion Soup
Categories: Copycat, Soups
     Yield: 10 Servings

     3 tb Vegetable oil
     6 md White onions; sliced
     8 c  Beef broth (Swanson is
          -best)
     1 c  Water
 2 1/2 ts Salt
   1/2 ts Garlic powder
   1/4 ts Ground black pepper
     5    Plain hamburger buns
    10 sl Provolone cheese
    10 ts Parmesan cheese; shredded

 Don't even try to find this one on the menu at Applebee's, because it
 isn't there; though it's the most popular soup served each day at
 this huge restaurant chain. This is the first of several big-time
 soup clones we'll unveil here in the next few weeks to help get you
 through the cold winter months. And they're all a cinch to make. Just
 be sure you have some oven-safe soup bowls for this one, since we'll
 have to broil it a bit before serving. Under the gooey melted
 provolone of the original version you get from Applebee's is a unique
 round crouton that's made from bread similar to a hamburger bun. So
 that's exactly what we'll use in our clone. Add 3 tb oil to a large
 soup pot or saucepan over medium/high heat. Add the sliced onions and
 sauté for 20 minutes until the onions begin to soften and start to
 become translucent. You don't want them to brown.

 Add the beef broth, water, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper to
 the pan and bring mixture to a boil. When soup begins to boil, reduce
 heat and simmer for 45 minutes.

 To make the croutons cut off the top half of each top of the
 hamburger bun so that the bread is the same thickness as the bottom
 half of each bun. Throw the tops away. Now you should have 10 round
 pieces of bread -- 5 bottom buns, and 5 top buns with the tops cut
 off. Preheat oven to 325°F. Place the bread in the the oven directly
 on the rack and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until each piece is
 golden brown and crispy. Set these croutons aside until you need them.

 When the soup is done, spoon about 1 cup into an oven-safe bowl.
 Float a crouton on top of the soup, then place a slice of provolone
 cheese on top of the crouton. Sprinkle 1/2 ts of shredded parmesan
 cheese over the provolone.

 Place the bowl into your oven set to high broil. Broil the soup for 5
 to 6 minutes or until the cheese is melted and starting to brown (you
 may need to broil longer if you are making more than one bowl at a
 time). Sprinkle an additional 1/2 ts of shredded parmesan cheese over
 the top of the soup and serve. Repeat process to prepare remaining
 servings.

 Recipe FROM: <gopher://sdf.org/0/users/myst32yt/recipes/
 Applebee#047s#253#040Baked#040French#040Onion#040Soup.txt>

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